The Department of Homeland Insecurity

Once again the Department of Homeland Security has shown how inept it is at grasping what they perceive as the problem of immigration. In a real twisted sense of doing something that might appear that they are doing something, a techo- autocrat has latched onto a report written by the Justice Department that says 85% of immigrants who are to appear in court of immigration preceedings don't show up for their court date. The techocrat says that this 85% are skipping out so they don't get deported. The technocrat fails to mention that the report says 85% don't show either because of INS bungling and mismanagement or because the immigrannt skips out. The report says their is no way to tell what percent actually skips out. Anyway the technocrat has decided that immigrants that are waiting to appear in court should wear electronic monitors on their ankles. Now you would thinkl that those who have to wear the devices are hardened criminals or terrorists, but no, these are people who are not at risk to flee or who are a threat to National Security. They are people like the man from Minneapolis who is the assitant manager at a restuarant and has been for 5 years. He owns a house. He is person who is trying to live the American Dream but the dunces at Homeland Insecurity think he is a threat so needs to be treated like a criminal. Another example, a woman from Liberia. She witnessed her whole family being killed in Liberia and came the US to escape. She has to wear a device because she has been deemed a flight risk. Where is going to go? Back to Liberia? How about the immigrant woman who fled from her abusive American husband. She has to wear a device. I guess Homeland Insecurity thought she should have stayed with her abusive husband. Homeland Security is a clueless organization. They have no idea who the real threats are.