My wife and I attended a political event recently. We knew many of the people in attendance. We also had the opportunity to become acquainted with a few people we’ve seen at other unrelated functions but were never introduced. It was a perfect time to introduce myself. One of those conversations is what this post is about.
When it became clear to those meeting me for the first time that I retired from the U. S. Department of Homeland Security, I was asked a question I have answered several times over the last year. “So, what do you think about what’s happening on the southern border?” My canned answer is always the same – “What we hear about in the news is often not where we should focus our attention. In this case we should pay more attention to the processes, procedures and regulations the administration is quietly rewriting.” That is usually an answer that suffices for most. Not this time.
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