Contextes de border pour le sens concret
Senator Kyl with Border Patrol agents There are few issues as
important to Arizonans as securing the border and restoring
integrity to our nation’s immigration system.
Insufficient resources dedicated to border security, coupled with a
lack of will to effectively enforce the law, have allowed an
estimated 500,000 individuals each year to cross our borders
illegally or remain illegally in the country after overstaying their
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number of Border Patrol agents assigned to fight illegal immigration
at the border. When the surge began, the number of Border agents
totaled about 4,000. By January 2010, the initiatives I supported
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both the number of Border Patrol agents available to secure the
border and the number of detention spaces available to hold illegal
immigrants. It would substantially underfund the State Criminal
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third of the total $950 million that has been authorized – and
cancel plans to extend the border fence beyond the 670 miles already
planned.
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budget by two percent, reduce funding for E-Verify by $35 million,
and cut $226 million from the budget for border security, fencing,
infrastructure and technology.
Unless Congress reverses these reductions, border security will
suffer. I intend to fight the President’s budget recommendations
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I have worked every year to increase personnel, high-technology
equipment, and other resources along the border, securing, among
other things, increased funding for:
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Douglas);
* border fencing and other barriers;
* additional staff in the offices of U.S. and county attorneys to
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* improved infrastructure (including new or improved ports of entry
in Mariposa and San Luis) and new technology to speed legal border
crossings and help to identify those who have overstayed their
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get serious about enforcing existing laws and better securing the
border, including with fencing and other barriers, before
considering whether to provide legal status to illegal immigrants
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I introduced a tough enforcement-only bill to authorize additional
Border Patrol agents, additional fencing on the southern border, new
ground-based radar stations, more detention bed spaces to detain
illegal border crossers, and a new electronic employment
verification system. An amendment I authored was subsequently
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enforcement efforts, having helped dramatically decrease the number
of illegal immigrants who are crossing the border. In the Yuma
sector alone, there has been an 80 percent decline in the number of
apprehensions, largely because Operation Streamline has led to more
effective prosecution and incarceration of illegal border crossers.
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Fighting cross-border violence and the flow of illegal drugs into
the country is also important.
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our state. The cartels are fighting back, leading to a dangerous
uptick in violence on both sides of the border.
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these criminal enterprises and the violence they spawn on both sides
of the border. Although levels of cooperation had not been as high
as we had hoped in the past, things have changed dramatically, and
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emergency funding to fight the drug cartels and the flow of illegal
drugs and violence across the border. Funding was included for more
border officers and investigators, canines, mobile response teams,
and protective equipment. Funds were also provided for Operation