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Congress Questions Obama's Decision to Cut Border Troops

On Tuesday, the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security held a hearing on the Obama Administration's decision to drastically reduce the number of National Guard troops along the U.S.-Mexico border. Now, after 19 months of stationing 1,200 National Guard ground troops along the border, that number sits at a mere 300. (Boston Herald, April 19, 2012)
Late last year, the Administration announced its intent to replace a majority of National Guard ground troops with aerial surveillance by using members of the Army and Air National Guard. (San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 13, 2011; FAIR Legislative Update, Dec. 19, 2011) Troops were initially placed along the southern border to assist both Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in spotting illegal entries, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with criminal intelligence. (C-Span video, July 19, 2010; see also FAIR Legislative Update, July 26, 2010
Pointing this out, Members of the Subcommittee questioned the Administration's plan to reduce the number of boots on the ground. Chairman Candice Miller (R-MI) argued that National Guard troops have served a critical purpose on the border, serving as backup to CBP during times when agents were in short supply. "[W]ill CBP's aviation components be able to sustain the missions previously performed by the National Guard?" she asked. (Rep. Miller Advisory, April 12, 2012) Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar (R) agreed, further arguing against troop withdrawal given the fact that the U.S. only has operational control of 873 miles of the 2,000-mile border. (Bloomberg Government Transcript, April. 17, 2012)
The Administration nonetheless claims that replacing the troops on the ground with aerial surveillance will increase border security. Testifying before the Subcommittee, Assistant Defense Secretary Paul Stockton claimed that aerial surveillance technology would provide a new deterrent to illegal border crossers, as traffickers would no longer be able to easily avoid fixed-location entry identification teams along the border. (Bloomberg Government Transcript, April. 17, 2012)
Members of the National Guard's aviation teams have already taken to the skies. Instead of 1,200 ground troops, Blackhawk helicopters and fixed-wing manned surveillance planes now fly over the border region. (Boston Herald, Apr. 19, 2012) According to media reports, the 300 remaining troops will either fly aircraft or analyze intelligence about smuggling routes in command centers miles from the border. (Id.; The Baltimore Sun, Apr. 19, 2012)

• AT A TIME OF UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS, OBAMA HAS SUED THE STATE OF ARIZONA FOR IMPLEMENTING E-VERIFY! OBVIOUSLY IF OBAMA DIDN'T KNOW THAT E-VERIFY KEPT ILLEGALS OUT OF AMERICAN JOBS, HE WOULD NOT HAVE BOTHERED. THE MAN WILL DO ANYTHING TO BUILD IS PARTY BASE OF ILLEGALS!
  
  
  
  
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  The Obama administration has also cut worksite enforcement efforts by 70%, allowing illegal immigrants to continue working in jobs that rightfully belong to citizens and legal workers.