Fox News Trots Out Lou Dobbs To Validate Sen. Kyl’s Disputed Accusation That Obama Used Border Security As A Bargaining Chip For Immigration Reform
Sen. John Kyl (R-AZ) told a group of tea partiers on Friday that Obama was using border security as a bargaining chip to pass comprehensive immigration reform. According to Kyl, Obama told him, “If we secure the border, then you all won’t have any reason to support comprehensive immigration reform.” Kyl told his audience, “In other words, they’re holding it hostage.” The White House has denied having made such a comment. It’s easy to imagine that Kyl misinterpreted, that Obama’s words in a larger context meant something completely different or that the whole thing was a misunderstanding. But Fox News was so eager to paint Obama as a liar willing to sell out national security for his political agenda, that they brought on virulently anti-immigrant, birther-promoting Lou Dobbs to declare Kyl the truthteller and attack Obama over immigration. Dobbs must have greatly pleased Fox News in his first appearance because they brought him back for a later, prime time encore.
It’s not as though Dobbs had any real inside knowledge of what had happened.
To seat around and give opinions is not the same as providing proof no matter how much delusional conservatives insist it is.
Impeach Sen. Jon Kyl's (R-AZ) for malicious Lies About Border Security
Right-wing blogs have seized on Sen. Jon Kyl's (R-AZ) claim that President Obama is refusing to "secure the border" in order to force the GOP to support comprehensive immigration reform -- a claim the White House has since flatly denied. Indeed, the Obama administration has already taken numerous steps to boost border security but argues that "truly securing the border will require a comprehensive solution," which is a view shared by immigration experts as well as several Republicans.
....Obama administration has taken measures to increase border security, immigration enforcement
LA Times: Obama admin. "has outdone its predecessor on border enforcement spending and on deportations." The Los Angeles Times reported on June 16 that Obama "agree[d] to dispatch 1,200 National Guard troops to the border and to seek an extra $500 million for border enforcement. That came after 18 months in which the Obama administration has outdone its predecessor on border enforcement spending and deportations of illegal immigrants, all in an effort to build support for a comprehensive immigration plan."
Obama admin. has increased the number of Border Patrol agents. PolitiFact has noted that Obama has been "increasing the number of border patrol officers." The Arizona Republic reported on May 26 that "[t]he Border Patrol today has more than 20,000 agents nationwide, more than 16,000 of whom are assigned to the U.S.-Mexican border"
