Former DHS Secretary Says Border Security Requires Policy Changes, Not More Spending

Published on November 29, 2023

Former Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Chad Wolf is insisting that the right approach to U.S. border security requires a policy change, rather than the billions in new spending that President Joe Biden is pursuing. “There’s not a money problem along the southwest border, it’s a policy problem,” Mr. Wolf told NTD’s “Capitol Report” on Wednesday. “We have the wrong policies in place that are not deterring the illegal behavior that we have there.” Lawmakers are currently debating a $105 billion spending request from President Biden. The package attaches about $14 billion for additional border security personnel and equipment to tens of billions in spending for unrelated issues, like the war in Ukraine and new security spending for Israel....

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