Apparently POTUS Donnie and his White House croonies do not take into account that the US Coast Guard is part of the US Military, nor understands their position and duties in protecting the US when those “bad hombres” take to using any of the 12,300+ general miles of US coastline. And if the plan is to cut back on TSA and go private security, how much of that will the US taxpayer pony up to pay for the US/MEX Border wall ? – PB/TK
To fund border wall, Trump administration weighs cuts to Coast Guard, airport security – Dan Lamothe, Ashley Halsey III, Lisa Rein Washington Post March 7, 2017
The Trump administration, searching for money to build the president’s planned multibillion-dollar border wall and crack down on illegal immigration, is weighing significant cuts to the Coast Guard, the Transportation Security Administration and other agencies focused on national security threats, according to a draft plan.
The proposal, drawn up by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), also would slash the budget of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which provides disaster relief after hurricanes, tornadoes and other natural disasters. The Coast Guard’s $9.1 billion budget in 2017 would be cut 14 percent to about $7.8 billion, while the TSA and FEMA budgets would be reduced about 11 percent each to $4.5 billion and $3.6 billion, respectively.
The cuts are proposed even as the planned budget for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees all of them, grows 6.4 percent to $43.8 billion, according to the plan, which was obtained by The Washington Post. Some $2.9 billion of that would go to building the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, with $1.9 billion funding “immigration detention beds” and other Immigration and Customs Enforcement expenses and $285 million set aside to hire 500 more Border Patrol agents and 1,000 more ICE agents and support staffers.
The plan puts the administration in the unusual position of trading spending on security programs for other security priorities at the southern border, raising questions among Republican lawmakers and homeland-security experts.
“The Budget prioritizes DHS law enforcement operations, proposes critical investments in front line border security and funds continued development of robust cybersecurity defenses,” the draft said. “The Budget aggressively implements the President’s commitment to construct a physical wall along the southern border.”
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