Republicans have long blamed Democrats for the border crisis, but the White House warned that GOP lawmakers would hurt border security and prompt thousands of job cuts at CBP over their debt ceiling bill.
Steve Neavling ticklethwire.com Not long from now, hundreds of Texas National Guard troops will descend on border towns in an unusual show of force. The USA Today reports that some cities are welcoming the troops, who will arrive sporting camouflage and guns. “If anything, [the guardsmen] will send a strong message that our border will…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In a major departure from his predecessor, new Homeland Security Director Jeh Johnson is complaining that the border needs to be strengthened, the Washington Times reports. Unlike predecessor Janet Napolitano, Johnson is urging Congress to help improve border security. Napolitano took on the tone that the border was more secure than ever….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Already, the new Homeland Security secretary and Sen. John McCain have gotten off on the wrong foot, the Arizona Republic reports. After missing the Senate’s 57-37 vote to confirm Jeh Johnson, McCain said he would have voted against the nomination. Johnson was tapped by President Obama to replace Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano,…
Glenn Garvin The Columbus Dispatch Last month, when the Senate passed an amendment to its immigration-reform bill that included $46 billion to beef up border security, Sen. John McCain declared: “We’ll be the most militarized border since the fall of the Berlin Wall!” He didn’t know the half of it. Since then, documents released…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. government would rely heavily on drones to inspect the borders under a new bipartisan proposal to reform immigration, the Medill News Service reports. The unarmed drones are considered to be more effective and efficient than helicopters Critics charge the drones are anything but. “There’s been no evidence that (drones) have…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano criticized Republican lawmakers for suggesting that immigration is on the verge of getting out of control, the Associated Press reported. While inspecting border security in El Paso, Napolitano said arrests and the seizure of drugs, weapons and currency are up. “I believe the border is…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A Department of Homeland Security official on Wednesday announced a plan to hire veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan to operate satellite communications, blimps and other surveillance tech at stateside southern borders, reports NextGov. Drawdowns in troop levels and overseas actions will leave the Pentagon with more equipment and personnel on…
