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Did Terrorists Try to Cross the Border? Congressman Presses Homeland Security Chief for Answers
At a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing yesterday, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, asked Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson about a report that four men with ties to terrorist organizations tried to cross the Texas border Sept. 10. “We have a porous border,” @JasonInTheHouse told Fox News’ @MegynKelly. Johnson neither confirmed nor denied the the… -
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Excessive Oversight Harms U.S. Homeland Security
On the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 Commission report, the former commission members released a new analysis of U.S. homeland security that listed Congress as the greatest obstacle to homeland security. Excessive congressional oversight hinders the ability of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to protect the American people. On Sunday, distinguished homeland security experts… -
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Homeland Security Secretary Won’t Say If Illegal Children Will Be Deported
“Meet the Press” host David Gregory had a simple question for Department of Homeland Secretary Jeh Johnson: Do the children flooding the U.S. border need to be deported? What followed was a testy exchange between Gregory and Johnson. “I’m trying to get an answer,” Gregory said at one point. He eventually moved on, but not…