$3.6 billion<\/a> from the military\u2019s construction budget toward building the border wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\nCuriously, that move didn\u2019t rate a mention at\nthe Expo. An ICE spokeswoman told FAIR the agency had no comment on the funding,\nwhich, when combined with the modest $1.3 billion Congress approved last month,\ngets closer to the $8.6 billion sought by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With 34 years at CBP and ICE, Vitiello is still\nawaiting Senate confirmation to his post while he witnesses a U.S.-Mexico\nborder descending into chaos. Pointing to continued political gridlock on\nCapitol Hill and legal gamesmanship in the courts, he said America is\n\u201cencouraging\u201d more Central Americans to make the perilous journey north. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Migrants who successfully navigate the\ndangerous terrain and elude the predatory cartels en route figure they have a\ngood shot at getting securely into this country. According to our beleaguered\nborder enforcers, they\u2019re not wrong. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
With much angst on display, a national Border Security Expo didn\u2019t offer much sense of security this week in San Antonio. From the keynote speaker, acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director Ronald Vitiello, to lower-level functionaries at ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the official line was decidedly downbeat. \u201cWe cannot<\/p>\n
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