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Border Will Be 25% Less Secure Due to Sequester
Newsmax ^
| Wednesday, 27 Mar 2013 4:00 PM
| Bill Hoffmann
Posted on 03/27/2013 5:57:08 PM PDT by 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.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amnesty; borderpatrol; illegals; sequester
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posted on
03/27/2013 5:57:08 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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.
To: Olog-hai
Yes it’s 25% less secure under Obama’s Sequester.
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posted on
03/27/2013 5:59:53 PM PDT
by
NoLibZone
(I predict the exact same Freepers will hate the GOP Candidate for: 2016,2020,2024,2028, 2032.)
To: Olog-hai
Just when the federal government was finally getting serious about border security.
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posted on
03/27/2013 6:00:03 PM PDT
by
Free and Armed
(Playing leap frog with a unicorn and compromising with liberals--both have a similar end result)
To: Free and Armed
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posted on
03/27/2013 6:01:01 PM PDT
by
dforest
(I have now entered the Twilight Zone.)
To: NoLibZone
Well Sheit they walk across with impunity now. How much worse can it get.
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posted on
03/27/2013 6:01:16 PM PDT
by
Venturer
To: Olog-hai
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.
25% of Zero is still Zero
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posted on
03/27/2013 6:03:40 PM PDT
by
dsrtsage
(One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
To: Olog-hai
It is not possible that it could be less secure than it is now.
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posted on
03/27/2013 6:10:38 PM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds.)
To: Olog-hai
The headline made me laugh. 25% less secure eh.
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posted on
03/27/2013 6:17:19 PM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: Olog-hai
And we’ll notice the difference how?
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posted on
03/27/2013 6:18:45 PM PDT
by
G Larry
(Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
To: Olog-hai
Meanwhile, the Obama daughters are having a great vacay!
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posted on
03/27/2013 6:19:50 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Fighting Obama without Boehner & McConnell is like going deer hunting without your accordion)
To: Olog-hai
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.
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posted on
03/27/2013 6:34:19 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: Olog-hai
What trouble we would be in if we actually did some cuts.
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posted on
03/27/2013 6:36:44 PM PDT
by
lurk
To: dsrtsage
25% of Zero is still ZeroYou took the words right out of my mouth ... err ... keyboard.
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posted on
03/27/2013 6:41:53 PM PDT
by
Fast Moving Angel
(A moral wrong is not a civil right: No religious sanction of an irreligious act.)
To: Olog-hai
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?
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posted on
03/27/2013 6:51:31 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
To: Olog-hai
Border Will Be 25% Less Secure Due to SequesterSomehow 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.
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posted on
03/27/2013 7:01:36 PM PDT
by
Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
To: Olog-hai
obama must be making all these cut in order to be able to afford the “affordable health care act”
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posted on
03/27/2013 7:03:19 PM PDT
by
Cyclone59
(Obama is like Ron Burgundy - he will read ANYTHING that is on the teleprompter)
To: Olog-hai
...while family-breaking social programs and anti-competition regulatory offices continue to be heavily funded to keep the slaves on the plantation.
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posted on
03/27/2013 7:36:55 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
To: Olog-hai
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.
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posted on
03/27/2013 7:41:28 PM PDT
by
Dante3
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