Lawmakers in Washington are now taking on the Interior Dept. after discovering that US Customs and Border Protection agents are not allowed to use motorized vehicles, construct roads, or install surveillance equipment along certain parts of the US/Mexico border. Apparently, the Dept. of the Interior prohibits our border security agents from pursuing anyone, including terrorists, who cross in certain protected areas along the border.
According to Fox News “The lawmakers say internal documents show that the Interior Department and the U.S. Forest Service have consistently and actively prevented Border Patrol agents from securing U.S. borders by requiring Department of Homeland Security officials to complete lengthy and expensive environmental analyses, and even blocking Border Patrol agents from entering some areas.”
The Interior Dept. Secretary Ken Salazar has committed to work with the DHS to “meet the twin goals of protecting our national security and our natural resources."
Personally, I don’t consider those goals to be competing or equally important – the day resources outweigh safety/security of our citizens is the day something is very much wrong in our country…and it looks like we’re possibly already there.
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