Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff said Tuesday following an evening tour of the Mexico-U.S. border that solutions to illegal immigration problems won't come easily.
Oh really? Well, here's a good start!
Posted on 11/02/2005 8:35:04 AM PST by SwinneySwitch
EL PASO, Texas -- Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff said Tuesday following an evening tour of the Mexico-U.S. border that solutions to illegal immigration problems won't come easily.
"It's not going to be solved in a day, or a week, or a month," Chertoff said at an El Paso park overlooking the city and neighboring Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. "It's been building for a long time."
Following his first nighttime tour of the border in El Paso, the Homeland Security secretary said a host of solutions, including temporary work programs, should and will be looked at in trying to solve a problem that he said has gotten out of control.
"We are not in control and are not where we need to be," Chertoff said.
He also said changes need to be made in a so-called "catch and release" program that has allowed thousands of illegal immigrants from countries other than Mexico to be released after agreeing to appear in immigration court.
The secretary said he has already implemented an expedited removal program and hoped that a new "catch and remove" plan would better serve as a deterrent to illegal immigrants.
A pilot program earlier this year that focused on quickly deporting Brazilian immigrants, Chertoff said, already has made an impact. He said he also would not limit changes to traditional ideas and programs already in place.
"We're open to any creative approach to this problem," Chertoff said.
Chertoff made his tour just a day after volunteers with the Minuteman project finished a month-long border watch. They had pledged to do the job that federal agents weren't doing. Chertoff said he had no idea the group had been at the border but reiterated that the job of protecting the border should be left to trained law enforcement.
The secretary is scheduled to visit Houston on Wednesday before heading to a meeting with a class of Border Patrol recruits in Artesia, N.M., later in the day.
Chertoff didn't know people were at the NOLA Convention Center, and didn't know about the whole Minuteman Project? Buh-bye, Chertoff, YOU'RE FIRED.
It won't be solved at all if these flap jaws sit around and yak about it all day.
Hey Mike, shut up and get to work on the fence.
"Chertoff says porous border problem won't be solved quickly"
Well sure... it's a long border and it's gonna take awhile to build the wall and we have a lot of our helicopters tied up in Iraq....
Here's a way to get it to happen immediately: Declare a total tax holiday - the feds may not collect taxes of any type during this period - until the border is secured.
36 hours or less and the border will be airtight.
Chertoff says porous border problem won't be solved quickly
A politician tell the truth, with double speak.
Interpretation---
We aren't solving no border situation.
Here is a creative idea. Put troops on the border. The majority of the hemorrhaging could be stopped in 30 days.
The only reason that this problem will take a long time to reverse is because the powers that be have no desire to reverse it.
you are correct
the only thing that motivates some of these clowns
is money.
National Security be damned if there's some money on
the other side.
He had no idea about the Minutemen? What planet has he been living on for the past few months?
Oh, man! He's really on the ball.
... but reiterated that the job of protecting the border should be left to trained law enforcement.
Then the moron says:
"We are not in control and are not where we need to be," Chertoff said. "It's been building for a long time."
... the Homeland Security secretary said a host of solutions, including temporary work programs, should and will be looked at in trying to solve a problem that he said has gotten out of control.
I don't like Chertoff. With that said, tomorrow Duncan Hunter and Virgil Goode will be holding a press conference to announce their immigration reform bill. Have to wait and see how that pans out. (There's no bill number yet.)
Unfortunately, Bush seems just as clueless. His aides brag that he "doesn't watch TV," which is why he had NO IDEA what was going on in New Orleans until it was too late. Jees. I voted for him twice, but for God's sake, let's get someone who's a little more plugged in in 08. You know what's coming with the media's love fest with that bee-yatch Hillary.
Temporary work program. Uh huh. Translation- we'll solve the problem of illegal aliens by saying "ok, you're legal now!"
I like the way you think.
My personal preference is the invisible electric fence. It saves on bullets
Easy for me to see he hasn't been paying any attention to border issues, even a little attention on his part and he would have known about the recent Minuteman project.
More lip service to the border problems.
"Yes, FRiends; this is problem with no easy solution....unless you are willing to go along with the Solution that we in the "Cult of Bush" have for you...I have some right here for you to sample..."
"Just one sip, and you won't even think that Illegal Infiltration and Porous Borders are a problem anymore, because you'll just "trust us"!"
"After all, we never have to do anything that's difficult or hard regarding Illegals, now do we....much better to have cheap lettuce!"
"Drink up...all the cool (R)'s are doing it!"
