If only the national government took our borders as seriously as they do a military reservation.
That’s really what needs to happen. Trillions yearly for “National Defense”, but it doesn’t appear there’s much defending going on.
They’ll feel up Gramma at the airport though. How can anyone take these people seriously?
Unfortunately you are describing one of the more florid examples of what should be called ‘the Crisis of the Establishment or if you prefer the Elites). This refers to when organizations become so enveloped in their particular operational culture that they cease to be connected with what was their reason to exist. The classic military response that demonstrated this was the Commandant of the Marine Corps attempting to deflect from the President's direction to the armed services to provide service support to DHS on the border by saying it would interfere with the Corps training schedule with Mongolia.