05-27-2015, 02:00 PM
(05-27-2015, 01:49 PM)michaelsean Wrote: It's bothersome. "Hey I'm here illegally." "OK no problem." It may be the best way, I can't say, but it still bugs me.
Honestly, I can completely understand being bugged by this. But the problem is how difficult it is to take care of the situation with the budget situation. All of ICE consists of 0.15% of the federal budget, about 9% of the total DHS budget. Of course, they are also customs enforcement, not just immigration. Considering the borders are a part of our defense of this country it is interesting to think about that in comparison to the 14-17% (depending on figures used) that the DoD gets of the federal budget.
If we really want to handle the immigration problem it will cost money, money they just aren't putting into the department and the agency.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
