BORDER NEWS WATCH
9_27_12
See Highlights of the Fiscal Year 2013 Federal
Budget Environment
at bottom of this document
Barack
Obama said 'Fast and Furious' began under the Bush administration
Fast
and Furious report merits swift action by Holder
In
Fast & Furious, common sense was a casualty
Fast and Furious report finds DOJ management failures
http://tinyurl.com/8m94r3s
Fast and Furious Killings, Lies
and Obama White House Visitor Logs
http://tinyurl.com/c65hhok
http://tinyurl.com/8lukxpt
Holder not off hook in 'Fast
and Furious'
http://tinyurl.com/8q9rnhn
Wide Receiver ‘Good Samaritan’ clarifies role in OIG ‘gunwalking’
report
http://tinyurl.com/9qtmsvk
'Furious' report slams 'disregard' for
public safety as DOJ officials quit
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The Scope Of
The War
http://tinyurl.com/9ytva3z
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DHS/DEA/CBP/ICE/BORDER PATROL NEWS
CBP Leaders Describe Progress on U.S.-Mexico Security
MEXIDATA
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION NEWS
Republicans:
DHS ‘attempting to conceal information from the
American people’ about immigrant welfare policies
Immigrant requests strain consulates, schools
Protestors out in force as “Show-Me-Your-Papers” takes effect
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CARTELS
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OTHER:
Taxpayers spent $1.4 billion on Obama
family last year, perks questioned in new book
Earth's
Most Mars-Like Places Could Hold Clues to Extraterrestrial Life
ChemCam: under the hood
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SUGGESTED
SIXTY MILES OF BORDER: AN AMERICAN LAWMAN BATTLES DRUGS ON THE MEXICAN BORDER by Terry Kirkpatrick
The SHADOW CATCHER: A
BOOK: Beneath the Same Sky: An Interview with Author David Ramirez http://tinyurl.com/8sxlanv
OTHER BOOKS TO CONSIDER:
Wolves At Our Door a novel by JPS Brown (http://www.jpsbrown-horseman.com/works.htm)
Hard Measures: How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved American Lives by Jose A. Rodriguez
The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower by Robert Baer
"Courting Disaster", How the
CIA Kept
2010
BOOK: Migra!: A History of the
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ARCHIVE: PREVIOUS POSTS
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STRATEGY PAGE
http://tinyurl.com/92j3r
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CYBERSECURITY
Leave Your Cellphone at Home
http://tinyurl.com/bvxqhnq
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FAST AND FURIOUS ARCHIVE: PREVIOUS POSTS
Key Findings in OIG Fast and Furious Report
THE
DOJ OIG REPORT: A REVIEW OF ATF's OPERATION FAST AND FURIOUS
AND RELATED MATTERS
http://www.justice.gov/oig/reports/2012/s1209.pdf
FAST AND FURIOUS WEAPONS RECOVERIES:
http://tinyurl.com/ck37sel
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GRAPHIC: Patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border:
http://tinyurl.com/8do3gsd
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BORDER PATROL STRATEGIC PLAN
2012-2016: BORDER PATROL STRATEGIC PLAN- THE
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SELECTED WEBSITES OF INTEREST
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WEBSITES:
JPS BROWN
http://www.jpsbrown-horseman.com/works.htm
http://www.jps-brown.com/Biopage.html
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MICHAEL CUTLER
http://www.andmagazine.com/category/talk_border.html
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of FORMER BORDER PATROL OFFICERS
http://nafbpo.org
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SOUTHERN ARIZONA CATTLEMEN'S WEEKLY
http://paper.li/sacpaaz/1331153423#
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HUMAN AND DRUG TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT MATTERS
www.Need2No.US
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NEWS AND DISCUSSION OF U.S./MEXICO BORDER ISSUES:
http://groups.google.com/group/frontera-list/topics
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SELECTED BORDER NEWS & FAST AND FURIOUS POSTINGS ON SACPA WEBSITE
http://www.sacpaaz.org/news_education/fast-and-furious-gun-walking-investigation/
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BORDER ISSUES:
http://tinyurl.com/7wrpoof
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In the
cellars of the night, when the mind starts moving around old trunks
of bad times, the pain of this and the shame of that, the memory of a small
boldness is a hand to hold. -John Leonard, critic (1939-2008)
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September 2012 |
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Highlights of the Fiscal Year 2013 Federal Budget Environment |
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Continuing
Resolution On September 22, 2012, Congress
approved a Fiscal Year 2013 Continuing Resolution (CR), H.J.RES.117,
that fund federal programs from October 1, 2012 until March 27, 2013.
