By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump wants to seal off the border. But U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske says it’s not possible to keep everyone out of the U.S. “You’re certainly not going to have a border as long as we have with the government of Mexico that…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Central American immigrants illegally crossing the border at alarming rates do not present a danger to Americans and can be handled by the CBP, the agency’s commissioner, Gil Kerlikowske, said Sunday, according to ABC News. “These are family members, these are not gang members, these are not dangerous individuals,” Kerlikowske told…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Could there be another possible defection from the Obama administration? The White House drug czar Gil Kerlikowske, head of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, told the Associated Press that he’s applied for the vacant spot as police chief of Chicago, where former White House aide Rahm Emanuel…
Confusion continues to reign over the nation’s policy on marijuana. California lawmakers want to tax the crop. The feds are against legalization. In Fresno County, Calif., federal and local agents in the past 10 days have seized more than $1 billion in marijuana crops and arrested 82 people. By Marc Benjamin The Fresno Bee The…
Seattle Police chief Gil Kerlikowske appears to be a good choice for this job. One thing he’ll have to deal with immediately is the violent, out-of-control drug war in Mexico that is spilling over into the U.S. That should be one of his top priorities. By Chris Cilliza Washington Post WASHINGTON — President Obama will…
