House Democrats Outdo Themselves with an Unserious Border Security Proposal, Part 1
By Dan Cadman on February 4, 2019
The summary of a bill cooked up by Democrats in the House majority reflects just how unserious they are on the whole subject of border security and immigration control.
The Democrats' proposal not only freezes Border Patrol agent resources at current levels, it cuts by $10 million from the funding request for relocation and retention programs. But look at how it's packaged in the summary:
Provides the following increases for the Border Patrol:
$35.1 million increase for Border Patrol relocation and retention programs, $10 million below the request; [Emphases added.]
After engaging in that interesting bit of "increase/decrease" linguistic acrobatics, the summary goes on to describe as loosely as possible the Democrats' proposal to provide a half billion dollars more than requested for "humanitarian concerns".
The description of what the humanitarian concerns entail — "medical care, more efficient transportation, food and other consumables, and ... one prototype temporary holding facility (72 hours or less)" (emphasis added) — makes clear that they are not interested in halting the illegal flow of human beings across our borders, but rather in processing them into, through, and out of the system for resettlement as quickly as possible, while doing nothing to either impede or dissuade others from making the journey. But isn't that what "border security" is supposed to be all about? Stopping the flow, not making everyone more comfortable along the way?
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