Coast Guard, FEMA, TSA Facing Steep Cuts

[bobabode]

"The Trump administration, searching for money to build the president’s planned multibillion-dollar border wall and crack down on illegal immigration, is weighing significant cuts to the Coast Guard, the Transportation Security Administration and other agencies focused on national security threats, according to a draft plan.

The proposal, drawn up by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), also would slash the budget of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which provides disaster relief after hurricanes, tornadoes and other natural disasters. The Coast Guard’s $9.1 billion budget in 2017 would be cut 14 percent to about $7.8 billion, while the TSA and FEMA budgets would be reduced about 11 percent each to $4.5 billion and $3.6 billion, respectively.

The cuts are proposed even as the planned budget for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees all of them, grows 6.4 percent to $43.8 billion, according to the plan, which was obtained by The Washington Post. Some $2.9 billion of that would go to building the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, with $1.9 billion funding “immigration detention beds” and other Immigration and Customs Enforcement expenses and $285 million set aside to hire 500 more Border Patrol agents and 1,000 more ICE agents and support staffers." WP

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...=.69be37e3d191

Shortsighted, (to say the least), Trump budget numbers from the OMB.

[icenine]

ICE is becoming what is known the rest of the world around as the Interior Ministry... like in those countries that have a national police force in other words. I don't think America needs another police force on top of thousands of local and state law enforcement agencies we already have.

His supporters are probably excited at Trump's war against people coming here for the "free stuff" as he plans to take said supporters health insurance away.

[Dondilion]

Some context.

Illegal, who was deported eight times from the US, kills two in hit and run.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdky/pr...re-entry-after

[donquixote99]

Some anecdote. I think you'll find a greater rate of that sort of thing happening with citizen perpetrators.

[icenine]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Some context.

Illegal, who was deported eight times from the US, kills two in hit and run.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdky/pr...re-entry-after

Yeah context like the thousands of Americans killed by other Americans with guns every year.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Some context.

Illegal, who was deported eight times from the US, kills two in hit and run.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdky/pr...re-entry-after

Originally Posted by icenine

Yeah context like the thousands of Americans killed by other Americans with guns every year.

How about the context that 35,092 Americans are killed in 2015 by traffic accidents? If this illegal alien weren't here, the number would drop dramatically all the way down to 35,090.

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by icenine

Yeah context like the thousands of Americans killed by other Americans with guns every year.

Note the context emphasis is EIGHT TIMES.

[icenine]

Originally Posted by finnbow

How about the context that 35,092 Americans are killed in 2015 by traffic accidents? If this illegal alien weren't here, the number would drop dramatically all the way down to 35,090.

Oh thanks Finn it is all so clear to me now...I'm converted!!!

[icenine]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Note the context emphasis is EIGHT TIMES.

Well in Spinal Tap the amp went up to 11 not 10 so I guess I can see your point.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Some context.

Illegal, who was deported eight times from the US, kills two in hit and run.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdky/pr...re-entry-after

Most of the undocumented people come in through airports. So how does cutting back on the TSA budget help?