Bennie Thompson: “The variety of threats we face, the vast areas involved, and our relatively limited resources make securing our maritime…”

The department was using 'flat out wrong anti-union talking points.'

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.

Suffice to say, disaster response is no joke.