Should funding of the Department of Homeland Security be dependent on a repeal of President Obama's executive actions on immigration?
Article publisher:
The Denver Post
Article date:
24 February 2015
Article category:
Colorado News
Medium
Article Body:
Should funding of the Department of Homeland Security be dependent on a repeal of President Obama's executive actions on immigration?
Yes
No
CAIRCO Notes:
What's happens if Homeland Security shuts down?
Claim:"If this goes to shutdown," Mikulski [U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski] said, "this could close down ports up and down the East Coast, because if you don't have a Coast Guard, you don't have the ports. You don't have the ports, you don't have an economy"...
Fact Check: Airport security checkpoints would remain staffed, the Secret Service would continue to protect the president and other dignitaries, the Coast Guard would stay on patrol, immigration agents would still be on the job ...