“Senate Republicans were unable to stop military pension cuts when Senate Democrats blocked a vote on an amendment to prevent the cuts by closing a welfare loophole for illegal immigrants Tuesday evening,” the Daily Caller<\/a> writes.<\/p>\n “The two-year budget deal brokered by Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, would cut military pensions by $6 billion over ten years, leaving some Senate Republicans scrambling to stop the cuts.”<\/p>\n “Federal employees who deal with homeland security matters remain some of the government\u2019s least-satisfied, as overall workforce morale hit its lowest point in a decade, according to a report that began ranking agencies on such issues in 2003,” the Washington Post<\/a> writes.<\/p>\n “The Department of Homeland Security, a perennial bottom-dweller in the \u201cBest Places to Work in the Federal Government\u201d rankings, marked its third consecutive year of decline and its second straight year of being last among the 19 largest agencies.”<\/p>\n “A federal program that allows foreign investors to obtain a U.S. visa by investing large sums in U.S. commercial projects is raising security concerns, particularly over whether the program can be \u201cinfiltrated\u201d by potential terrorists,” Fox News<\/a> says.<\/p>\n “The new concerns about the decades-old EB-5 Immigrant Investor program were raised by the Department of Homeland Security, following questions related to whether two Iranian operatives might have been trying to participate. Those operatives were allegedly involved in a network exporting items “for use by \u2018secret\u2019 Iranian government agencies” — and \u201cappeared to be involved in a series of international assassination and terrorism operations,” according to an internal memo by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.”<\/p>\n DHS Again Lowest Morale Federal Agency<\/h3>\n
Investor Visa Program Draws Concern Over Security<\/h3>\n