Time and time again, many of us have said that Obama has no clue to what he is doing. That he is completely unqualified to be the POTUS for multiple reasons. I guess this has once again proven that fact to us all.
Border Security has been an issue on the table for decades and has been brought to the forefront of many discussions in the last couple years. The completely inadequate way that the Federal Government has (yet too) accomplish this duty, listen to the American Citizenry and went after those that have done the impossible task of taking the problem on on their own (States and citizens alike) has shown their complete lack of ability to do job enumerated to them under the Constitution.
Obama has finally started to take on the issue of BORDER SECURITY, but the problems is........ he still does not know his ass from a hole in the ground! He is looking the wrong way once again! With all the issues on the Southern Border, he is working on the Canadian Border. Now please do not get me wrong, i understand that the border with Canada has plenty of its own issues to be dealt with. But the debacle at our Southern Border is a much more pressing issue at this time.
Obama, Harper met Friday for border security discussion
U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper met on Friday to discuss major changes to border security. The meeting will lead to the most sweeping reforms since the 1988 free trade agreement between the two nations.
The shared review of border security is expected to lead to joint government facilities, high-tech monitoring of travelers, improved cyber security protection and better oversight of cargo shipments between Washington and Ottawa.
In December 2010, Congress requested that the Government Accountability Office address the extent to which the DHS has improved coordination with state, local, tribal, and Canadian partners, has progressed in addressing past federal coordination challenges, and has progressed in securing the northern border and used coordination efforts to address existing vulnerabilities.
The challenges of securing the U.S.-Canadian border involve the coordination of multiple partners. The results of the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to integrate border security among its components and across federal, state, local, tribal, and Canadian partners are unclear.
The talks between Obama and Harper are expected to lead to new agreements to be implemented through amendments to existing regulations and the approval of legislation in Washington and Ottawa.
The GAO reviewed interagency agreements, strategies, and operational documents that address DHS's reported northern border vulnerabilities such as terrorism. GAO visited four Border Patrol sectors, selected based on threat, and interviewed officials from federal, state, local, tribal, and Canadian agencies operating within these sectors. While these results cannot be generalized, they provided insights on border security coordination.
According to a majority of selected northern border security partners GAO interviewed, DHS improved northern border security coordination through interagency forums and joint operations. Specifically, interagency forums were beneficial in establishing a common understanding of security, while joint operations helped to achieve an integrated and effective law enforcement response.
However, numerous partners cited challenges related to the inability to resource the increasing number of interagency forums and raised concerns that some efforts may be overlapping. While guidance issued by GAO stresses the need for a process to ensure that resources are used effectively and efficiently, DHS does not oversee the interagency forums established by its components.
The U.S. Border Patrol -- a component of DHS's U.S. Customs and Border Protection -- reported that 32 of the nearly 4,000 northern border miles in fiscal year 2010 had reached an acceptable level of security and that there is a high reliance on law enforcement support from outside the border zone.
However, the extent of partner law enforcement resources available to address border security vulnerabilities is not reflected in Border Patrol's processes for assessing border security and resource requirements. GAO previously reported that federal agencies should identify resources among collaborating agencies to deliver results more efficiently and that DHS had not fully responded to a legislative requirement to link initiatives--including partnerships -- to existing border vulnerabilities to inform federal resource allocation decisions.
Development of policy and guidance to integrate available partner resources in northern border security assessments and resource planning documents could provide the agency and Congress with more complete information necessary to make resource allocation decisions in mitigating existing border vulnerabilities.
The GAO recommended that DHS enhance oversight to ensure efficient use of interagency forums and compliance with interagency agreements; and develop guidance to integrate partner resources to mitigate northern border vulnerabilities.
Jim Kouri, CPP, formerly Fifth Vice-President, is currently a Board Member of the National Association of Chiefs of Police and he's a columnist for Examiner.com and New Media Alliance (thenma.org). In addition, he's a blogger for the Cheyenne, Wyoming Fox News Radio affiliate KGAB (www.kgab.com). Kouri also serves as political advisor for Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor Michael Moriarty.He's former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university and director of security for several major organizations. He's also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country. Kouri writes for many police and security magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer and others. He's a news writer and columnist for AmericanDaily.Com, MensNewsDaily.Com, MichNews.Com, and he's syndicated by AXcessNews.Com. Kouri appears regularly as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including Fox News Channel, Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, etc.To subscribe to Kouri's newsletter write to COPmagazine@aol.com and write "Subscription" on the subject line.
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Susan,
I doubt that they even put one sign up. All they are doing is blowing hot air out and attempting to make it look like they are serious about BORDER SECURITY. The sad fact that they will not do anything of merit and are not paying attention to the Southern Borer where we need immediate attention shows that they do not take the issue serious.
We all should be thanking the ones down there doing what they can such as Pat Dollard and the other groups.