The Unkindest Cut: $226 Million Cut From Southern Border Fence… At The Suggestion of Team Obama
Posted by Lady Liberty on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 5:06 PM
In case you had any concerns about the Obama administration’s commitment to border security…
Photo: A U.S. Border Patrol agent parks beside the border fence at Fort Hancock, Texas. With fears rising that the drug violence in Mexico could spill into the U.S., Hudspeth County Sheriff Arvin West said at a town-hall meeting last week: "You farmers, I'm telling you right now, arm yourselves." Courtesy of LM Otero/AP/NPR.
Or the need for MORE border security…
Sheriff Babeu explains it quite well.
The Hill reported on the details of the 2011 spending cut bill.
House and Senate appropriators revealed details of the 2011 spending-cut deal early Tuesday morning, missing a self-imposed midnight deadline.
In dueling press releases, House Republicans emphasized the magnitude of cuts they won in the six-month spending bill after marathon negotiations, while Senate Democrats emphasized cuts they were able to avoid or diminish.
[...]
The Homeland Security Department sees significant cuts as well: $226 million is cut from the southern border fence at the suggestion of the Obama administration, and the number of Transportation Security Administration workers is capped. FEMA first-responder grants are cut by $786 million.
Each day it becomes more obvious that this administration is not serious about border security or stemming illegal immigration.
Hat tip to Expose The Media
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Granny commented:
Yeah, well – that took care of most of what actually got cut then Jim.
CBO says Americans were Lied to, the cuts amount to only $353 Million, not $38 Billion
http://nation.foxnews.com/budget-battle/2011/04/13/americans-were-lied-cbo-says-budget-deal-cuts-just-353-million-not-38-billi
AuntieMadder commented:
Gotta’ maintain that paperless entryway for his jihadist buddies.
Sasja commented:
It seems to me that Congress is also not concerned with border security. This last budget deal was a joke and not a very funny one at that. Why don’t those congresscritters cut out their perks, cut staff, and lower their salaries. It is my understanding they voted themselves a pay raise which took effect this year. Frankly, right now, I’m sick of the lot of them.
Uggy Parfait commented:
The Illegal Alien in Cheif wants boarder patrol not to have weapons so the Mexican Drug mafia can kill them — Obama is mentally a murderer but most of the US or world does not realize it yet.
NeoKong commented:
35,000 people dead and we do nothing. Mexico is our neighbor. I don’t just blame Obama for this.
This has been going on for years and no one will do anything. It is a disgrace.
That woman at the end was right.
The American appetite for drugs fuels that war.
Keep that in mind the next time you hear the words “non violent offender” concerning a drug arrest.
tarpon commented:
Boy are we being scammed.
I heard Beohner say on the Hannity show this afternoon that the cuts were $78 billion.
Muffin commented:
This administration is not seroius about life. They are all, mentally imbalanced. Especially the mentally imbalanced in chief.
tommy mc donnell commented:
keep the colonizers coming. bring them here illegally, put them on the dole, they will vote for you for the rest of their lives. keep people that would come here legally out, presto permanent majority. a racist, politically motivated colonization to enslave what was once a free people. brought to you by the american politican.
Lisa G in NZ commented:
Obvious: this is because they HAVE to keep funding an organization which kills millions of unborn babies every year… (un-planned parenthood)… so we need to open borders to allow millions IN to do those low paying jobs… ummm… which fetus’ can’t do….? …errrr….
WINNING! WTF!
Humpty Dumpty Had a great fall commented:
This nation, like Humpty Dumpty, is being set up. God bless us, everyone (except the Marxists, the jihadists, the anti Americans, those who use and abuse “the system”, the criminals, the illegals…oh dear Lord, please give me the mindset to forgive those who use and abuse us and want to see us and our wonderful way of life destroyed.
contessa61 commented:
the best bang for our buck would be to close the border with a fence. We’d save a bundle of money that we would normally spend on health care, education, and law enforcement for illegals. But no. Winning elections for Democrats is much more important. I’ve never said this before about any prez, but this loser needs to be impeached. He is putting what is right for our country behind what is good for elections.
Mark1957 commented:
Meanwhile the State Dept. will grant asylum to more than 500,000 refugees from Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Yeman, ect. ect. without any background check on who is coming in. Obama won’t ever let “a crisis go to waste”.
Josh commented:
Instead of everybody buying lottery tickets, somebody could start a fund and by -pass the govt. and get the public to build a fence. I would donate as many other millions of Americans would too. We would have enough money to buy two fences along the border if the govt. would step aside and let the public hire a private company to come in and do it. It would be done faster and cheaper through the private sector.
