Thread: Bombshell: Obama cutting border surveillance in half (ALIPAC)

Bombshell: Obama cutting border surveillance in half

Agents threatened with termination for enforcing law

Leo Hohmann Leo Hohmann is a news editor for WND. He has been a reporter and editor at several suburban newspapers in the Atlanta and Charlotte, North Carolina, areas and also served as managing editor of Triangle Business Journal in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Border Patrol agents detain an illegal border crosser after chasing him down near the U.S.-Mexico border at Mission, Texas

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is planning to cut 50 percent of the budget for aerial surveillance along the U.S.-Mexico border, agents revealed at a congressional hearing Thursday.


In an effort to understand why DHS is cutting funding, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, wrote a bipartisan letter to DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson.
“Any decrease in aerial observation is not only imprudent, but contradicts the very mission of border security enforcement,” the letter states.
The lawmakers’ letter also asks for detailed information about the reduction aerial-based border security, also known as Operation Phalanx.
Abbott and Cuellar describe news of the funding cut for border security as “unsettling.”

“It has come to our attention that for calendar year 2016 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requested 3,850 hours of persistent aerial detection, situational awareness and monitoring capability support for Operation Phalanx from the Department of Defense (DOD). This request was fifty percent lower than that of recent years. Given the recent surge of migrants from Central America and Cuba along the southern border, we believe DHS should request more surveillance and security resources, not fewer. Moreover, Texas requested additional aerial observation resources in a September 30, 2015, letter that went unanswered by your department.
“The fact that DHS now appears to be taking the opposite approach is unsettling.”

Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies for the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, said she learned of the plans to cut the funding at Thursday’s House Judiciary hearing, at which she also testified.
Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw mentioned it.
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Jessica Vaughan, research fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies

“It’s very concerning – with the security risks now confronting our nation, and a continuing influx of illegal migration across the southern border that includes criminal smuggling activity, why on earth would the government want to slash in half an important asset like aerial border surveillance?” Vaughan told WND. “That’s the kind of program that enables us to know what is happening on the border and what is getting by, so that agents on the ground can be sent to intercept.”
The surveillance is critical to what is known in the security business as “situational awareness,” said Vaughan.
“Apparently, the Obama administration doesn’t want to know what is coming across the border, and doesn’t want the Border Patrol to know, either,” she said.

William Gheen, president of Americans for Legal Immigration, or ALIPAC, said the situation at the border continues to spin out of control.
“We have also heard that Border Patrol has been ordered to just catch and release illegals without detaining them,” he said. “With the new unprecedented wave of illegal immigration coming in via the ‘border surge’ and the new wave of (more than 28,000) Cubans illegally immigrating to the U.S., it appears word has reached all reaches of the earth that America’s defensive shields have been sabotaged from within.”


No longer enforcing U.S. law
The news about pending cuts in surveillance comes on the heels of Thursday’s report that the Obama administration was no longer enforcing U.S. law at the southern border, allowing illegal alien women and children to enter freely with a “catch-and-release” policy.
The illegals are caught, given notice to appear in court for a deportation hearing and released. But more than 40 percent have been ignoring the court summons, which became a source of deep embarrassment to the DHS, said Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, at the hearing Thursday. So, to ameliorate the embarrassment, the notices to appear are no longer being handed out as long as the person entering doesn’t have a felony record.
Fired for doing their jobs?
Furthermore, on Thursday, a top Border Patrol agent revealed that if border agents follow the law and ask illegal aliens why they are coming to the U.S., they will be terminated, the Daily Caller reported.
“Right now, the Border Patrol has actually told us that we can no longer ask them that question, why are they coming any more?” Judd testified. “We can’t even ask that question. In some cases, we still do, but we are being told that you can’t even ask why they are coming.”
“What do you think are the consequences for agents who are unwilling to comply with these limiting policies?” asked Rep. Raul Labrador.
“They’ll be terminated,” Judd replied.
He said no agents have yet been fired because the agents in Judd’s group follow the policy directives.
Illegal immigration surged in 2014, and Judd said, “We’re actually seeing a lot more at this point than what we did in 2014.” He added that the Border Patrol currently does not have the resources to adequately respond.
“Why did the cartels drive them to the middle of the desert and then have them cross over the Rio Grande only to surrender to the first Border Patrol Agent they came across?” Judd told the committee. “The reason is that it completely tied up our manpower and allowed the cartels to smuggle whatever they wanted across our border.”


