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Kyl hails $3B border allocation as victory

The Arizona Daily Star

After 24 hours of partisan bickering and procedural floor tactics, the U.S. Senate agreed Thursday to spend $3 billion on border enforcement efforts backed by Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl.

Included in that total is $60 million to improve a federal database of who can work here legally, specifically to help states like Arizona crack down on illegal entrants.

Kyl, who got the database money inserted into the overall border enforcement plan, said funding for the database — known as the Basic Pilot Program — is particularly crucial for Arizona.

Posted by Editor at July 27, 2007 10:09 AM

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