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PHOENIX - PRESIDENT Barack Obama's plan to send as many as 1,200 National Guard troops to the US-Mexico border appears to be a scaled-down version of the border security approach championed by his predecessor. The 6,000 troops sent by President George W. ...

President Obama has set $500 million as the figure to improve border protection and law enforcement. As part of his new border protection program, 1,200 National Guard troops will be sent to boost security along the US-Mexico border. The $500 million ...

* Mexico wants to stop cash and weapons heading south (Adds White House rejecting McCain request for 6,000 troops, paragraphs 6-8) WASHINGTON, May 25 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek $500 million for security and send up to 1,200 National ...

President Obama has authorized the call-up of as many as 1,200 National Guard troops across the U.S. border with Mexico to assist with border protection and enforcement activities there, officials say. United States - President - Barack ...

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Source: Williams College Newswise As it plays out on cable television news shows and newspaper opinion pages, the question of immigration can seem like an enormous problem that appeared overnight from nowhere. Among the things Williams College ...

Beginning June 4, the United States Embassy will impose an additional $9 (about P420) on non-immigrant visa application fees, citing the "increasing cost of providing highest-quality service," an embassy statement issued on Tuesday said. Thus, visa ...

SEOUL : US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was due in Seoul Wednesday in a show of support for South Korea, as tensions rose sharply on the peninsula after North Korea cut all ties with its neighbour. The communist state late Tuesday announced it was ...

LOS ANGELES President Barack Obama will send up to 1,200 National Guard troops to the Southwest border and seek increased spending on law enforcement there to combat drug smuggling after demands from Republican and Democratic lawmakers that border ...

(EFE via COMTEX) -- President Barack Obama will deploy an additional 1,200 National Guard soldiers to the U.S.-Mexico border and will ask Congress for an extra $500 million to improve security in the area, a White House official said Tuesday. The troops ...

Washington Under pressure to help secure the US border with Mexico, President Obama Tuesday ordered 1,200 National Guard troops to the US Southwest and said he would ask Congress to approve an additional $500 million to pay for law-enforcement activities ...

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Obama administration on Tuesday blasted a Republican request for President Barack Obama to send 9,000 troops to secure the border with Mexico, saying it hinders the president's role as commander in chief. Republican Senators ...

ext Size la-na-obama-border-20100526 Reporting from Washington President Obama will send up to 1,200 additional National Guard troops and request $500 million in additional funds to support law enforcement efforts along the southwest border, the White ...

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D., Ariz.) has said the president will soon announce the deployment of 1,200 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, along with $500 million in new spending for extra border security and law enforcement, as part of a new ...

May 26 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama plans to deploy National Guard troops and seek $500 million more in funding for security measures on the U.S.-Mexico border as he tries to jump-start work on overhauling immigration laws. The president is ...

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Reporting from Washington President Obama will send up to 1,200 additional National Guard troops ? and request $500 million in additional funds ? to support law enforcement efforts along the Southwest border, the White House said Tuesday. The move was ...

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President Obama has set $500 million as the figure to improve border protection and law enforcement. As part of his new border protection program, 1,200 National Guard troops will be sent to boost security along the US-Mexico border. The $500 million ...

Photo: White House President Obama is reported to be preparing steps to bolster security along the U.S.-Mexico border, including sending National Guard troops to the area. The president traveled to Capitol Hill Tuesday where border security and ...