Texas Tribune: Lawmakers: Toying With DHS Funding a Risky Game
by Julián Aguilar Feb. 20, 2015 If Congress fails to fund the Department of Homeland Security beyond next week, it will not only tell the world that the U.S. government can’t get its act together, but also signal to transnational gangs that the southern border is easy pickings. Those are the assessments of key Texas lawmakers in the middle of a…