Fri 23 Mar 2007
Simply unbelieveable. As Fox News reports, illegal immigrants are almost certain not to be arrested even if they are discovered.
Guidelines issued by U.S. attorneys in Texas showed that most illegal immigrants crossing into the state had to be arrested at least six times before federal authorities would prosecute them, according to an internal Justice Department memo.
The disclosure provides a rare view of how federal authorities attempt to curb illegal immigration. The memo was released this week in response to a congressional investigation of the dismissals of eight U.S. attorneys.
The Border Patrol makes more than 1 million arrests a year on the U.S.-Mexico border. T.J. Bonner, head of a union representing Border Patrol agents, said it’s unrealistic to prosecute all violators.
Why do you think there are so many people crossing the border? Could it be that it’s because we keep looking the other way when it comes to violating the immigration law? And then because so many people flaunt our neglect, we then say the problem is too big to solve?
The fact that one million people are actually caught at the border to be a good sign. And if we started by being serious and sending them back - others will undoubtably get the message!
March 25th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
Here’s more proof that we simply keep ignoring the problem and hoping it will go away!