Thursday, January 03, 2019

Rep. Steve Scalise: Democrats need to stop playing games with America's safety and fund border security now | Fox News

Rep. Steve Scalise: Democrats need to stop playing games with America's safety and fund border security now | Fox News:

Image result for flickr commons images obamaWe need to secure our border. There have been many words spoken about the funding fight to do this, but consider these: “The bill before us would certainly do some good. It would authorize some badly needed funding for better fences and better security along our borders that should help stem some of the tide of illegal immigration in this country.”
No, that statement wasn’t made by a Republican. It was a speech given by then-Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois in 2006, when 26 Senate Democrats – including Obama and Sens. Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer of New York – voted for The Secure Fence Act, which allocated $50 billion over 25 years for 700 miles of fencing along the border.
That’s right.

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