State and Local Law Enforcement's Key Role in Better, Faster, Cheaper Border Security
Federal support for border security policing should be viewed as a short-term bridging program to secure the border now, not as a pork-barrel program allocated through earmarks. To fund theseefforts, Congress and the Administration should plan to allocateabout $400 million per year over three years out of the projectedspending on homeland security grants.
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