Ex-Customs Boss: Trump Is Wrong, Wrong, and Wrong
“I would have said that anything as complex as banning people from entering requires very specific and detailed protocols to carry out at the operational level,” Kerlikowske says. “You have to provide this information to 24,000 CBPO’s (Border and Customs officers) at over 300 ports of entry. Any emergency enactment, unless of course there is an emergency or significant threat, of a directive this complex requires careful planning and organization. Obviously that was not done.”
Contrary to what Trump says, marijuana seizures are way down now that it’s legal in five states, and high quality marijuana is made in America. Cocaine use is down by almost half….”
Border agents caught by surprise grappled with President Trump’s ill-conceived executive order banning much travel from seven Muslim-majority countries. Lawyers raced to airports to represent stranded travelers while Trump tweeted “all is going well with very few problems… If the ban were announced with a one week notice, the ‘bad’ would rush into our country during that week. A lot of bad ‘dudes’ out there!”