bennie thompson

House Republicans demand that Janet Napolitano explains rightwing extremist report - 5/07/2009

... letter: In the April 25 letter to (Bennie Thompson), Napolitano explained that the message in the report - "Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment" - could have "been made more directly and succinctly" and admitted that "there was a breakdown in the clearance process before its distribution."

Bennie Thompson "dumbfounded" by DHS rightwing extremist report - 4/16/2009

Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson - chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee - has written a letter to Janet Napolitano of the Department of Homeland Security complaining about their recently-released report warning about rightwing "extremists". Per this, in the letter he says that he's "dumbfounded" by the report, also saying: "This report appears to raise sig...

GAO report raises issues with 287g program (Joe Arpaio) - 3/04/2009

... research foundation". Rep. Bennie Thompson will be holding a hearing today. More as it becomes available. UPDATE: The report is available here; if anyone reads it leave notes in comments. Stock comments from Ali Noorani of the National Immigration Forum and Angela Kelley of the Immigration Policy Center are at: lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2009/03/congressional-h.html

Bennie Thompson, Dingell, Conyers, Reyes, Ortiz, other Democrats support Sierra Club lawsuit over border fence (DHS, environmental waiver) - 4/08/2008

... sections of the border fence. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the Homeland Security Committee attempts to portray this as a Constitutional matter: this waiver by the Secretary of Homeland Security is a direct challenge to Congress’s Constitutional role. The American people entrust Congress to ensure that the laws of this land are faithfully executed not excused by the Executive Branch However, the...

Amnesty proponents can't be trusted (Democrats waver on border fence) - 11/11/2006

... of Congress next year. Rep. Bennie Thompson, Mississippi Democrat, told reporters this week that he expected to "revisit" the issue when he becomes chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee in the 110th Congress. Mr. Thompson said the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) new border enforcement program, known as the Secure Border Initiative or SBI Net -- which inclu...

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