Obama shortsighted

In January, the administration contracted for escort services for an estimated 65,000 unaccompanied alien children proving advance knowledge of the impending situation.

Two primary issues:

1. President Obama did nothing to mitigate or stop this situation. He could have: talked to Central American leaders; placed public service announcements in Central American media advising people not to come or send children; or beefed-up border manning to better secure it. The president said he was blindsided. Either his staff once again failed to keep him informed (which is his leadership failure), the president is incompetent, or more seriously he knew and let it happen for political/ideological reasons (e.g., desire for open borders or even worse, used children to create a humanitarian crisis to get his Immigration Reform passed). The president, allowing it to continue unabated, speaks volumes towards his motives.

2. Despite at least six months of preparation, the administration failed to competently manage the influx, creating a major humanitarian crisis. Children are kept in grossly substandard conditions. The administration bars real access by legislators with oversight authority, restricting visits to “sanitized” areas. Border patrol agents report (anonymously due to supervisors’ threats) lice and scabies abound and gang members are included. Kids are released to illegal aliens without familial relationship proof, endangering them. Border patrol hasn’t agents for patrols, allowing really bad guys and drugs traffickers unrestricted access.

The president has legitimate tools to ease this threat to U.S. citizens’ safety/security. It’s time the president brings in competent experts and acts.