Here's what it is. The Federal Government really has very few Constitutionally mandated functions. I mean ones which are actually specifically enumerated. One of them is to secure the borders and most specifically see that the several States are free from invasion.
This responsibility is spelled out infinitely more clearly than any Federal authority to regulate oil companies, run a national retirement plan, finance medical care for the citizenry, pay subsidies to interest groups, or even disaster aid.
These 535 clowns we sent to Washington can't even read a 4 page long document and follow a simple set of written instructions without f****** it up. And it's not that one can truly say they're f****** it up. They aren't even trying!
The US Dept of Agriculture can track every single cow in America from cradle to grave but with multiple Departments, Agencies, Bureaus, the entire weight and might of the US Government can't get a handle on 11 to 20 million people who refused to comply with a pretty simple set of rules and just walked across an open border.
It's not like they're hiding or anything. They're right out there, in the open marching around and demanding stuff from us by the tens of thousands. And nothing is done about it. Oh they popped a couple of business owners for the tv cameras in the last week and 'rounded up' a couple hundred violators but they very quietly let them go later.
Other than that, nothing.
Those idiots in Washington can't get one of the 4 or 5 things they're actually Constitutionally mandated to do right, but they've got all the time in the world for farm policy, trade policy, oil policy, paying off Federal contractors etc etc etc.
And did I forget to mention we're at WAR. At least 10 million screaming sons of mohamet are howling for American blood the world over, some of whom have access to some pretty sophisticated means of killing large numbers of people, and we're leaving the back door to the entire Nation open and unlocked!
Now is it just me or does that sound oh...I don't know...maybe just a little bit....insane?
OK. I'm done. Rant off.
Thanks for reading, or not.
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Well it was a little like a rant; but I totally understand your frustration- believe me!!
Ranting aside I agree with you. It is the responsibility of the Federal Government to protect our borders and it is clearly spelled out in the Constitution. Most other issues politicians concern themselves with are not mandated by the Constitution and I for one would be happier if they stayed out of many of those other issues.
I think our borders should have always been secured and if there really was or is a need for workers from other countries a system should have been set up years ago to really deal with that in a legal manner- since that was not done we need to take action now to secure the borders and fix the related problems.
As you said, we are at war right now, our troops are in danger every day with the main idea of protecting this country and it's citizens- while little is done at home to assure the same.