Bush Budget Cuts Funding for Border Law Enforcement Initiatives

The President’s budget reduces critical funding for law enforcement and justice programs by about 65 percent, cutting funding from $2.314 billion in FY08 to $813 million in FY09. The COPS program, which has been instrumental in providing local police the resources they need to fight crime in New Mexico, is slated to be cut by over 99 percent, from $587 million in FY 2008 to $4 million in FY 2009. The budget also eliminates funding for the Meth Hot Spots Program, which helps local law enforcement agencies obtain the tools they need reduce the production, distribution, and use of meth.

Bingaman: Bush Budget Cuts Funding for Border Law Enforcement Initiatives

Republicans hate facts, they are so contradicting.

Bush must be a crazed liberal because it was under his administration funds have been cut to protect America.