Slaughter On The Southern Border

Solving the problems of illegal immigration and securing the border do not appear to be on the top of the Department of Homeland Security’s list.

The Secure Border Initiative (SBInet), a program developed by Boeing, was designed to incorporate new with existing technology to help federal agents better detect illegal crossings, drug smugglers, and other criminal activity at the border. When the Recovery Act was divvied out by the Obama Administration, the Secure Border Initiative was to receive $50 million to continue to pay for the project.

However, Janet Napolitano declared that this allocation from the Recovery Act would be suspended since she thought the program was inundated with "technical problems, missed deadlines and cost overruns."

In her statement, Napolitano makes clear that instead of funding a program that could do a better job of securing the entire border, the DHS will send the money "... to other tested, commercially available security technology along the Southwest border."

And John McCain agrees with her. McCain hastily expressed the program as a failure and he applauded Napolitano for sticking to the already available equipment.

Sure, Napolitano and McCain, go ahead and encourage the implementation of the same programs and technology you’ve always used along the border. Congratulations, you’re just going to continue to get the same results you always have.