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President Bush’s Misstatements on Amnesty,

Border Security and “Jobs Americans Aren’t Doing”

If the President’s “comprehensive immigration reform” approach is superior to the enforcement-only strategy of House Bill 4437, why does the president have to mislead people and misrepresent the facts to get public support for his amnesty plan ?

#1 : ON EXPANDING THE BORDER PATROL

Bush misleading statement on “doubling the size of the Border Patrol during my administration,” Laredo, Texas, June 6:

“In New Mexico I saw the training facility that is going to put out enough Border Patrol to be able to tell the American people that we will have doubled the Border Patrol since 2001.”

FACT: The Bush Administration has fought against significant increases in the Border Patrol every year since 2001. Not once did his proposed federal budget include funds for adequate increases in Border Patrol manpower to allow the BP to fulfill its mission.

FACT: Bush’s avowed goal of doubling the Border Patrol to 18,000 still may not meet the manpower needs of the Border Patrol if its mission is to prevent all illegal entry into our country. Effectively securing the border is what is important, not the number of Border Patrol Agents.

FACT: Under the Clinton Administration, Border Patrol manpower increased by more agents before 9-ll than Bush has added since 9-11. The Clinton Administration increased the Border Patrol from 4,026 to 9,078, an increase of 5,052 agents or 125%. George W. Bush increased the manpower from 9,078 to the 11,800 in his first five years, an increase of 2,722 agents or only 30%.

FACT: In 2005 , a full four years after 9-11 , the White House’s FY2006 budget proposal included funds for only 210 new Border Patrol agents, not the 2,000 new agents authorized by Congress in the Intelligence Reform Act of 2004.

FACT: Only after the House passed HR 4437 in December of 2005 did the President decide to accelerate the expansion of the Border Patrol — and he still has not adopted the goal of 2,000 new agents per-year for five years as authorized by Congress in 2004.

FACT: The national Border Patrol Academy has cut its training cycle from nineteen and one-half weeks to sixteen weeks to squeeze in more students, yet the facility still will not be able to train the 2,500 new agents each year needed to have a net gain of 2000 annually ¾ allowing for current attrition of 6% according to the National Border Patrol Council.

# 2 : ON REDEFINING AMNESTY

Bush misstatement on amnesty on June 6 (and on numerous other occasions since January 2004):

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http://tancredo.house.gov/irc/WYB.2006.06.22.html