Bush border plan for Guard hits snag
Deployments are running behind schedule; some governors reluctant to send troops
Susan Carroll
Republic Tucson Bureau
Jul. 8, 2006 12:00 AM
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Nearly two months after Bush's announcement of plans to station 6,000 Guard personnel along the border with Mexico, U.S. Border Patrol officials said 898 Guard soldiers are actually working in direct support of agents in the four border states, freeing up 173 agents, about 1.5 percent of the patrol's workforce.
Arizona Army National Guard Spc. Jesus Hoyos, 19, of Tucson, works on video surveillance at the Border Patrol's Nogales substation. So far, deployments have had no imact on arrests, one border official says.
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Sorry neocons, the brown people you fear so much are still sneaking in.
Go ahead and add this to the list of Bush Administration failures:
SS reform, Iraq, 2600 dead Americans, Immigration reform, 911 attacks, 3000 dead Americans, Osama Bin Laden, Inadequate equipment for troops, budget deficits, North Korea missiles, FEMA...