Bennie Thompson: “These tragedies not only senselessly take innocent lives but do so much to inhibit focus and learning by invoking fear…”

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

At a time when DHS is rightly warning about an elevated threat environment from terrorists and cartels, we should be focused on plugging security gaps rather than senselessly creating new ones.

That kind of talent, you just don't find it every day.

Suffice to say, disaster response is no joke.