07/23/2014 -
► The U.S. Senate and House are each constructing separateemergency border security plans. The Washington Post reports that "Senate Democrats said Tuesday that they will move forward next week on a spending bill to provide $2.7 billion in emergency funds to deal with the influx of minors from Central America flooding into the country illegally — about $1 billion less than President Obama has requested. Meanwhile, House GOP leaders are working on a proposal to set the funding at less than $2 billion, according to aides familiar with the talks. They are set to unveil a set of policy principles Wednesday that would also mandate that the administration send National Guard troops to the border, a move the White House has called unnecessary." The White House has warned that federal border patrol efforts are running out of money just as it is beginning to be seen that their efforts are slowing the tide of illegal immigrants across the Texas border. The number of chldren making the border crossing fell by half this week. Meanwhile, Texas Governor Rick Perry is deploying 1,000 members of the Texas National Guard to the border. "The troops from the Texas National Guard will be backing agents sent down earlier this year by the Texas Department of Public Safety, or DPS, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said at a press conference Monday. The Guardsmen will be helping to hunt down drug cartels, smuggling rings and other criminal elements, both with on-the-ground patrols and aerial reconnaissance," notes USA Today.
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