We have news of the Obama administration cutting back on border security. Folks, I don't think this guy is serious about the borders or border security. Is Obama waiting for the drug and human smugglers to build a 8-lane highway through to Phoenix to get motivated to do something to defend our borders. At this point, I've given up trying to figure out what he is thinking and now I watch what he does. And what he is doing currently regarding the borders is---amazing. ----lee
The primary function of government is to secure the borders of the country. Obama's blatant refusal to do so clearly rises to the standard of treason, high crimes and misdemeanors necessary for impeachment. In the face of the overwhelming evidence against him it would be a fatal blow to Constitutional government not to impeach, convict and remove from office. The first order of business after the elections must be to impeach Obama.---rng
The primary function of government is to secure the borders of the country. Obama's blatant refusal to do so clearly rises to the standard of treason, high crimes and misdemeanors necessary for impeachment. In the face of the overwhelming evidence against him it would be a fatal blow to Constitutional government not to impeach, convict and remove from office. The first order of business after the elections must be to impeach Obama.---rng
By Mimi Hall, USA TODAY
The Obama administration is proposing to scale back some border security programs set up after the 9/11 attacks and ramp up aviation security following the attempted Christmas bombing, in what some conservative lawmakers say is a dangerous priority shift.
Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., the top Republican on the House panel overseeing the Department of Homeland Security's budget, says the border security funding in President Obama's budget for fiscal year 2011 is "woefully inadequate" and "as dangerous as it is indefensible."
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says her department's $56.3 billion budget for next year, up 2% over this year, enhances security "across the board." Department spokesman Bobby Whithorne says the budget "continues to support smart, effective programs to strengthen border and interior security" while making "significant investments in aviation security."
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•The Border Patrol, which doubled to 20,000 agents during the Bush administration, would lose 180 agents through attrition. Border staffing would stay the same.
•A "virtual" fence of pole cameras and sensors aimed at stopping illegal immigrants, drug smugglers and terrorists on the U.S.-Mexican border, faces a $225 million cut from $800 million last year. That would delay implementation while a review of the fence, plagued by technical problems, is done.
•Five of the Coast Guard's 13 elite Maritime Security and Safety Teams (MSST), created since 2001 to protect waterfront cities, would be eliminated. Obama is proposing cuts in New York City, San Francisco, Anchorage and King's Bay, Ga.
•The existing 643 miles of concrete-and-steel border fence would be maintained but no new barriers would be built.
In the wake of the failed attempt to blow up an airplane bound for Detroit on Dec. 25, Obama's budget for next year calls for $371 million for 500 more body scanners, 275 more canine teams and an unspecified number of new air marshals.
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