State and local law enforcement organizations along the border can apply for COPS and Byrne Justice Assistance grants from the $3 billion provided for those programs in the stimulus package.So they've got plenty of new money but zilch for new strategies, is how I take this information.Indeed, the Obama Administration is even indulging the same nativist fantasies on the nation's northern boundary, moving forward with a pointless Bush Administration initiative to require… [read post]

This movie release comes at a time when similar drug task forces nationwide are facing budget cuts that could finally put them out of business, too, but oddly their chief defenders have been among the most liberal Democrats in Congress.Here's hoping that the NAACP, the Drug Policy Alliance, the Heritage Foundation, or somebody who lobbies against Byrne grants in D.C. walks around the capitol to give copies of the DVD to offices of Senate Democrats (Tom Harkin, John Kerry,… [read post]

[Added: Hillary Clinton supports Byrne Grants and anti-meth bills as well.] [read post]

On this score, I find myself more in agreement with folks like the Heritage Foundation and the National Taxpayers Union than with national Democrats - it's time once and for all for Byrne-grant funded drug task forces to go.Similarly, this morning Doc Berman points out how Hillary Clinton attacked Barack Obama for allegedly being soft on crime. [read post]