Pot Calls Kettle Black
Last night Greta [Van Susteren, Fox News] interviewed former Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge. Agreeing that the government has failed to secure the border, Ridge suggested ways to do the job, including the use of sensors and unmanned aerial vehicles.
What Ridge didn't tell Greta was that, as our first head of homeland security, he caved in to every special interest group he could find, including Peter Schey's Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law.
Miami Herald -- 12/10/2003
"Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Tuesday that he believes the vast majority of illegal immigrants in the United States are not a threat to national security and should be given "some kind of legal status."
Lou Dobbs -- 1/18/2005
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Casey Wian: It's the last scheduled meeting between U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and Mexican Interior Secretary Santiago Creel before Ridge leaves office in two weeks.
Ridge: I like being his amigo.
Wian: For advocates of tighter border controls, the chummy relationship can't end soon enough, as both officials continue to push for a freer flow of people and goods across the U.S. border with Mexico.
Ridge was a disaster and shouldn't be taken seriously.
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Does the everyday American realize we have "border sectors"?
and stations?
