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-Land of the Free
Lawmakers slam Trump's Homeland Security chief over focus on immigrant caravan, border wall
2018-04-28
Washington (CNN) The secretary of homeland security faced sharp questioning about agency priorities from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing Thursday, with many expressing deep concerns about whether the Trump administration is properly promoting Americans' safety.

Democrats in particular questioned Kirstjen Nielsen about the administration's prioritization of immigration enforcement and the building of a border wall while also seeking to cut funding for state and local governments to prepare for and respond to security threats.

"Tell us how cutting this kind of funding helps America be safer," demanded Rep. Bill Keating, D-Massachusetts.

The top Democrat on the committee, Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, had sharp words for Nielsen in his opening remarks, accusing the department of intentionally attacking non-dangerous immigrants as a distraction.
Posted by:Skidmark

#8  Sez Sancho, "Quick, Señor Coyote!
I've taken the Donkey peyote.
I don't fear la migra
And could not be eagerer
To vote for the black zopilote!"
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2018-04-28 20:01  

#7  #6 Expect a deluge of such "human interest stories" as the critical moment nears.--Posted by: g(r)omgoru
Only until November. If a new Congress has a Democratic Majority it will disappear off the front page. Remembering 2006, the day after the election local corruption and pink llamas (!?!) were now more important to the local paper than the above the fold photos of Iraq that had dominated most every issue before. *Poof!* What burning issue?!? Nancy Pelosi is Speaker, now, and why put pressure on her To. Do. Something. Substantive.
Posted by: magpie   2018-04-28 19:36  

#6  Expect a deluge of such "human interest stories" as the critical moment nears.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-04-28 18:39  

#5  Dangerous or not, they don't belong here. They have homes, and if home is really that dangerous, they're required to stop in the first safe place -- Mexico. If Mexico isn't safe, then we should wall off all of Latin America as a Failed Experiment and let them sort it out.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2018-04-28 18:00  

#4  "Tell us how cutting this kind of funding helps America be safer," demanded Rep. Bill Keating, D-Massachusetts.

Translated - "Where's the graft in that??!!"

Note from whence this derives.
Posted by: AlanC   2018-04-28 12:06  

#3  #2 - Nominee for Snark O' The day
Posted by: Frank G   2018-04-28 11:56  

#2  Perhaps we could just send absentee ballots to Honduras and save the poor dears that long trek across Mexico. It would be just like absentee ballots for our military, except these would get counted.
Posted by: SteveS   2018-04-28 11:31  

#1  "How dare you harass these future Democrat voters!"
Posted by: Frank G   2018-04-28 11:18  

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