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SENATORS MCCAIN AND KYL’S TEN POINT BORDER SECURITY ACTION PLAN AT A GLANCE
April 19, 2010
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl call for a comprehensive border security plan to combat illegal immigration, drug and alien smuggling, and violent activity along the southwest border.
1) 3,000 National Guard Troops along the Arizona/Mexico border and 3,000 Custom and Border Protection Agents to the Arizona/Mexico border by 2015.
2) Fully fund and support Operation Streamline in Arizona’s two Border Patrol Sectors.
3) Provide $100M for Operation Stonegarden.
4) Offer Hardship Duty Pay to Border Patrol Agents assigned to rural, high-trafficked areas.
5) Complete the 700 miles of fencing along the border with Mexico.
6) Substantially increase the 25 mobile surveillance systems and three Predator B Unmanned Arial Vehicles (UAVs) as well as sending additional fixed-winged and helicopters in place along the Arizona/Mexico border and ensure UAVs operate 24 hrs a day.
7) Increase funding for vital radio communications and interoperability between CBP and state, local, and tribal law enforcement to assist in apprehensions along the border.
8) Provide funding for two additional Border Patrol Stations in the Tucson Sector and explore the possibility of an additional Border Patrol sector for Arizona. Create additional Border Patrol Forward Operating Bases. Complete construction of the permanent checkpoint in Arizona and deploy temporary roving checkpoints as well as increase horse patrol.
9) Require the Federal government to reimburse in full state and local governments for the costs of incarcerating criminal aliens.
10) Place one fulltime Federal Magistrate in Cochise County and provide full funding for and authorization of the Southwest Border Prosecution Initiative.