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 News from Around the Americas | August 2006 
US Senate Sets Aside Two Billion Dollars for Mexico Border Fence
 AFP
| | Members of the Utah Army National Guard unit 1457 place new portions of the border fence along the Arizona-Mexico border in June, 2006 in San Luis, Arizona. The US Senate approved two billion dollars in emergency spending for the construction of a fence along the US southwest border with Mexico. (AFP/Spencer Platt) |
The Senate approved two billion dollars in emergency spending for the construction of a fence along the US southwest border with Mexico.
The funds were approved as an amendment to a 435 billion defense spending bill being debated this week.
"The Senate acted today to fund a border fence, fulfilling its commitment made in the comprehensive immigration reform bill that authorized the funding," Senate Republican Majority Leader Bill Frist said, calling the vote "another step forward in securing our borders."
"With the current National Guard deployment dramatically driving down illegal border crossings by 45 percent, we need to continue to improve our work to protect the border," the Senate's top Republican said.
"Getting border security right, including building fences, is a key component to securing our homeland, which also helps open the door to comprehensive immigration reform," Frist said. |
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