Congressional Measure Undermines Better, Faster, Cheaper Border Security


 

Publication Date: January 2007

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): James Jay Carafano

Research Area: Government

Keywords: Homeland defense; border security

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Congress was right to insist that the Administration intensify its efforts to provide the law enforcement needed to secure the border, but it was wrong to prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from using non-federal instructors as trainers, which would help the DHS to meet its surge training demands efficiently and effectively. Congress should fix this problem now.