DHS spends $1 billion to put 1 immigration form online; Bonus: Luke Russert weighs in

Want to get angry this fine Sunday night? Then take a gander at this:

BREAKING: DHS has spent $1.1 billion to put 95 #immigration forms online. Only one is. My story: #immigrant: https://t.co/lu3YNfIIiX

— Jerry Markon (@JerryMarkon) November 9, 2015

One form out of 95 for a billion dollars. Alrighty then.

The original cost for the program to digitize these forms was around $500 million, but now is projected at $3.1 billion:

DHS plan to bring #immigration system into digital age is $2.5 Billion over budget, has produced 1 form. My piece: https://t.co/lu3YNfIIiX

— Jerry Markon (@JerryMarkon) November 9, 2015

And everything was supposed to have been completed in 2013, but now the expected completion date — if we’re to believe the government this time — is “nearly four years from now.” According to Markon, this delay is a threat to “immigration reform” and “national security”:

DHS failure to automate antiquated #immigration system threatens immigration reform, national #security. I explore: https://t.co/lu3YNfIIiX

— Jerry Markon (@JerryMarkon) November 9, 2015

Luke Russert — who covers Congress for NBC News — weighs in:

Another lacking contract coupled with inept government "pass the buck" mentality. https://t.co/TTcBHn0dXJ

— Luke Russert (@LukeRussert) November 9, 2015

If only he had a job that put him in daily contact with our elected leaders so that he could ask questions about such an awful program…

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