{"id":24715,"date":"2015-01-05T11:33:59","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T16:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=24715"},"modified":"2015-01-05T11:33:59","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T16:33:59","slug":"do-we-actually-have-a-southern-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=24715","title":{"rendered":"Do We Actually Have A Southern Border?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, the Washington Times<\/a> posted a story about the latest Congressional oversight<\/a> report on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)<\/a>. This was Senator Tom Coburn<\/a>‘s final oversight report. CBN News<\/a> also reported a similar story today.<\/p>\n

The article in the Washington Times points out a few highlights in the report:<\/p>\n

Less than 3 percent of illegal immigrants will ever be deported, and more than 700 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border<\/a> remained unsecured as of 2014.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…The report also said corruption is a serious problem in the Border Patrol<\/a>, but said agency officials actually told internal affairs investigators to cut down on the number of cases they were pursuing, according to the former division head.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In another finding Mr. Coburn<\/a>\u2019s staff on the Senate Homeland Security Committee<\/a> found mission creep to be a problem: agents at one immigration agency spent time cracking down on women\u2019s lingerie that they believed infringed on Major League Baseball<\/a>\u2019s officially licensed logos. The agents raided a lingerie store in Kansas City, Mo.<\/a>, flashed their badges and confiscated 18 pairs of underwear marked with an unauthorized Kansas City Royals logo, Mr. Coburn<\/a>\u2019s investigators found.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article at CBN News reported:<\/p>\n

“Ten years of oversight of the Department of Homeland Security finds that the Department still has a lot of work to do to strengthen our nation’s security,” Coburn explained.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Congress needs to review the Department’s mission and programs and refocus DHS on national priorities where DHS has a lead responsibility,” he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coburn also says 700 miles of the southern border is still unsecured.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The agency also has problems protecting itself from online attacks, even though it’s supposed to protect the country from them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Needless to say, the DHS had a different take on the oversight report (as reported in the Washington Times):<\/p>\n

Homeland Security Department spokeswoman Marsha Catron thanked Mr. Coburn<\/a> for his report, but said it didn\u2019t capture the extent of the work her department does.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cDr. Coburn<\/a>\u2019s report on DHS overlooks much of the concrete and recent progress we have made over the past year to improve homeland security and the manner in which DHS conducts business,\u201d she said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You will have to excuse my skepticism. I think it’s time to reevaluate the mission and success of the DHS and consider more effective ways to guard America’s security.<\/p>\n

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