Border spending bill cuts $100 million from SBInet

Tactical communications along the southwest border gained a funding boost with President Obama's August 13 signing of a $600 million supplemental spending border security bill--a boost paid for in part with a decrease in SBInet funding.

In a statement accompanying his Friday signing of the bill, Obama said the extra spending will be offset by canceling $100 million from the SBInet program, with the remainder coming from an increase in application fees paid by companies seeking U.S. work visas for foreign citizens.

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Submitted by: E. Charles Sterling