Possibly indicating what direction the president might lean on comprehensive immigration reform, the Washington Examiner reports that President Obama has proposed cutting U.S. border security as part of his 2011 budget. This includes two specific provisions:
1. Reducing the amount of Border Patrol agents.
2. Cutting funding for a “virtual fence” along the U.S.-Mexico border, which is the technologically-advanced fence armed by several surveillance devices.
Overwhelmingly, Republicans do not see the current immigration reform effort as effective, labeling it as a blanket amnesty bill and as soft on other border-related crimes. With this in mind, the right will likely paint the Democrats as weak on national security with the new cuts...
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