Archive - Oct 4, 2006

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BUSH SIGNS DHS SPENDING BILL
President Bush signed an appropriations bill today that provides the Department of Homeland Security with $34.8 billion in discretionary funds. According to a statement released by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, the Secure Border Initiative has been funded at an unprecedented level, including funding for "an additional 1,500 border patrol agents, 6,700 detention beds and $1.2 billion for border fencing, vehicle barriers, technology and tactical infrastructure". The government of Mexico had sent a diplomatic letter to the White House on Monday, requesting that Bush veto legislation to expand the construction of the wall along the common border.