Bush/Senate Republicans "370 miles of fence enough" (illegal aliens, represent, Mexico border)

[chloedog]

Six months after approving a bill promising to build some 850 miles of fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, the Bush administration and Senate Republicans are now saying 370 miles is enough.

In his negotiations with Republican senators, Mr. Bush also appears to have rejected the key compromise in the Senate bill passed last year: allowing only longtime illegal aliens with "roots" to have a path to citizenship. He instead favors a more circuitous path that is open to almost all illegal aliens.

Mr. Bush has embraced higher financial penalties for illegal aliens who want to remain in the United States, and for the first time has accepted specific "triggers," including stepped-up enforcement, that must be met before legalization and guest-worker plans go into effect, according to a PowerPoint presentation that administration officials and advisers say represents the state of discussions between Mr. Bush and Senate Republicans.

The presentation, first obtained and released by U.S. News & World Report, calls for 370 miles of fencing, 200 miles of vehicle barriers and 300 miles of electronic monitoring on the border. By that trigger, the guest-worker and legalization programs could begin with less than 900 miles of the 1,950-mile U.S.-Mexico border being monitored or blocked.

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[LeavingFlorida05]

They're selling us out. Business wants cheap labor and our government is giving it to them, at our expense.

[ducter]

"allowing only longtime illegal aliens with "roots"

So not only do we reward people breaking the law, we reward them more if they have been breaking it for a longtime.

[andreabeth]

Originally Posted by LeavingFlorida05

They're selling us out. Business wants cheap labor and our government is giving it to them, at our expense.

Another big beneficiary will be those in the business of providing false documents to demonstrate that the holder has been here forever.

[tallrick]

Why not just move the military bases all along the border. Plenty of cheap desert land for a gunnery range!

[cottonwood2420]

I wrote this article about that:
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650198511,00.html