AP : Quotes in response to President Bush's border proposal

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"It is not enough for President Bush to tell us he wants to increase security at our borders. After all, he's had five years to do it. If he wants to be credible on border security, he must acknowledge his mistakes and commit to fixing them." - Democratic Senate Leader Harry Reid of Nevada.


"We must protect our borders, but militarizing our borders is a desperate response by the president to his and Republican Congress' policy failures." - House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California.

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"The National Guard already is stretched to the limit by repeated tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as providing disaster assistance in their own states." - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass.

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"A wave of anti-American sentiment is already sweeping across Latin America, and a deployment of military forces to the U.S.-Mexico border will only fuel these views." Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas.

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