Do they even have competitive bids anymore in Washington D.C.?
I suppose bidding out a fence project would be way too simple for these folks. They have to include guard towers, drones and probably a herd of mechanical donkeys too.

Somebody tell the Federal Courts that local governments ARE supposed to help control immigration laws.

Nothing like pork to get votes from Congressmen. Well, actually there is the “I’ll vote for your garbage if you vote for mine.”

Even on good legislation, “pork” has to be included to get some votes simply because “that’s what is expected.”

There are lots of problems related to securing the border and the money will be welcome but, how much of the “3 billion” is for pork, administration, replacing the guards who leave each year, expanding the recruitment needed, etc.

For example, they don’t have enough training facilities and so funding more guards, if the facilities aren’t improved for training them, means we can’t get enough even with more funding. Also, they are overloaded on the recruitment end since only about 1 in 30 applicants are approved.

Hopefully, that is what the 3 billion will go for.

Then, what if the two border agents put in prison for doing their job aren’t released and the guards re-assured the same won’t happen to them if they do their job? Will we add numbers but not improve the situation because they will be afraid they will be arrested for doing their job?

There is a good chance that this is just more “show” and not much “go.” But, the news is welcome if it does what we hope it will do.