Upping the ante in the spending showdown with Congress, the Obama administration warned Monday that looming automatic budget cuts will expose the nation to a greater risk of terrorist attack and a new influx of illegal immigrants.
“I don’t think we can maintain the same level of security,” said Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. “If you have 5,000 fewer border patrol agents, you have 5,000 fewer border patrol agents.” ------ Ms. Napolitano escalated the dispute Monday by suggesting the U.S. would be less prepared to prevent terrorists from entering the country.
“There’s always a threat,” she said at the White House. “We’re going to do everything we can to minimize that risk. But the sequester makes it awfully, awfully tough.” ------ “I’m supposed to have 34,000 detention beds” for illegal immigrants, she said. “How am I supposed to pay for those? There’s only so much I can do.”
Quote: steph wrote in post #2So that is the excuse they are going to use for removing all those border patrol agents a few weeks ago. Look at the date.