Obama shuts down border aerial surveillance program – IOTW Report

Obama shuts down border aerial surveillance program

Breitbart TX: In the closing days of the Obama Administration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has shut down a critical Border aerial surveillance program.

DHS officials quietly shutdown the military aerial support program known as Operation Phalanx, Watchdog.org reported. The program was created by President Obama in 2010 to provide National Guard resources to monitor drug smuggling operations and illegal border crossings by immigrants and human smugglers.

 

Despite the fact that the program was fully funded for FY 2017 by Congress, the DHS began scaling back the program in January, Breitbart Texas reported. The move prompted an objection from Texas Governor Greg Abbott and U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX). “Any decrease in aerial observation is not only imprudent, but contradicts the very mission of border security enforcement,” Abbott and Cuellar wrote a letter to DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson. “In order to ensure we are doing everything possible to effectively secure the border, we request immediate information on the metrics used to determine that a 50 percent reduction in aerial resources would be sufficient to support this important border security operation.” more

15 Comments on Obama shuts down border aerial surveillance program

  1. There are no real metrics showing anything. No more than there is for global warming. There is only manipulation by Globalists. National Guard forces are under the control of the State Governors inside the states. SO continue the flights. We don’t need Obumbles.

  2. President-elect Trump should just politely ask the guys on the ground to go ahead, do their job, and close that gap. Then take note of anyone who objects or stops them doing their job. That should smoke some people out.

  3. Add to this, the fact that he’ll stick around anyhow, just for the purpose of undermining a Trump presidency. Does this not warrant for him, once his term is complete, to be prevented from obstructing the POTUS?

  4. The filthy foreign half black African Muslim Imam is as much a criminal as the foreign criminal invader pukes he criminally allows to freely enter and roam at will in this sovereign country!

  5. The Obama Administration today announced that while Operation Phalanx is shutting down, Operation Phallus, which has been screwing millions of Americans since the Clinton Administration, is still in full swing.

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