“Our gates are wide open, and the final siege of America is well under way,” Gheen told WND.



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  ALIPAC • 5 minutes ago “Our gates are wide open, and the final siege of America is well under way,”
  
  
  
  
  
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  spfoam1 • 12 minutes ago Obama the Marxist needs his crisis, and he's going to get it no matter what.
  
  
  
  
  
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  monongahela • 16 minutes ago America we are about to be invaded and I don`t mean by poor Latino`s, oh no it is going to be someone like isis with obama now opening the border. Who will stop them from invading and murdering us
  
  
  
  
  
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  Raymond Story • 18 minutes ago The Texas Governor has the authority to call forth the state military forces and the reserve militia to repel the invasion.
  Tex. Gov. Code Sec. 431.071
  http://www.statutes.legis.stat...
  Tex. Gov. Code Sec. 431.001
  http://www.statutes.legis.stat...
  Tex. Const. art. 4, § 7
  http://www.statutes.legis.stat...
  
  
  
  
  
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  Sweetatorscreampuff • 20 minutes ago Dear God, I bow my head and ask if it be Thy will, please save this land from those who seek to destroy it.
  
  
  
  
  
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  Fast Eddy • 23 minutes ago Obama the Destroyer of America strikes again.
  
  
  
  
  
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  Lektrikwire • 27 minutes ago Trump needs to get back on message about the border. It's a winner for him, he articulates it in the way millions feel and Obama is softball-pitching new outrages right across the plate.
  
  
  
  
  
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  katzkiner • 31 minutes ago Well damn, I thought he was flying them all in since last summer!
  Do you realize the government spent $76,000 per unaccompanied minor just to process them into housing.
  Pay your taxes and shut up slaves!
  
  
  
  
  
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  texexpatriate • 37 minutes ago Obama's directives to the Border Patrol alone constitute just grounds for impeachment.
  
  
  
  
  
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    katzkiner texexpatriate • 30 minutes ago No riots= No impeachment
    
    
    
    
    
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  NUTN2SAY • 44 minutes ago Folks! Article 1 Section 8 commands oath takers to REPEL INVASIONS...not IMPORT INVADERS to U.S. soil to murder Americans on U.S. soil!
  This is treasonous behavior and you folks better start paying attention and also observe to how much oath takers are selling America out to their favorite foreign sponsor!
  WE THE PEOPLE...WE NEED TO TALK!
  
  
  
  
  
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  Kyle4318 • 44 minutes ago Obama may win this war: Before Trump is ever sworn in
  
  
  
  
  
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    ALIPAC Kyle4318 • 3 minutes ago That is exactly what he is trying to do. But the campaign of Trump could turn off the invasion or reverse it under the right circumstances.
    
    
    
    
    
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  barbarakelly • an hour ago What is obama doing making it easier for the enemy to enter our country with no trouble at all. Who is he helping into our country ISIS that has traveled from Europe to S. America up Central into our country. When security is at its highest he having half of the patrol ---this is insane. He is insane and needs to be removed. Then he dares to threaten these men. Something evil is up people ---please get ready.!!!!
  
  
  
  
  
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  Luke101 • an hour ago Obama: Traitor
  
  
  
  
  
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  Southernyankee • an hour ago I guess I missed something in my civics class, I thought the president was supposed to enforce the laws of the nation, not break them, and ignore them, worst freaking president we have ever had, I just hope that Trump gathers up everybody who doesn't have a U.S. birth certificate, and sends them back to Mexico. TRUMP in 2016
  
  
  
  
  
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  AmericanRevolutionSon • an hour ago The few real Americans living in this country need to support the Border Patrol. To that end it would be nice to know exactly who is ordering officer to break their oaths. The concerned citizens I mentioned earlier who want our BP team protected should take custody of those who have broken their oaths. The disposition of those thusly incarcerated is not of concern, only that they never breath American air again...
  Remember, deportation, it's not just for illegals.
  
