Moments ago we got another stark reminder from none other than the president himself, that the nightmare of all mega-statists, another (partial) government shutdown, may be just around the corner:
IMPORTANT: Congress is only one day away from another shutdown. #EnoughAlready pic.twitter.com/xz5DwiZ3Ef
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 26, 2015
The reason: as soon as tomorrow, the one part of the US government which to many is a manifestation of all that is broken with the current US “big brother” state of pervasive, ubiquitous surveillance and broken immigration policies, the Department of Homeland Security which was created in response to September 11, and which houses the agencies with jurisdiction over immigration law, the U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) may be shut down.
As ABC explains, the reason is that unlike the rest of the government, the DHS is subject to stopgap funding and “since September, Republicans and Democrats haven’t been able to agree on a full year of funding — instead, twice since then they’ve agreed to fund DHS for a couple of months, each time hoping to reach a deal on a full year of funding. Time runs out again Friday night, but no deal is in sight.”
Republicans irked by President Obama’s plan to give legal status to 5 million illegal immigrants say this time they’ll let DHS ‘shut down’ unless the Obama administration backs down from its immigration plan. Democrats insist DHS funding shouldn’t be tied to a presidential action taken without Congressional approval. But if DHS does ‘shut down,’ should you be worried? It depends who you are, and how long the shutdown lasts.
This post was published at Zero Hedge on 02/26/2015.
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