Bennie Thompson: “It should come as no surprise that their affiliates may turn to traditional criminal activities to fund…”

Essentially turning them into 'jails,' which the Mississippi Democrat says would constitute a misuse of the facilities.

Suffice to say, disaster response is no joke.

These nitwits are at it again.

There you have it. House Republicans have an hour to debate a nonbinding symbolic resolution but not even a few seconds to do the job that would actually pay our DHS workers. This is the Republican DHS shutdown.