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First, the mismanagement by ICE senior management overshadows the problem with FPS. They don't want anyone to know about this so the blame has been redirected to FPS managers who warned ICE almost 3 years ago about the impending fiscal problems and they (ICE) couldn't develop a cogent response.

Second, when senior managers in FPS are chosen for their dedication to the ICE mantra rather than their actual law enforcement experience i.e., Director Schenkel, as stated by Congresswoman Holmes Norton then maybe real solutions can be made to address the real problems in FPS.

Third, if FPS follows the cuts as proposed by ICE, then it becomes the only law enforcement agency within ICE to lose personnel as other elements of ICE, i.e., Investigations, DRO, etc., continue to get more resources. What's wrong with picture?

Fourth, if we are waging a war on terror and as the President and Vice Predient proffers often, "it will happen here", and coupled with the ICE theory that cuts are good for FPS because local law enforcement can respond instead, then with the huge resources of the Washington DC Metropolitan Police available, why doesn't the administration also recommend cuts in the Uniformed Division of Secret Service and the Capitol Police? Because Federal employees outside the Beltway aren't as important as those within the marbled facilities close to the President and Congress.

Finally, once ICE can assess the reality of having local law enforcement respond to problems within Federal facilities they will have to tell the agencies they service that calls for suspicious persons, suspicious packages, thefts, etc., will be handled on a priority basis by the local law enforcement departments along with all the other calls recieved by that department. A Federal facility will have no more a "right" to those services than any other personal or commercial entity.

ICE needs to re-evaluate their thinking and start to get in touch with the Federal facilities and employees they serve.