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Source: CNN

Command Consulting Group Principle and former Commisioner of Customs and Border Protection W. Ralph Basham was featured in a CBS News article on Wednesday discussing the increasing entry of unaccompanied children across the southern U.S. border. Legally, the United States cannot turn away many of the 52,000 children who have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border since last October, and is required to care for them while they seek to place them with relatives or guardians within the United States as they await deportation proceedings.

Commissioner Basham believes this problem will ensue until a fundamental legislative change is made.

As long as the countries of origin and the families are willing to turn these children over to these folks we’re still going to have this problem. If we allow them in and continue to allow them in they’re going to continue to come.

To read the full article, please go to CBSNEWS

 

Mickey Nelson Offers Wide-Ranging Protective Expertise to Government Officials, Corporate Executives, and High-Net-Worth Individuals and Families

WASHINGTON, June 12, 2014 – Command Consulting Group announced today that Mickey Nelson, a 28-year veteran of the United States Secret Service, has joined its team of globally recognized homeland security, intelligence, and law enforcement experts. Mr. Nelson will focus on crafting world-class protective and operational solutions for the international security and intelligence firm’s executive, corporate, and ultra-high-net-worth clients.

“When it comes to the protective security field, there are a few individuals that truly stand out from the rest, and Mickey Nelson is one of them,” said W. Ralph Basham, former Director of the Secret Service and a Founding Partner at Command. “Having directly witnessed Mickey’s leadership at the Secret Service – whether he was ensuring the President’s security in high-risk environments, overseeing National Special Security Events, or reorganizing the agency’s special operations division – I know he’ll be a huge value-add for our government, corporate, and high-net-worth family clients around the world.”

Mr. Nelson spent the majority of his career at the Secret Service in leadership and operational roles within the agency’s protective division, which is responsible for securing the President and Vice President of the United States as well as other government officials, including visiting dignitaries. In particular, he is noted for supervising unprecedented, covert Presidential travel to war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan, and for overseeing the Department of Homeland Security’s incident management initiatives for the historic 2009 Presidential Inauguration.

Additionally, Mr. Nelson is a trusted authority on the employment of tactical, counter-assault, and counter-sniper capabilities, having served as the Special Agent in Charge of the Secret Service’s Special Operations Division.

“Command works with some of the most dynamic individuals and organizations in both government and private industry,” Nelson said. “The opportunity to support each of these clients as they manage their unique security and safety challenges is what brought me to Command, and I’m excited to get to work.”

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This past month the United States Border Patrol has seen a large increase in the number of unaccompanied alien children attempting to cross the Mexican border into the United States. Most of the children are from Central American countries like Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.

CCG Partner and former Chief of Staff at U.S. Customs and Border Protection Thad Bingel is featured in the Border News Network discussing the causes of this influx. Bingel believes that the increase is due to a change of US policy and a leniency toward unaccompanied children.

The word gets out that ‘my younger cousin got through’ and it spreads that the US is not detaining minors and so it takes on a sense of urgency because the capability and capacity of the US to hold people is low.

To read the full article, please go to Border News Network