Democrats Scam Americans on Border Security Wall While Trump Advisers Fail their President

According to a news release on Thursday, the House of Representatives voted against additional funding to build the Trump-promised wall, but they were quick to discover $10.6 billion in money to be given to Mexico and Central America. “No one is looking out for the American people. Not only won’t Mexico pay for the wall, but we will be paying them over $10 billion taxpayer dollars for absolutely nothing,” said Craig Larchman, a former drug enforcement agent...

But the truth — noticeably avoided by the media — is that the U.S. Congress passed a bill and it was signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2006 ordering a wall to be built at the U.S.-Mexican border...

“The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, required DHS to complete construction by December 31, 2008, of either 370 miles or other mileage determined by the Secretary, of reinforced fencing along the southwest border wherever the Secretary determines it would be most practical and effective in deterring smugglers and aliens attempting illegal entry,” according to Global Security.

“This provision also required the construction of reinforced fencing along a total of not less than 700 miles of the southwest border where fencing would be most practical and effective, but it did not establish a deadline for completion of the full 700 miles...”

A Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll indicated the American people favored a proposal to build a 2,000-mile security fence by a 51-to-37 percent margin...

As reported in the past by NewsWithViews.com, the original border security plan called for a fence and barriers to be used on parts of the U.S.’s southern border, but with the Democrats controlling both houses of Congress and the Bush Administration being weak on border security, the plan switched from a real fence to a virtual fence using high-tech equipment...

So far the troubled project, known as Secure Border Initiative Network, has cost the government $672 million although it’s nowhere near completion...

... the so-called “virtual fence” continues to cause more problems than it solves, according to testimony at a session of the House Homeland Security Committee....

Last year a separate GAO report revealed that the physical fence was costing U.S. taxpayers an average of nearly $4 million per mile...

Although it is understandable that Democrats would oppose a border security barriers since they have always chosen to “side with America’s internal and external enemies, but the GOP’s opposition stems from the fact that they are not true conservatives. In fact, while the Democrats are always careful to satisfy their leftist base, Republicans actually denigrate their own conservative base.

Jim Kouri, CPP, is founder and CEO of Kouri Associates, a homeland security, public safety and political consulting firm. He's formerly Fifth Vice-President, now a Board Member of the National Association of Chiefs of Police, a columnist, and a contributor to the nationally syndicated talk-radio program, the Chuck Wilder Show.. He's former chief of police at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at St. Peter's University and director of security for several major organizations. He's also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country.