Monday, September 20, 2010

Obama signs $600 m bill to increase Militarization of the US Mexico Border

President Obama has signed into law a $600 million bill to deploy some 1,500 new Border Patrol agents and law enforcement officials along the border, as well as two aerial surveillance drones. The bill was quickly passed by Congress in a rare display of bipartisanship. We speak to Arnoldo GarcĂ­a of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. [includes rush transcript]

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