Our borders are secure...

[MG1968]

CBP Stops Thousands of Unsafe Hair Dryers - CBP.gov

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized thousands of hair dryers recently that were determined to constitute a “substantial product hazard” under U.S. law, for failing to have adequate immersion protection. The potentially dangerous hair dryers were identified through a nationwide targeting operation by the CBP Import Safety Commercial Targeting and Analysis Center (CTAC).

I will sleep better at night knowing that those hairdryers will not be sold in the US.

I wonder, however, if DHS will be making those confiscated items available to straw purchasers with the intent of tracking them to criminal enterprises masquerading as beauty salons.

 

[YorkVol]

Failed to have adequate immersion protection, so in other words I can't dry my hair under water? Whatever will I do?

 

[Orangeslice13]

Shaved head. Problem solved

 

[OsbourneBROS83]

CBP Stops Thousands of Unsafe Hair Dryers - CBP.gov



I will sleep better at night knowing that those hairdryers will not be sold in the US.

I wonder, however, if DHS will be making those confiscated items available to straw purchasers with the intent of tracking them to criminal enterprises masquerading as beauty salons.

I am confused here. Is it a bad thing that they stopped these illegal products from entering the US. This would drive competition down if they all of a sudden started letting products that were less than desirable into the country. It would have adverse effects on that industry as well as put a product on the market that could cause millions of dollars in tax payer funded litigations.

I know its humorours but it is part of their job....CUSTOMS and Border Protection.

 

[gsvol]

Maybe they could sell them to these guys just south of the border.

Terrorist Group Setting Up Operations Near U.S. Border (Hizbollah) - YouTube

They could call it 'hot and dry turbans.'

 

[gsvol]

TEXAS: Three Afghan Nationals Detained in Rio Grande Valley | Stand With Arizona

Another reminder of why we need a secure border emerged this week, as U.S. Border Patrol officials confirmed three Afghan nationals were detained in the Rio Grande Valley - an increasing "hot zone" of cartel invasion and violence against American ranchers.

Border Patrol confirmed the detentions, but would not say where or when they occurred.

Enrique Mendiola, assistant chief Border Patrol agent for the Rio Grande Valley sector, said that human smugglers see moving people besides Mexican nationals as a "business opportunity."

"Average smuggling rates for other-than-Mexican nationals far exceed those of Mexicans and Central and South Americans," he said in a statement.

Mendiola noted the Department of Homeland Security is working with governments in Central and South America to "identify and disrupt transnational smuggling organizations and routes, that sometimes can span the globe."

Security experts are increasingly concerned about increasing alliances between international terrorist organizations and the Mexican cartels.

Michael Braun, former DEA Chief of Operations, recently testified at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Feb. 2, 2012 that Iranian-backed terror group Hizbollah - - which murdered 241 Marines in Beirut in 1983 - is supporting Mexican cartels to gain access to their networks for border entry, human trafficking, money laundering and forged documents, and operations in 250 U.S. cities.

The goal? Exploit our porous defenses with terror cells - far easier than our ports and airports, thanks to the Feds' continued failure to secure the border.

Of course DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano tells us the border is “safer than ever”. And Barack Obama has mocked those who say the border is unsafe: “Maybe they’ll need a moat. Maybe they’ll want alligators in the moat. They’ll never be satisfied.”

However, a local news station last year uncovered evidence that the DHS was suppressing data - even from Congress - which showed that hundreds of individuals from terror-sponsoring nations had penetrated our border. Retired INS Agent Michael Cutler says that DHS is "covering up" this evidence...