Bush Signs the Fence Bill ; Measure Boosts Agents, Pays for Border Barrier
The Washington Times › October 05, 2006
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President Bush yesterday signed into law the annual homeland- security spending bill that provides the first down payment for 700 miles of fence along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The $33.8 billion spending measure boosts the number of U.S. Border Patrol agents to 14,800, funds 27,500 detention beds for illegal aliens, or an increase of 6,700, and includes $1.2 billion for a fence, vehicle barriers and other infrastructure.See the full content of this document
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Bush Signs the Fence Bill ; Measure Boosts Agents, Pays for Border Barrier
"It's what the people of this country want - they want to know that we're modernizing the border so we can better secure the border," Mr. Bush said as he signed the bill in Scottsdale before a bipartisan group of elected ...
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