By Desert Sun Editorial Board Desert Sun The protests in Murrieta that turned away buses full of undocumented women and children last week is not a chapter in the long story of immigration of which to be proud. There’s lots of blame to go around. President Obama deserves some for over-promising the message that refugees…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. is increasing security at some overseas airports because of fears that some terrorist groups in the Middle East are devising bombs to slip past security, the USA Today reports. Noting that security risks are constantly evolving, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said TSA will begin “enhanced security measures in the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com About 150 Border Patrol agents are being sent to South Texas to help out authorities who are overwhelmed by a spike in illegal immigration from Central America, the Statesman reports. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson made the announcement on his third trip to the Border Patrol’s McAllen station in southernmost Texas in…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is defending the agency’s handling of tens of thousands of unaccompanied immigrants from Central America who were photographed in squalid, overcrowded conditions. The McClatchy Washington Bureau reports that Johnson also rejected Republican demands for the National Guard to respond to the crisis. Johnson unveiled a plan to…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The 25-year-old walked into a wedding reception in Louisiana with law enforcement attire and said he was with Homeland Security. Apparently that was enough for family and friends of the bride and groom to trust him, the Times-Picayune reports. When everyone departed and the newlyweds left for their reception, the suspect loaded…
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 A federal agent committed suicide inside a Homeland Security building in Pittsburgh on Thursday afternoon, Reuters reports. James McConaughy, 43, of Beaver Falls, shot himself and was pronounced dead at 4:19 p.m. An autopsy is scheduled for today. Pittsburgh police would only say that homicide investigators were called to the scene. Homeland…
By Robert Cohen Federal Security Director As a Marine Corps colonel who commanded in all environments, I learned upon arriving at the Department of Homeland Security that the domestic front lines of the war on terrorism extend to the men and women of the Transportation Security Administration at your local airport. Having served for the…
