Alan Bersin

As expected Customs and Border Protection chief, Alan Bersin, has left his job effective the end of the month - a mere 21 months after starting. Bersin first served as Obama’s border czar before being nominated to Commissioner of border protection in September 2009.  Bersin’s appointment was one of many that were delayed by the Congress and in this case the Senate Finance Committee. Bersin therefore served as temporary head of border protection thanks to the President using a congressional...Read Full Story

Despite presidential candidate Gov. Rick Perry’s claims that the U.S.-Mexico border is completely lawless, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials argue that it is safer and more secure than it has ever been. Gov. Perry recently told reporters that he’d asked Washington for 1,000 National Guard troops at the border, as the current methods are ineffective and building a fence along the entire 1,200-mile border is just “ridiculous”. He slammed the Obama administration for saying the border...Read Full Story

The Obama administration has told some members of Congress that it plans to nominate its Southwest border czar to be commissioner of Customs and Border Protection.Alan Bersin has been serving in a position created by the Obama administration to handle illegal immigration and border issues since April.As head of Customs and Border Protection, Bersin would continue to oversee border issues.From 1993 to 1998, Bersin was the federal prosecutor who led the government's crackdown on illegal...Read Full Story

There's a new border czar in town. Actually, even the idea of a border czar is new.According to rumors, the Obama administration will name Alan Bersin to the newly created position, meant to deal with legal issues surrounding the Southwestern border between the United States and Mexico.From an AP report: A former Justice Department official has been picked to be the Southwest border czar — a new position created by the Obama administration to handle illegal immigration and border issues...Read Full Story

Just look at all his “CZARS” that do not have to pass Senate confirmation or FBI background checks. And this is just a drop in a super sized bucket. The MSM still spins this guy well. INCREDIBLE. Obama should read up on the Reagan expansion - nearly 20 million jobs created between 1982 and 1989 along with the longest and strongest peacetime span of economic growth in the nation’s history. And Reagan inherited a real bad economy i.e. Carter years. Wonder if Letterman would use this list...Read Full Story