Border Will Be 25% Less Secure Due to Sequester

Newsmax ^ | Wednesday, 27 Mar 2013 4:00 PM | Bill Hoffmann

[Olog-hai]

The United States borders are about to become “25 percent less secure” as a result of budget cuts due to automatic spending cuts triggered by the sequester, Fox News reports.

Agents will no longer work a full 10-hour shift, meaning that the borders could be open and unattended during shift changes, according to Fox. …

Some agents told the network that the government actually has the funds to pay them, although the government denies the allegation. …

[TheRhinelander]

It’s clear that all department heads have been instructed by Valarie Jarrett (if you think Obama runs the executive you’re sadly mistaken) to make the reductions in spending make the most visible pain possible.

[NoLibZone]

Yes it’s 25% less secure under Obama’s Sequester.

[Free and Armed]

Just when the federal government was finally getting serious about border security.

[dforest]

*snicker*

[Venturer]

Well Sheit they walk across with impunity now. How much worse can it get.

[faithhopecharity]

This is BS. It doesn’t make a whit of difference if the border is “25% less secure” since it is WIDE OPEN now.

(And scroll down here on FR and you’ll see an article where 3 senators were “inspecting” the border and some illegals jumped the fence and snuck in Right in Front Of Them.)

And scroll down further or do a quick search and you’ll find plenty of articles about how the current administration has tied the hands of the border guards, issued them “operational orders” so they can’t do their jobs effectively (same for Afghanistan but let’s leave that for another thread).

so, a “25% cut in efficacy” has little or no meaning.

[dsrtsage]

25% of Zero is still Zero

[P-Marlowe]

It is not possible that it could be less secure than it is now.

[rockinqsranch]

The headline made me laugh. 25% less secure eh.

[G Larry]

And we’ll notice the difference how?

[COBOL2Java]

Meanwhile, the Obama daughters are having a great vacay!

[Don Corleone]

Some agents told the network that the government actually has the funds to pay them, although the government denies the allegation.

No money left after the Obama's take their MONTHLY vacations.

[lurk]

What trouble we would be in if we actually did some cuts.

[Fast Moving Angel]

25% of Zero is still Zero

You took the words right out of my mouth ... err ... keyboard.

[Mr. K]

Ice cream will contain more fat, cars will get worse gas mileage, tress will shed their leaves in the summer instead of the fall, dogs will begin to meow and ALL due to Sequester.

See how evil Republicans are?

[Zeppo]

Border Will Be 25% Less Secure Due to Sequester

Somehow that title reminds me of the famous MAD TV sketch about a food product called "Spishak Cholestra" that offered "10% less anal leakage" as its selling point.

[Cyclone59]

obama must be making all these cut in order to be able to afford the “affordable health care act”

[familyop]

...while family-breaking social programs and anti-competition regulatory offices continue to be heavily funded to keep the slaves on the plantation.

[Dante3]

Let's just reduce some of the huge amounts we are sending to Egypt, Pakistan, and other countries and we would have the funds. Also, by denying welfare and other services to illegal aliens we would save a bunch of money.

Protecting against illegal aliens should be a top priority. They keep returning and multiplying and committing crimes while demanding special perks. Just one of the many: Jesus Castorena, 64, of Hampton, Iowa was deported several years ago. He sneaked back and now was arrested for voter fraud.