Defense contractors see possible bonanza in immigration reform

By Fox News Latino

Security and defense contractors are preparing to take advantage of the hundreds of millions of dollars that approval of a new immigration law that will increase security along the border with Mexico will bring.

An amendment to the immigration reform the Senate passed in June calls for spending about $38 billion on border security personnel and equipment.

The House of Representatives has yet to take up immigration reform.

The prospective bonanza for defense contractors “is letting fall by the wayside the investments promoting trade and the flow of people, such as modernizing ports of entry,” Christian Ramirez, with the immigrant defense organization Alliance San Diego, told Efe.

Among the companies that are seeking to benefit from the prospective spending windfall are giants Northrop …

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