The President is expected to sign the bill before the October 1st start of
the 2013 Fiscal Year (FY 2013). The CR continues funding
at the current rate of operations for most federal agencies, programs and
services with a government-wide, across-the-board increase of 0.6% over the
base rate also included. The annualized level of the CR is $26.6 billion
below last year’s appropriations, consistent with a spending level of $1.047
trillion that was set in the August 2011 debt-ceiling deal. An extension of
the current pay freeze for federal employees is included to limit the overall
spending level. While the spending
measure would hold the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to levels in the
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2012, it would also
provide some measure of spending flexibility in disaster relief, border
security and cybersecurity. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) is provided flexibility to maintain current staffing levels. §
According to Section 136A of the continuing resolution, Custom
and Border Protection Salaries and Expenses Accounts “shall be obligated at
the rate for operations necessary to maintain the staffing levels (including
by backfilling vacant positions) of Border Patrol Agents, Officers, Customs
and Border Protection Officers, and Air and Marine Interdiction Agents in
effect at the fourth quarter of FY 2012, or with respect to Border Patrol
agents, at such greater levels as may otherwise be required” in FY 2012
spending levels. §
Customs and Border Protection is also required to provide a
detailed expenditure plan for “Salaries and Expenses” at the program,
project, and activity level within 15 days of enactment. §
Additional funding and flexibility is also provided to sustain
Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity efforts. §
Infrastructure Protection and Information Security at the
National Protection and Programs Directorate would receive $1.17 billion in
the continuing resolution, which sets aside $328 million for Network Security
Deployment and $218 million for Federal Network Security to establish and
sustain essential cybersecurity activities such as
procurement and operations of continuous monitoring and diagnostics systems
and intrusion detection systems for civilian federal computer networks. The Senate Appropriations
Committee passed a DHS spending measure for FY 2013 in May but the full
Senate failed to act on the bill. OMB
Report on Sequestration and the Department of Homeland Security §
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a
report providing an overview of the Obama administration’s plans for
sequestration, which is set to cut the federal budget across the board
beginning January 1, 2013. §
Sequestration would cut $1.2 trillion from the §
The amount would be divided evenly between defense and
non-defense accounts. §
Most mandatory spending is exempt from sequestration or is
subject a 2 percent limit on sequestration. §
While the Department of Defense would be able to shift funds
to ensure war fighting and critical military readiness capabilities were not
degraded, sequestration would be destructive to national security, domestic
investments, and core government functions. §
The Department of Homeland Security funding faces the
possibility of sequestration which would mandate a cut of 7.8%, or $4.068
billion, in FY 2013 spending at the department if Congress fails to act. §
The largest Department of Homeland Security agencies would
take the most significant hits under the sequestration plan with aviation
security, immigration enforcement, border security and disaster relief losing
roughly about half a billion each or more. Effects
of Sequestration at the Department of Homeland Security §
Customs and Border Protection would lose roughly $955 million
overall. §
Air and Marine Operations, Maintenance and Procurement would
lose $41 million. §
Border security, fencing, infrastructure and technology
(BSFIT) would lose $33 million. §
Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) would lose
$3 million. §
The International Registered Traveler program would lose $1 million.
§
The number of Customs and Border Protection Agents and
Officers would be reduced (along with Federal Bureau of Investigation agents,
correctional officers, and federal prosecutors that were in recent years
increased in Transportation
Security Administration (TSA) §
The Transportation Security Administration would lose $643
million under the sequestration plan. §
The Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) would be cut 8.2% by
$79 million. §
Aviation security spending would be cut $48 million between
discretionary and mandatory spending. §
Surface transportation security would be decreased by $11
million. §
The Transportation Threat Assessment and Credentialing (TTAC)
program would lose $20 million. §
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services would see a cut of
$205 million. §
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services automation
modernization program would lose $1 million. Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) §
The Federal Emergency Management Agency would lose a total of
$878 million under the sequestration plan. §
Disaster relief funding would take the biggest hit of $580
million. §
The U.S. Coast Guard would lose $439 million under
sequestration. §
U.S. Coast Guard operating expenses would lose $297 million
altogether; acquisition and construction, $115 million; and oil spill
programs, $8 million. §
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would see a cut of
$477 million in immigration enforcement efforts and its automation
modernization program would lose $1 million. §
The Possible
Scenarios That Would Mean Avoiding Sequestration §
Congress would need to pass a comprehensive and balanced
deficit reduction package. §
This plan would need to achieve at least the level of deficit reduction
agreed to in the Budget Control Act of 2011 which cancels the sequestration. §
Congress could exempt certain programs from sequestration. §
Congress could repeal the sequestration provision from the
Budget Control Act of 2011. Relevant
Links §
Text of H.J.RES.117: Continuing
Appropriates Resolution, 2013 §
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Report Pursuant to the Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012 |