By Julie Myers Wood and Steve J. Martin Washington Times Congress held two hearings this month to examine the government’s decision to release more than 2,000 immigrants from detention for budgetary reasons. The good news is that committee members of both parties used these hearings to focus on the core issue: our flawed immigration-detention system….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric Holder said he’s prevented the furloughs of prison staffers nationwide to protect prison staff, inmates and the public, the Associated Press reports. Holder prevented the furloughs of some 38,000 employees at the U.S. Bureau of Prisons by moving $150 million from from Justice Department account, the AP wrote. The…
Don Gilleland Florida Today In 2008, presidential front-runner Barack Obama called for a “civilian national security force” as powerful as the U.S. military. Nobody seemed to pay much attention to that suggestion at the time. Much has happened since then that should concern us. Recent news reports indicate our Department of Homeland Security has bought…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. House lawmakers criticized Homeland Security officials Tuesday for not reducing costs on the lead up to the March 1 sequestration, the Washington Post reports. Homeland Security Undersecretary of Management Rafael Borras said he didn’t believe the automatic cuts would take place. Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee said…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol is bracing for more illegal crossings following a confluence of problems related to the budget sequestration and Obama administration policies, the Washington Free Beacon reports. “It’s the perfect storm,” Stuart Harris, vice president of Local 1929 of the National Border Patrol Council in El Paso, Texas, told the Free Beacon….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Secret Service plans to save $2 million by ending public tours of the White House beginning March 9, CNN reports. It’s a small fraction of the cuts that need to be made to absorb $84 million in reduction as part of the sequestration, CNN reported. The Secret Service pays 37 uniformed officers…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com If sequestration cuts aren’t restored, they will cost the Homeland Security Department about $3.2 billion this fiscal year, Fierce Homeland Security reports. To make up for the lost money, the department, which reached 10 years old March 1, would need to cut more than 5% across the board. Other federal agencies face…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire The Justice Department faces $1.6 billion in cuts – nearly 10% of it budget – if Congress and the White House can’t reach an agreement on the nation’s spending plan by later today, NPR reports. Obama earlier warned of big cuts to federal law enforcement. “FBI Agents will be furloughed,” Obama warned….
