a new bill to help prevent terrorist travel by increasing the presence of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) overseas. --- more waste of American tax dollars on the insane war on terrorism.
On Friday, May 20, 2016 at 7:27:16 AM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > DHS is part of the problem, not the solution. Putting them overseas helps > nothing. Why are only Democrats supporting this stupid idea? > > > > B > > > > > > > http://www.hstoday.us/single-article/lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-prevent-terrorist-travel/9da26eba59b0f24dd6cc90a277a02dfe.html > > > > *Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Prevent Terrorist Travel* > > By: Homeland Security Today Staff > > 05/18/2016 (10:35am) > > [image: Description: Bookmark and Share] > <http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&pub=xa-4a8ac57416db70f7> > > > > Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security > Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications, has > cosponsored a new bill to help prevent terrorist travel by increasing the > presence of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) overseas. > > > > Specifically, the Expanding DHS Overseas Passenger Security Screening and > Vetting Operations Act will expand DHS programs that allow DHS to vet and > screen travelers before they come to the United States. > > > > “As terrorist threats evolve and raise a persistent risk of attacks on > America, the need to improve our traveler vetting and screening operations > is increasingly urgent,” said Rep. Payne, Jr. “This bill expands our > capability to identify and prevent threats before they reach our country so > we can better protect and defend the American people.” > > > > The Expanding DHS Overseas Passenger Security Screening and Vetting > Operations Act will: > > - Require DHS to issue a comprehensive five-year strategy and annual > implementation plans to expand overseas operations in a risk-based, > coordinated manner. > > > - Authorize an additional 2,000 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) > Officers and 600 Agriculture Specialists to address existing domestic > staffing shortages, such as at U.S. international airports, and expand > overseas operations. > > > - Create an additional layer of security by authorizing a program for > CBP to work with foreign authorities and airlines to identify and prevent > terrorist travel. > > > - Expand the Visa Security Program by expanding its overseas presence > and direct it to screen visa applicants against multiple government > databases. > > > > > > The bill was introduced by Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member > of the House Committee on Homeland Security. Reps. Payne Jr., Loretta > Sanchez (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), William R. Keating (D-MA), > Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), and Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) are original > cosponsors of the legislation. > > > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmMW1oc2hiBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NjM3MDQzMjA-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! Groups] > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlc2drdGdmBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTQ2MzcwNDMyMA--> > > • Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> • > Unsubscribe <javascript:> • Terms of Use > <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> > > __,_._,___ > > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
