Committee Urges President To Extend Border Presence
April 1, 2011
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 1, 2011
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Tom Marino, PA-10, joined other members of the Committee on Homeland Security on Friday in calling on President Obama to extend the current deployment of 1,200 National Guard soldiers along the Southwest border as the Department of Homeland Security continues to recruit and train additional Customs and Border Protection Officers and Border Patrol Agents. The current deployment began Sept. 1, 2010, and is set to end on June 30.
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