Gazan demonstrators approach the border fence with Israel during clashes with Israel Defense Forces troops on October 9, 2015. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)
Israel closes Gaza crossing after rioting on border
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FBI Holds ‘Special’ Meeting In Juárez To Address ISIS On Border
High alert in north as rockets fired at Golan Heights
Archive photo: An Israeli army tank is seen stationed near the village of Majdal Shams, on March 19, 2014, in the Golan Heights. (photo credit: AFP/Jalaa Marey)
No injuries or damage reported as two missiles land near Hermon ski resort; army returns fire
In prepping for Hezbollah battle, army draws lessons from Gaza
Lt. Col. Dotan Razili, a 25 year veteran of the IDF, during a Company and Battalion Commander Course (photo credit: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit)
IDF shoots down drone near Syrian border
An Israeli Heron unmanned surveillance drone (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)
Unmanned aircraft hit with Patriot missile as it flies into Golan Heights near Quneitra
DHS: ‘Mass Exodus’ of Children Illegally Crossing Border Stresses Authorities
Secretary Jeh Johnson listens while testifying on Capitol Hill on Tuesday/ AP
Influx of 52,000 children taking toll on system
India, Pakistan exchange gunfire over border
Indian villagers look at an abandoned and damaged car allegedly caused from firing from Pakistan side at Garkhal village near the India-Pakistan international border, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Jammu, India, Friday, Oct. 25, 2013. An Indian official says at least 10 civilians have been wounded as Pakistani troops fired guns and mortar shells at more than a dozen Indian border posts overnight in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Border ‘Surge’ Plan Would Be Financial Bonanza for Private Firms
The $46-billion security package in the immigration bill would benefit aerospace, technology and security companies, as well as border states.
The Senate immigration bill includes a plan to check the fingerprints of foreigners leaving the U.S., an idea the Homeland Security Department says would do little to halt illegal immigration. (John Moore / Getty Images / May 30, 2013)
WASHINGTON — A plan to check fingerprints of foreigners leaving the U.S. is popular in Congress — but not at the Homeland Security Department, where officials say the technology would do little to halt illegal immigration.
But thanks in part to lobbying by security contractors, the Senate immigration bill that goes to the Republican-led House this week includes a computerized “biometric” exit system that could cost more than $7 billion.
The plan is part of the bill’s $46-billion border “surge” of security measures, a 10-year spending gusher that would produce a financial bonanza for some of America’s largest aerospace, technology and security companies, as well as some border states.
The legislation would force the Homeland Security Department — which has a total proposed budget of $39 billion in fiscal year 2014 — to absorb a staggering increase in funding, equipment and staff at a time when most federal agencies and departments are struggling with budget cutbacks, furloughs and reduced services.
After Sinai Attack, Egypt Declares State of Emergency, Shuts Gaza Crossing
Emergency order issued for south Sinai and Suez areas after attacks on military installations near Israel border leave one soldier dead
Egyptian army soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle, backed by a helicopter gunship, during a sweep through villages in Sheik Zweid, northern Sinai, Egypt, on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (photo credit: AP)
Egypt’s military declared a state of emergency in two parts of the Sinai peninsula Friday, hours after presumed Islamist militants launched an early morning assault on Egyptian security forces near the border with Israel, killing one.
The country also shuttered its border with the Gaza Strip at Rafah, turning away some 200 Palestinians trying to leave the coastal enclave.
The states of emergency were delcared in the Suez and southern Sinai areas, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing Egyptian state TV.
In the early hour of Friday, a rocket attack on a police station in the border city of Rafah left a soldier dead and two others wounded, military sources said.
Illegals to pay only $83 a year to stay in U.S.
Lawmaker blasts ‘Gang of 8’ claims of ‘severe penalties’ in immigration bill
The U.S. Senate Gang of Eight unveiled its immigration reform legislation, promising stronger border security, much-need reforms for visas and legal immigration practices and a path to citizenship – but Iowa Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, told WND the only thing guaranteed in this bill is a reward for those who came here illegally.
“The big comprehensive amnesty plan is a disaster and a big mistake,” King said. “What are we trying to fix here, and why? We have an executive branch problem, not a legislative branch problem. The president of the United States has refused to enforce immigration law with which he disagrees. So he’s seeking to write his own by executive edict.”
King said Obama’s approach to border enforcement has been infuriating, but the likelihood of Republicans getting behind this legislation leaves him baffled.
“Now I’m hearing Republicans say, ‘Well, if we’re ever going to have enforcement of the border, we have to make this agreement with the president and the Democrats or we’re never going to have border security,’” he said. “When I read this bill, I wonder: What’s the point in having border security if you’re going to legalize anybody that can come into America that is here and send an invitation to those that have been deported to apply to come back in?”
