Daily Border Bulletin- $18 Billion Spent on Immigration Enforcement Last Year, King Introduces New Birthright Bill, and more

Submitted by Kristian Ramos on 1/8/13

Daily Border Bulletin is up! Today's stories include:

U.S. spent $18 billion on immigration enforcement last year- According to a report released on Monday by the Migration Policy Institute, the Obama administration spent more money on immigration enforcement than it budgeted for the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Secret Service in the last fiscal year.

King introduces new bill to stop "anchor babies"- Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King is once again advocating to “clarify” the portion of the 14th Amendment that protects birthright citizenship.

Brewer: Secure border before tackling immigration reform- Although Gov. Jan Brewer can’t put a specific definition on what it means to have a secure border, she said residents along the boundary with Mexico will know it when it happens. The question of what Brewer thinks is politically significant since the governor said she will not support any form of immigration reform unless and until the border is secure.