Why border security matters

By Clarice Feldman

While the administration treats as ill-informed racism the border states pleas for federal security, the threats occasioned by an unsecured border grow. Foxnews reports:

The Department of Homeland Security is alerting Texas authorities to be on the lookout for a suspected member of the Somalia-based Al Shabaab terrorist group who might be attempting to travel to the U.S. through Mexico, a security expert who has seen the memo tells FOXNews.com. The Department of Homeland Security is alerting Texas authorities to be on the lookout for a suspected member of the Somalia-based Al Shabaab terrorist group who might be attempting to travel to the U.S. through Mexico, a security expert who has seen the memo tells FOXNews.com.

The warning follows an indictment unsealed this month in Texas federal court that accuses a Somali man in Texas of running a "large-scale smuggling enterprise" responsible for bringing hundreds of Somalis from Brazil through South America and eventually across the Mexican border. Many of the illegal immigrants, who court records say were given fake IDs, are alleged to have ties to other now-defunct Somalian terror organizations that have merged with active organizations like Al Shabaab, al-Barakat and Al-Ittihad Al-Islami.

I take it this comes with a postscript. "You're on your own." The first obligation of a president is to secure the country from outside threats, not to assure the political fortunes of his friends. From his sinking-like-a-stone approval ratings, it's clear the voters have caught on to this President's priorities and find them wanting.