Here’s Charles Schumer reacting to the controversy surrounding a the jet-setting TB patient:

Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, said the mistake at the border was a sign that the Customs and Border Protection bureau was stretched too thin, with just 4,000 agents along a northern border that is required by law to have 5,000.

“The agents of the Customs and Border Control bureau are our first line of defense,” Mr. Schumer said. “We cannot afford even one mistake in an incident such as this.”

Our first line of defense, eh?  Then why has Schumer consistently voted against strengthening our border security and for rewarding illegal immigrants already in this country by giving them amnesty and access to entitlements?

If Schumer is so adamant that our border security is inadequate, and that our border security is the “first line of defense” against foreign threats, then I’m sure he’ll be joining those of us who feel that we need a fence along the border.

Or maybe not so much.

Gotta love jerks like Schumer who’ll say anything just to get a good sound bite.

Update: Speaking of border patrol being stretched too thin…