The DHS – is it a national boondoggle?

On 911, our nation was attacked and thousands died. The government hastily put together a large bureaucracy to deal with our national security. The only problem was, it's never worked!

Fact: The Department of Homeland Security has spent $50 billion dollars of taxpayers money over the past 11 years on counter terrorism programs, but to this day, the Department cannot demonstrate if the nation is more secure as a result.

Fact: Over 700 miles of the nation’s southern border remain unsecured. The DHS is not effectively administering or enforcing the nation’s immigration laws, with only 3 in every 100 illegal immigrants facing deportation. Some would argue that a nation without secure borders is not a nation at all!

Fact: While the DHS spends more than $700 million annually to lead the federal government’s efforts on cyber-security, it still struggles to protect itself, federal and civilian networks from potentially disastrous attacks that could bring the nation to its knees.

It is my belief that internal security should be each state's responsibility and that includes such agencies such as FEMA which now has to go through many layers of bureaucracy to get to an official to make a simple decision!

Government cannot solve our problems, it is the problem!