The congressman is also not impressed by the severe penalties the Gang of Eight is promising to impose on those willing to go through the legalization process.
“In the bill, they have to pay a fine. That’s supposed to be the penalty for unlawful entry into the United States or a visa overstay,” King said. “That’s a $500 penalty fee that’s good for six years. You can renew it for another six years for another $500. So the cost to stay in the United States to get legalized is $83.33 a year. That’s one of those onerous provisions that they point out.”
King said the criminal background checks are also a Gang of Eight fantasy. He said the only way to review the backgrounds of illegals is to have trained investigators interview them or get the fingerprints of everyone unlawfully in the country. King said those who have committed crimes simply won’t step forward to become legal, and they’ll stay here anyway. He also noted that America’s experience with amnesty in 1986 foreshadowed the mess that would come in the Gang of Eight plan.
“In the ’86 amnesty act, only about half of the people who were eligible came forward, but a whole lot of people that weren’t did and there was about 70 percent fraud in that system. Eight-hundred thousand to a million people became three million people,” King said. “This bill simply opens it up even more. It doesn’t tighten down. It doesn’t learn from our mistakes in the past. It doubles down and triples and quadruples down on the mistakes of the past. For me, I’m not speechless, but I’m having a hard time explaining how it is that otherwise smart people could come to these conclusions.”
King’s first step toward solving the immigration problems would be to enforce the border security laws that the Obama administration and others refuse to execute.
“If I had (Homeland Security Secretary) Janet Napolitano’s job and I wasn’t tied down by a leash from the president, I could give you something like 98 or 99 percent operational control of the border. I could do that with the resources we’re spending now. If I can tell you that, then I don’t know what we’re trying to accomplish here. Why don’t we utilize the laws that we’ve passed and the resources that we have?” asked King, who said most of the border fence is still not done despite Congress passing legislation to construct it.
“This is a political battle that’s going on, and so far the rule-of-law side hasn’t been winning,” he said.
This immigration push seems to have more momentum than previous efforts, with the Republican National Committee specifically saying in its 2012 campaign report that the GOP needs to get behind immigration legislation to win back some of the Hispanic vote. King said that logic is deeply flawed.
“That 44 percent of the Hispanic vote that in that report they claimed George Bush got in his 2004 election, he did not receive that. Any objective scrutiny of that number takes you down to no more than 40 percent, most likely between 38-40 percent of the Hispanic vote,” King said. “Could George Bush receive 44 percent of that vote today? That answer is probably and very likely no. They leap to a conclusion and build a generalized case around it.”
King said most Republicans have been quiet on the issue as they waited for the Gang of Eight to come up with a bill. He noted that he took a leading role against the plan when no one else stepped up, and House leadership seemed to deride their position.
“It even went so far as one of the leadership’s voices almost taunted the conservatives in that we wouldn’t do anything or speak up, and they specifically mentioned myself and (Texas Rep.) Louie Gohmert. So I decided: Lets meet. Let’s talk. Let’s plan. Let’s take action, because we can’t let this thing sneak through unopposed,” he said.
Since then, the congressman said many GOP members have quietly encouraged him but are not yet ready to publicly oppose the Gang of Eight plan.
King admitted the strong advocacy of Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., hurts the efforts of conservatives to raise concerns about the bill. He said he has great respect for Rubio but fears the senator got in too deep with the likes of Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; Bob Menendez, D-N.J.; and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., to figure out how to get out of the bipartisan alliance.
The House would be unlikely to take up the same version of immigration legislation as the Senate, but King fears that any tiny House reforms could lead to the Senate version becoming law.
“I’m worried that the House might pass a single piece of legislation that does make sense, like mandatory E-Verify. But it becomes the conference vehicle for a Senate amnesty plan. And as the leadership of the House and Senate appointed a conference committee, there’s a risk that they would send us back a comprehensive amnesty plan for an up-or-down in the House, where every Democrat would vote for it. A handful of Republicans would. It would go to the president’s desk, and it would be an irreversible thing,” King said.
Iowa will have an open U.S. Senate seat in 2014, as Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin is retiring. King is carefully considering the race but said he has not decided whether to join the race.
“It looks like there’s a relatively open path to the nomination, at least today. I have done statewide polling and gotten a look at it. I’ve said from the beginning, it’s a slight uphill battle. I know that. I know what it takes to win. I can see the path to victory,” King said. “There’s some significant components that we need to put together to say yes, and they all seem to be doable. On the other hand, all of the systems aren’t go. So now it’s a 50-50 and unknown on when the decision would be, but hopefully it’s sooner rather than later because many others need to have that kind of information so they can make their plans.”
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