12 Illegals arrested at Camp Robinson in Little RockDemocrat's remove critical protection from Homeland Security bill

Yesterday: 12 Mexican Illegals are arrested working at Camp Robinson in Little Rock, home of the Arkansas National Guard. Just , two days ago, a House Democrat plan pulled the plug on future funding of the program which allowed the arrests to happen.

Arkansas U.S. Rep. John Boozman today voiced concern over a recently-passed Democratic Homeland Security plan in light of the arrests of a dozen illegal immigrants at Camp Joseph T. Robinson Army National Guard Base in Little Rock. Nine males, two females and one juvenile male were arrested. They were employed by two different companies performing contract work at the base. According to a press release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the arrests stemmed from ICE’s mission to “target illegal workers with access to critical infrastructure worksites” including U.S. military installations.
The Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) program was gutted earlier this week from a Democrat-backed Homeland Security plan HR 1684 which passed the House. CIP investigations are generally predicated upon the threat to national security posed by unauthorized workers employed in critical infrastructure related facilities. “This is a real-world example of why this plan passed by House Democrats was a bad idea,” Boozman said. “I thank ICE and Camp Robinson for their due diligence in ensuring the security at our state’s National Guard headquarters, and one of the nation’s largest state-operated training sites.” “Protecting places like Camp Robinson is extremely important, and the stripping of a key Homeland Security tool – along with others in the authorization bill – weakens America’s security.”

In addition to the CIPs program, the House Democrats removed critical provisions that key tools used to secure the nation’s borders, immigration checks for employees at critical infrastructure jobs, biometric identification of illegal aliens, and rejection of the authorization of the 287(g) program – both of which weaken border security and neglect recommendations of the 9/11 Commission. Under the voluntary 287(g) program the federal government reimburses state and local authorities for expenses related to immigration enforcement training. The 9/11 Commission identified the growing role for state and local law enforcement agencies who need more training and to work with federal agencies so that they can cooperate more effectively with those federal authorities. Without federal money, local police have no way to pay for this additional training and, therefore, pass it up. This weakens local capabilities, weakens our communities, and weakens the homeland.

"Yesterday, illegal aliens from Mexico were the ones arrested, thanks to a program left on the cutting room floor this time around,” Boozman said. “In the future, we won’t be able to know if it was an illegal alien or an al-Qaeda operative because we wouldn’t be able to check, thanks to the new Homeland Security plan put together by the Democrat leadership.”
See also: Border Security Gutted from Homeland Bill &
Arrests Highlight Need for Cut Program
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Note: Arkansas' three Democrat US Congressmen voted for the weakened Homeland Security bill.

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