Who's watching the "chicken coop"?
While I was gone Homeland Security announced they had solicited bids from defense contractors for a plan to secure the US borders. Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman as well as Boeing and Ericsson are among the elite group of those expected to bid according to an article on Military.com.
The bidding is for fully integrated systems to monitor the borders, not just individual components of a government based border security. While Customs and Border Security will provide the man power for patrolling and enforcing the borders, this move is, at last, an admission by the agency that it's efforts have been impotent.
It's also a tactical admission by government that private industry, as anyone with any awareness will agree, is far more capable of designing and implementing just about any program than government.
We welcome this move and hope it will play out into dramatically improved border security.
In a statement officially stating what most informed Americans already know, House Judiciary Chairman and chief negotiator in the conference committee to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the immigration reform bill, Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis. stated, "What we have to do is first secure the border, and then we have to turn off the magnet that brings more illegal immigrants into our country."
Let's hope he stands by that statement and the House Republican leadership and a majority of the House backs him. The Senate has come down on the side of a controversial and comprehensive bill to address "all" the problems of illegal entry, a move I think is designed to bog down the issue and ultimately fail.
The bill passed in the House is more pragmatic in dealing with the issue. Secure the borders first, then deal with the problem of those already here. How can any intelligent person think otherwise, unless they have an agenda that runs counter to the will of the American people.
But then many of those watching Washington these days are beginning to believe that is the case.
Bush Turns to Contractors to Control Border
Key Rep. Opposes 'Path to Citizenship'
The bidding is for fully integrated systems to monitor the borders, not just individual components of a government based border security. While Customs and Border Security will provide the man power for patrolling and enforcing the borders, this move is, at last, an admission by the agency that it's efforts have been impotent.
It's also a tactical admission by government that private industry, as anyone with any awareness will agree, is far more capable of designing and implementing just about any program than government.
We welcome this move and hope it will play out into dramatically improved border security.
In a statement officially stating what most informed Americans already know, House Judiciary Chairman and chief negotiator in the conference committee to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the immigration reform bill, Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis. stated, "What we have to do is first secure the border, and then we have to turn off the magnet that brings more illegal immigrants into our country."
Let's hope he stands by that statement and the House Republican leadership and a majority of the House backs him. The Senate has come down on the side of a controversial and comprehensive bill to address "all" the problems of illegal entry, a move I think is designed to bog down the issue and ultimately fail.
The bill passed in the House is more pragmatic in dealing with the issue. Secure the borders first, then deal with the problem of those already here. How can any intelligent person think otherwise, unless they have an agenda that runs counter to the will of the American people.
But then many of those watching Washington these days are beginning to believe that is the case.
Bush Turns to Contractors to Control Border
Key Rep. Opposes 'Path to Citizenship'
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