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With hollow metrics and the potential to serve as a trigger for amnesty, H.R. 1417 fails to address U.S. border security challenges.

The 9/11 attacks raised concerns over the security of U.S. borders.In response, the Bush Administration employed additional BorderPatrol agents, deployed new technologies at the border, and erectedphysical barriers. The Obama Administration should continue thesemeasures by increasing training capabilities, supporting SBInet,encouraging states to enter into Section 287 (g) compacts, and tocreate State Defense Forces in order to promote citizenparticipation in border security.

U.S. border security strategy should employ a mix of resources inaddition to Border Patrol agents, including state and local authorities, the National Guard, and private contractors. The DHSshould heed the lessons learned from other large-scale contractingactivities and should view border security as encompassing not onlyland borders, but air and sea borders as well.

To address gang-related crime appropriately, the nationalgovernment should adhere to federalist principles and limit itselfto tasks that are within its constitutionally designed sphere andthat state and local governments are not well situated to perform.State and local governments are the most appropriate level ofgovernment to develop policies to prevent and suppress mostgang-related crime.

Sandy Makes Landfall Hurricane Sandy lived up to expectations in October 2012, delivering a powerful punch with heavy rains, strong winds, and significant storm surges. After taking 69 lives in the Caribbean, Sandy hit the eastern United States, where it claimed 72 more lives.[1]