AUSTINThe Obama administration Thursday unveiled a budget blueprint that fails to fund extension of the popular border fence that stretches across nearly a third of the border that the United States shares with Mexico. This despite the fact that according to polls a heavy majority of Texans and Americans support completing the fence as a way to cut down on crimes such as drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
The Obama administration is once again showing that its priorities are out of sync with Texas and the country as a whole on serious security issues" said Texas Republican Party Chairman Tina Benkiser. About two-thirds of Americans support completing the border fence but the Democrats in Washington have instead chosen to halt it.
While the administration is touting a small but welcome increase in overall border security spending it ought to focus on common-sense items like the fence that Texans are very much in favor of and without which we are all left at risk. Its high time President Obama and his allies here in Texas got the message that we have to secure our border and completing the fence is key to that."
Along with halting construction of the border fence the Obama budget also slashes $400 million in funds to states that have to jail aliens suspected of committing crimes leaving states to clean up another border-related problem that the federal government has created.
Drug cartel violence in Mexico has spiraled out of control in recent months claiming nearly 8000 lives and sparking a wave of kidnappings inside the United States. As a senator in 2006 Obama was one of 80 senators who voted to construct the border fence which now stretches across less than 700 of the nearly 2000 mile US-Mexico border.
The Obama budget includes only $17 billion in total budget cuts despite a campaign promise to go through the federal budget line-by-line and root out unnecessary spending. The presidents budget the largest in US history calls for an estimated $3.5 trillion in spending and will double the national debt in just five years
AUSTINThe Obama administration Thursday unveiled a budget blueprint that fails to fund extension of the popular border fence that stretches across nearly a third of the border that the United States shares with Mexico. This despite the fact that according to polls a heavy majority of Texans and Americans support completing the fence as a way to cut down on crimes such as drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
The Obama administration is once again showing that its priorities are out of sync with Texas and the country as a whole on serious security issues" said Texas Republican Party Chairman Tina Benkiser. About two-thirds of Americans support completing the border fence but the Democrats in Washington have instead chosen to halt it.
While the administration is touting a small but welcome increase in overall border security spending it ought to focus on common-sense items like the fence that Texans are very much in favor of and without which we are all left at risk. Its high time President Obama and his allies here in Texas got the message that we have to secure our border and completing the fence is key to that."
Along with halting construction of the border fence the Obama budget also slashes $400 million in funds to states that have to jail aliens suspected of committing crimes leaving states to clean up another border-related problem that the federal government has created.
Drug cartel violence in Mexico has spiraled out of control in recent months claiming nearly 8000 lives and sparking a wave of kidnappings inside the United States. As a senator in 2006 Obama was one of 80 senators who voted to construct the border fence which now stretches across less than 700 of the nearly 2000 mile US-Mexico border.
The Obama budget includes only $17 billion in total budget cuts despite a campaign promise to go through the federal budget line-by-line and root out unnecessary spending. The presidents budget the largest in US history calls for an estimated $3.5 trillion in spending and will double the national debt in just five years