  
  
  
  
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    Southernyankee AmericanRevolutionSon • an hour ago The persons responsible for this, are Obama and Jeh Johnson.
    
    
    
    
    
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  itchy trigger • 2 hours ago WHEN a WMD is smuggled into America will Obama be held responsible? I think we know the answer, The Media will find a way to blame....Guess Who? At this point, Voting may be a matter of life and death.
  
  
  
  
  
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    katzkiner itchy trigger • 26 minutes ago Elect Bush or one of the Cuban anchor babies and this will only accelerate.
    They were all for amnesty and a pathway to citizenship before they were against it.
    
    
    
    
    
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  george emmert • 2 hours ago Arrest obama, holder, clinton, lynch immediately and charge with treason.
  
  
  
  
  
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  gunny1 • 2 hours ago Time for Vigilante Border Patrol.
  
  
  
  
  
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  fireism • 2 hours ago By the end of Obama's term I would bet there will be NO surveillance in place. This is a slow drip of removing all border security from the USA.
  
  
  
  
  
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  M. D'Souza • 2 hours ago Illegal immigrants know full well that the US scare-crow is far away from the border, and is looking the other way towards the golf-greens. The illegals can now march into the US with impunity. To top it all, the US DHS wants to cut 50% of the budget for aerial surveillance along the US-Mexico border. Why can't we the citizens demand that we cut Obama-family vacation costs by 50%?
  
  
  
  
  
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  southdfw • 2 hours ago One month down, eleven to go, buckle up, it is going to get bumpy!
  
  
  
  
  
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  Kyle4318 • 3 hours ago This is why a Last Trumpet will Fix what Trump Never could,
  
  
  
  
  
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  what happened to freedom • 3 hours ago Hey Obama please! get rid of your security then you will know how we feel how we really feel...ScumBag
  
  
  
  
  
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  Mr Gadget • 3 hours ago Hmmm, why with all the extra money obama's lackeys in congress gave him for immigration. Oh, I almost forgot, obama charters flights to bring in the families of illegals that make it across the border, so they don't have to make the dangerous journey illegally invading America.
  
  
  
  
  
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  Buggsy • 3 hours ago This is the result of dependence on the Fed govt for ones safety, security and well-being. It should be becoming more and more clear that the citizens of this country must take into their own hands the matter of safety. To continue to look to the likes of the Obama admin for the safety of this country is futile. He will throw us under the bus every time.
  
  
  
  
  
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  joepotato • 3 hours ago One of the prime directives of the Fed Goobermint is to secure the nation from invasion.... but this regime has a slightly different agenda... Promote an invasion..... Using confiscated and borrowed resources to do it.... Nice how tyranny works against the people... One very real $#!+ storm is on the way....
  
  
  
  
  
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  prometheus2 • 3 hours ago More 'hope and change' looming on the horizon for the immigrant invaders storming our lands . . .
  
  
  
  
  
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  Quintavius Butts • 3 hours ago Government needs as many illegals as they can to be in the country by November so they can illegally vote for the democrats.
  
  
  
  
  
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  infrahuman • 3 hours ago How is it possible that a Republican majority in both Houses (no matter how corrupt) can allow this to happen? We have reached the point of no return. Only a citizen uprising directed at them will have any impact.
  
  
  
  
  
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    spfoam1 infrahuman • 19 minutes ago It's not a veto proof majority.
    
    
    
    
    
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    Kyle4318 infrahuman • 3 hours ago Q: "How is it possible that a Republican majority in both Houses (no matter how corrupt) can allow this to happen?"
    A: 2 Thessalonians 2:7-11
    
    
    
    
    
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      florida3guy Kyle4318 • 2 hours ago He didn't trick me as I saw him for who and what he is the very first time I saw him and heard him speak. Pure evil.
      
      
      
      
      
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    FlameCCT infrahuman • 3 hours ago The Progressive Republican Establishment (P-GOPe) work with their Progressive Democrat tovarisch to continue building the Progressive Plantation (Marxist Utopia) in direct violation of the Constitution.
    
