http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62F61T20100316
U.S. puts brakes on "virtual" border fence
The U.S. government is pulling $50 million in funding from a problematic "virtual fence" meant to secure stretches of the Mexico border and is freezing additional funding for the project pending review, authorities said on Tuesday.
But not before
spending over $1 billion of taxpayers' dollars on a failed system of sensors and cameras along the Southwest border
Showing posts with label Mexican border. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mexican border. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Friday, September 11, 2009
Texas governor sends Rangers to Mexico border
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32793136..._news-security
No really the government is building a 3.4 billion dollar homeland security office so that they can have a meeting about this Governor Perry.
Just relax they'll get around to addressing your problem when it gets done.
It's a priority thing you know.
Special teams of Texas Rangers will be deployed to the Texas-Mexico border to deal with increasing violence because the federal government has failed to address growing problems there, Gov. Rick Perry said Thursday.
"It is an expansive effort with the Rangers playing a more high-profile role than they've ever played before," Perry said of the Department of Public Safety's elite investigative unit.
The forces, dubbed "Ranger recon" teams, are the latest effort "to fill the gap that's been left by the federal government's ongoing failure to adequately secure our international border with Mexico," he said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32793136..._news-security
No really the government is building a 3.4 billion dollar homeland security office so that they can have a meeting about this Governor Perry.
Just relax they'll get around to addressing your problem when it gets done.
It's a priority thing you know.
Special teams of Texas Rangers will be deployed to the Texas-Mexico border to deal with increasing violence because the federal government has failed to address growing problems there, Gov. Rick Perry said Thursday.
"It is an expansive effort with the Rangers playing a more high-profile role than they've ever played before," Perry said of the Department of Public Safety's elite investigative unit.
The forces, dubbed "Ranger recon" teams, are the latest effort "to fill the gap that's been left by the federal government's ongoing failure to adequately secure our international border with Mexico," he said.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Funding stalls putting Guard soldiers on border
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090812/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_national_guard_border
How odd is it that they question the 225 million dollar funding for securing our border with Mexico, but they have no problem finding the billions to keep cash for clunkers program going that no one seems to want.
A proposed government plan to use National Guard troops to help stem Mexican drug violence along the southern border is stymied by disagreements over who will pay for the soldiers and how they would be used.
Ordered by President Barack Obama in June to help secure the border with Mexico, the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security drafted a $225 million program to temporarily deploy 1,500 Guard troops to supplement U.S. Border Patrol agents.
The two agencies are wrangling over how to structure the deployment, but the primary sticking point is the money, according to senior administration officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
The funding stalemate lingers even after Obama renewed his commitment to Mexican officials on Monday to reinforce the border and to help Mexico battle the drug cartels. Fierce battles between Mexican law enforcement and the cartels have left as many as 11,000 people dead and fueled concerns about violence spilling into the U.S.
"The United States," Obama said during a news conference in Mexico Monday, "will also meet its responsibilities by continuing our efforts to reduce the demand for drugs and continuing to strengthening the security of our shared border — not only to protect the American people, but to stem the illegal southbound flow of American guns and cash that helps fuel this extraordinary violence."
Meanwhile, state leaders are getting antsy.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is still waiting for a response to his request for 1,000 more troops, his spokeswoman Katherine Cesinger said Tuesday.
Auto inventories tight, U.S. "clunker" interest slips
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE57B09220090812
How odd is it that they question the 225 million dollar funding for securing our border with Mexico, but they have no problem finding the billions to keep cash for clunkers program going that no one seems to want.
A proposed government plan to use National Guard troops to help stem Mexican drug violence along the southern border is stymied by disagreements over who will pay for the soldiers and how they would be used.
Ordered by President Barack Obama in June to help secure the border with Mexico, the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security drafted a $225 million program to temporarily deploy 1,500 Guard troops to supplement U.S. Border Patrol agents.
The two agencies are wrangling over how to structure the deployment, but the primary sticking point is the money, according to senior administration officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
The funding stalemate lingers even after Obama renewed his commitment to Mexican officials on Monday to reinforce the border and to help Mexico battle the drug cartels. Fierce battles between Mexican law enforcement and the cartels have left as many as 11,000 people dead and fueled concerns about violence spilling into the U.S.
"The United States," Obama said during a news conference in Mexico Monday, "will also meet its responsibilities by continuing our efforts to reduce the demand for drugs and continuing to strengthening the security of our shared border — not only to protect the American people, but to stem the illegal southbound flow of American guns and cash that helps fuel this extraordinary violence."
Meanwhile, state leaders are getting antsy.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is still waiting for a response to his request for 1,000 more troops, his spokeswoman Katherine Cesinger said Tuesday.
Auto inventories tight, U.S. "clunker" interest slips
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE57B09220090812
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