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Perry's pitches border security grants in State of the State

Last year Governor Perry pushed for new prisons in his State of the State speech, but this year, happily, and perhaps tellingly, he's abandoned that unfulfilled wish.The only significant criminal justice priority in today's State of the State speech, reports the Fort Worth Star Telegram, was when Gov. Perry "called for $135 million to strengthen the state-led enforcement effort to confront what he called a continued threat from 'brazen transnational gangs' tied to Mexican drug cartels." I didn't see that number in the prepared remarks, but here's the portion of the speech related to border security and immigration:In these times of global unrest and porous borders, security remains a top priority, especially in light of Washington?s ongoing failure to provide the resources necessary to secure our border, or implement a sensible immigration policy...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 27, 2009 (boomark / email).