Humpty Dumpty Had a great fall commented:
You’ve got that right, Josh!
wow commented:
#13 April 13, 2011 at 6:25 pm
Josh commented:
“We would have enough money to buy two fences along the border if the govt. would step aside and let the public hire a private company to come in and do it.” Therein lies the crux of the matter. The government would NEVER step aside. It wouldn’t be politically correct or expedient to do so. What on earth did we do to deserve this blight that we now have in the government?
BYE, BYE MISS AMERICAN PIE commented:
U$A: THIRD WORLD RISING – http://www.BorderInvasionPics.com
HOMELAND INSECURITY commented:
AMERICANS KILLED BY ILLEGAL ALIENS – http://www.ojjpac.org/memorial.asp
neverends commented:
Did anyone expect anything different from the empty suit administration that expects the current taxpayers to pay for the future dem voters?
Josh commented:
Has anyone ever lobbied the govt. to allow the private sector to set up a fund and have permission to build a fence? I guarantee you that the money would be raised in no time. Even the liberals would contribute to this fund.
If the public spends hundreds of millions of dollars a week just buying lottery tickets, then it would be no big deal for them to not buy lottery tickets for one week and just give 5 or 10 dollars (or even more) to a border fence fund. Americans would run to it as long as the govt. stayed out of it. I am serious, I would give a lot myself to see this happen. There needs to be a respectable honest company to step forward and give an estimate as well as a model that will hold up to the elements.
Old One commented:
#13 Josh,
What did we do to deserve this gov’t?
53% of the voters bougt Obozos kool-aid on election day 2008 and I fear the same mindless morons such as Peggy, Obama will pay my mortgage & buy my gas will do a repeat in 2012. We have been subsidizing stupidity with the welfare state since 1933.
Josh commented:
Seriously folks… what would it take to get somebody to lobby the govt. to allow the public to build a border fence?
HANOI JOHN KERRY commented:
More AMERICAN VICTIMS of the INVASION – http://www.fncic-voiacm.org
Joanne commented:
What is obvious is Obama and his evil cronies are intent on making every effort to allow as many illegal immigrants and terrorists into the U.S., without any thought to the safety of the American people.
Lisa G in NZ commented:
Are the 69,000,000 who voted for Obama still happy? This is only 22% of America. did a lot of people sit home, unhappy with putting a vote in for McCain hence the “53% of voters”?
sure….
Are people AWAKE AND FULLY ENGAGED across the country bound and determined to hold all in government accountable and continue to vote in BETTER people across ALL states and a legitimate POTUS….?
you betcha
jetstream commented:
Why won’t the border states enforce their own sovereignty, and put up a fence along their entire border? This invasion into the state by illegals has nothing to do with immigration, which is a legal process of migration and citizenship under federal authority.
There are plenty of ways a state could undertake securing the safety of their citizens that does not encroach on federal authority. Here’s one idea:
The states could acquire a continuous strip of border properties through eminent domain and designate the entire border corridor as “Law Enforcement and State Militia Training Grounds” which are prohibited to the public. Law enforcement and State militia would conduct training exercises on the grounds and patrol the “training” corridor. Anyone who trespasses would be arrested for violating state trespassing laws, whether citizen or not.
This would limit public access along the border to roadways, which are patrolled by law enforcement enforcing state motor vehicle laws. After passing through federal border points into the state, legitimate entrants would be able to travel unimpeded as long as they follow motor vehicle laws. All of the suggested enforcement activities are well within the states’ authority and DO NOT come under federal jurisdiction.
DaMav commented:
Yeah fine. But didn’t the Republican establishment go along with this Clusterfk and haven’t they been pushing it as a great victory??? Combine this with the CBO analysis of the budget deal and most of the cuts they negotiated seem to have come from the border fence.
I expect this from Obama. What is Boehner/Cantor’s excuse?
Josh commented:
Once Obama changes Washington D.C., they should change the name to Mambypambyland. Nothing ever really get accomplished up there. Just cocktail parties, political backscratching, and self aggrandizement.
CU-N-AZ commented:
First off, did you know that there is a vast streach of the border area that even law enforcement can not enter do to its “envrionmental” fragility? You would NEVER get a permit to build a fence, it dosnt matter one iota if you had the money. Second, eminet domain? are you kidding me? A government take over of private lands. There is NO,,,I repeat NO excuse for the government to use such a tactic, reguardless of its intentions.
The fact is, the federal government will not allow our southern border to be closed. They will not allow Arizona to enforce federal law (this is, according to our much hated Mr. Holder, a fedreal ONLY issue.)
If you take away the reasons they are streaming over the borders, such as citizenship for their children, free education, free health care, food stamps, living assistance…they will stay where in their country of origin, it is really that simple.
Now, if we could only get rid of the Democrats pushing this open boarder BS, maybe there could be some hope.
Andreas K. commented:
And guess what… your messiah Trump?
He doesn’t give a sh*t. He’s silent.
Kazooskibum commented:
The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise.