And they would have us believe border security is not a priority.

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Want to rethink that position now ?

"Extremely Dangerous" Roadside IED Found In Texas

 

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Granny says, "Dat's right - dem Hispexicans is laughin' alla way `cross the border...

Homeland Security Chair Says U.S. Far from Having Operational Control of Border
June 9, 2016 | House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R.-Texas) said today that the U.S. government is “far from” having operational control of the U.S.-Mexico border.

“We do know we are apprehending other-than-Mexicans, special-interest aliens from countries of interest that concern us,” McCaul said in a discussion on national security at the Council on Foreign Relations. “We’re apprehending them,” he said, “but how many have already gotten into this country?” McCaul was responding to a questioner who asked him “what is the criteria that will finally let us know when we have a secure border.” “It’s when we can gain operational control--and you can define that in many ways,” said McCaul. “But right now we are catching less than half of what’s coming in."

McCaul then said that he and House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, who shared the stage with him, worry about: “What is coming in that we don’t know about? “We do know we are apprehending other-than-Mexicans, special-interest aliens from countries of interest that concern us. We’re apprehending them, but how many have already gotten into this country? And I think that’s one of the biggest concerns,” McCaul said. “I believe—and I had a bill that we got out of my committee—that there’s a multi-layer approach to basically create a barrier to prevent illegal aliens, but also potential terrorists, from coming into the United States, that involves not just fencing—although fencing is important and infrastructure—but also technology and aviation assets and manpower, boots on the ground, to respond,” he said.

McCaul then noted a program included in the fiscal 2016 Defense authorization law that provided for transferring certain surplus equipment from Department of Defense to the Department of Homeland Security. “One important program that we passed was the Department of Defense transferring excess surplus property like aerostats from Afghanistan to the Southwest Border, so we have that visibility,” he said. “Right now we can’t see 100 percent what’s happening on the ground. If you can’t see what’s happening, it’s very difficult to respond to it,” McCaul said. “So, I think the answer [to when we have a secure border] is when we achieve operational control. We are far from that right now,” said McCaul.

A Congressional Research Service report on border security published in April noted that the National Border Patrol Strategy (NBPS) released in 2004 and the Secure Fence Act of 2006 defined “operational control” of the border differently. “The NBPS was an attempt to lay the foundation for achieving ‘operational control’ over the border, defined by the Border Patrol as ‘the ability to detect, respond, and interdict border penetrations in areas deemed as high priority for threat potential or other national security objectives,’” said the CRS report. A footnote to that sentence in the CRS report, said: “This definition differs from the statutory definition found in Section 2 of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-367), which defines operational control as ‘the prevention of all unlawful entries into the United States, including entries by terrorists, other unlawful aliens, instruments of terrorism, narcotics, and other contraband.’”

Homeland Security Chair Says U.S. Far from Having Operational Control of Border

 

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Border Agent Brutally Beaten by Illegal Crosser shoots, kills perp...

Border Agent Brutally Beaten by Illegal Crosser
June 11, 2016 - A U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot an illegal border crosser he tried to arrest after he was brutally attacked near Yuma, Arizona Thursday.

The border agent attempted to arrested the illegal immigrant around 10 p.m. near Yuma, Arizona when officials say the man assaulted the agent, according to KNXV-TV.

"During the arrest, the subject grabbed the agent's radio and collapsible steel baton and began striking him in the face and head while he also attempted to remove the Agent’s sidearm from its holster," officials said.

Both men were transported to a hospital where the suspect was pronounced dead. The agent suffered a concussion and multiple bruises and lacerations to his head which required stitches. The incident is currently under investigation.

Border Agent Brutally Attacked by Illegal Crosser | Officer.com

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Wounded Deputy Fired Fatal Shot at Gunman
June 10, 2016 - York County Sheriff's Deputy Michael Lutz, who was shot in the face while assisting in serving a warrant, returned fire and fatally wounded James Allen Nickol.

A York County sheriff's deputy, assisting in serving a warrant, was shot in the face Thursday morning in an exchange of gunfire with a suspect in York. The bullet struck the deputy in the cheek, said York County Sheriff Richard Keuerleber, who described the wound as "through and through." The deputy, Michael Lutz, a five-year veteran of the sheriff's office, was in stable condition and was expected to fully recover, Keuerleber said.

The sheriff visited the deputy in York Hospital's intensive care unit and said, "He's in good spirits." "Mike's a very upbeat guy," Keuerleber said. "He's very cheerful. He was 'thumbs up' when I saw him in the hospital." Lutz returned fire and fatally wounded the suspect, identified by the York County Coroner's Office as James Allen Nickol, 38, of no fixed address. Coroner Pam Gay said Nickol had been living in York.

She said Nickol, shot multiple times, was pronounced dead at 11:38 a.m., and his family was notified. Nickol had been in York County Prison since Feb. 26 on burglary and receiving stolen property charges, a prison records official said. He walked off the prison's work release facility on Wednesday, according to the prison's records department. Online court records show that Nickol was charged by Pennsylvania State Police on Wednesday with felony escape.

Thursday's events began shortly before 9 a.m. when two deputies went to a residential area in the 900 block of East Philadelphia Street in search of Nickol, the sheriff said. Lutz encountered Nickol in the rear of the home, where an exchange of gunfire occurred. Lutz suffered gunshot injuries to his face and thumb. "We are extremely grateful that Deputy Lutz survived this incident," Keuerleber wrote in a news release. "We are very fortunate and honored to serve every day with true professionals like Deputy Lutz."

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