    
    
    
    
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    joepotato infrahuman • 3 hours ago The 535 must be removed for anything positive to happen.... even if they're kicking and screaming.... They have failed miserably....
    
    
    
    
    
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  DE • 4 hours ago Cut off the freebies and the BP folks will be run down...with the invaders leaving.
  
  
  
  
  
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  DE • 4 hours ago More evidence on how much the DICtator hates the Republic and wants to burn it all down.
  
  
  
  
  
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  Kantorek • 4 hours ago The criminal obama needs to be impeached. Take away his secret service. After all if America is unprotected by his hand, then by all means let's take obama's protection away. Impeach, impeach impeach. We have never had a treasonous president before in this country. Obama is a traitor and needs to be arrested. Call the Sargent of Arms and bring him before Congress. These *** RINOs need a good but kicking. Earn your money and impeach this *** . *** After all obama's mama was a *** . Her pimp was most likely Frank Marshal Davis.
  
  
  
  
  
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    joepotato Kantorek • 3 hours ago We've never had such a criminally complicit congress that refuses to do an impeachment that is beyond absolutely necessary....
    
    
    
    
    
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  Elroy • 4 hours ago That's an illegal order and they've sworn an oath to uphold the law as required by law for them to take the job. If it were me, I'd do my job and if I got fired, I'd sue the crap out of the agency right up to the WH.
  
  
  
  
  
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  ireAmerica • 4 hours ago Brandon Judd:
  Get off your fat _ and do your job or resign now. and RUN. We might not catch up with you to try you for TREASON.
  You thugs are "just following orders" to keep your union jobs. Taking illegal orders that you KNOW are treasonous. Americans are getting killed because of YOU Brandon.
  You're done Brandon, accessory to murder, co-conspirator and TRAITOR on our payroll. Get out of that office and disappear. And take your team out too.
  
  
  
  
  
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  kbech • 4 hours ago Breaking the laws with impunity is not enough for Obama. He is making those empowered to enforce the laws into criminals by insisting they break them instead.
  
  
  
  
  
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  Darren Muse • 4 hours ago Ummm...Obama didn't "cut funding." The DHS decided that's not where they wanted to place their resources. In fact, that has nothing to do with Obama.
  
  
  
  
  
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    ireAmerica Darren Muse • 4 hours ago Darren:
    This has everything to do with the Obama team. Jeh Johnson, DHS head was appointed by Obama and Border Patrol is being ordered to "stand down."
    
    
    
    
    
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  Swampcat • 5 hours ago Who can stop this? Is it up to the Congress (if so, we are screwed!), is it up to the courts (probably equally screwed), or is it up to us as citizens? I just wonder what can be done to counteract this. Doesn't the Congress appropriate funding of these agencies? Can they reduce the funding if the agencies fail to distribute the funds in a way that supports the laws? It is so frustrating for an average citizen who is stuck watching our Country being destroyed by total lawlessness.
  
  
  
  
  
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    Kyle4318 Swampcat • 3 hours ago Q: Who can stop this?
    Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness[a] is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 4 He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
    5 Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? 6 And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. 7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.
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    “The king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will say unheard-of things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been determined must take place. 37 He will show no regard for the gods of his ancestors or for the one desired by women, nor will he regard any god, but will exalt himself above them all.
    
    
    
    
    
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    joepotato Swampcat • 3 hours ago Fedzilla would rather sic the FBI and the BLM on farmers and ranchers.... There's more value in land acquisition.... while the nation is being routed and transformed.... Gotta keep the indentured slaves in check.....
    
    
    
    
    
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  frankie "da scarf" • 5 hours ago Let's see...if he's going to cut border control in 1/2, then he's probably going to double the illegal crossers too. Election's coming up ya' know...
  
  
  
  
  
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  Naro narosky • 5 hours ago Obama's goal is to let in as many future Democrat voters as possible before he leaves office.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

We need to have a million man march on Washington DC and protest this unacceptable action. Many Americans are unaware of what is going on.