Isn't it interesting that HomeSec has no problem having the jackboots in airports shaking down gray haired old white people across the country but just somehow can't seem to get it's shi-ite together to combat an illegal invasion by an assortment of murderers, rapists, thieves, pregnant girls, etc. Is anyone else trying to figure out what the REAL mission of HomeSec might be?
"Chertoff said he had no idea the group had been at the border..." Are all Repub leaders hung like gerbils? Trying to throw away the advantages that have been gained in the House and Senate? they better get out front on this issue or you can learn to say "President Hildabeast"
Well, a nation has to be sovereign to have a legitimate claim to tax, doesn't it? We know what really motivates them, anyway, and it ain't God and country.
Obviously not, or we'd have seen more action than we have.
true
Again the Bush WH is more interested in actin like they are doing something vs. actually doing somehting. All talk from this WH. We all know the answer
WALL
NO BENEFITS
PENALIZE EMPLOYERS
Simple
ping
Hey, !erkoff, how about ENFORCING the laws against employers hiring illegal aliens by prosecuting a few thousands of them instead of about 10 per year. Think eliminating the bait might slow down the illegals crossing the border a bit, huh, huh?
Border Ping!
Please FReepmail me if you want on or off this South Texas/Mexico ping list.
In two weeks, the problem would be solved.
You start rounding up illegal aliens and put it on the national news and beam it into Mexico, and show images of armed soldiers guarding the border.
Two weeks--or less!!!!!
More BS from our "leaders".
*****We stopped Bush's lunacy with the Miers pick. It is time we stop the invasion of our nation also. The people of this nation need to rise up, just as we did with the Miers pick. Our "leaders" will never do it themselves.*****
Chertoff is another lying sob.
The US border problem could be solved in a heart beat if the m-f'ers in the white house would allow it.
Instead they have this imbecile north american superstate model in their heads for which the illegals are the front line troops.
guess who picks up the tab?
Michael Chertoff .... another useless shill for big business and it's plan for cheap illegal alien labor. F U Chertoff!
The US can respond anywhere in the world to a military situation within days, and this is going to take months.
We all know nothing is going to be done about illegal immigration."
Illegal Alien's Poem
I visit US, get treated regal,
So I stay, who care I illegal?
I cross ocean, poor and broke,
Take bus, see employment folk.
Nice man treat me good in there,
Say I need to see welfare.
Welfare say, "You come no more,
We send cash right to your door."
Welfare checks, they make you wealthy,
Medicaid, it keep you healthy!
I go to college, for me it's free,
and now I have a Ph.D.
By and by, I got plenty money,
Thanks to you, American dummy.
Write to friends in motherland,
Tell them come as fast as you can.
They come in turbans and Ford trucks,
I buy big house with welfare bucks.
They come here, we live together,
More welfare checks, it gets better!
Fourteen families they moving in,
But neighbor's patience wearing thin.
Finally, white guy moves away,
Now I buy his house, and then I say,
"Find more aliens for house to rent."
And in the yard I put a tent.
Send for family (they just trash),
But they, too, draw the welfare cash!
Everything is very good,
And soon we own the neighborhood.
We have hobby-- it's called breeding,
Welfare pay for baby feeding.
Kids need dentist? Wife need pills?
We get free! We got no bills!
American crazy! He pay all year,
To keep welfare running here.
We think America darn good place!
Too darn good for the white man race.
If they no like us, they can scram,
Got lots of room in Pakistan.
http://www.vikarsrant.net/Jokes/IllegalAlienPoem.htm
TRANSLATION:
This problem requires prolonged effort and perseverence. Since we can't solve it in a month, we won't even try.
We can successfully control borders in Iraq, Afghanistan and many other countries with our border patrol, but we cannot take care of our own, because, WE DON'T CARE TOOOOOOOOO.
Michael Chertoff = just another nail in the coffin of the middle class. These guys just won't rest until we're all helpless peons.
"Border Control?" "We don't need no stinkin' border control!" -Bush Adnministration
Michael Chertoff = just another nail in the coffin of the middle class. These guys just won't rest until we're all helpless peons.
"Border Control?" "We don't need no stinkin' border control!" -Bush Adnministration
I agree and sadly I don't think either party really wants to stop it.
Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!
Support our Minutemen Patriots!
Be Ever Vigilant ~ Bump!
Dittos on Chertoff. Another useless open borders clone. What a joke.
"We're open to any creative approach to this problem," Chertoff said.
Put up a fence with enough guards to protect it and thendeportation becomes a non issue, so does the 'attachments' such as holding pens, feeding, medical, transportation and judicial officials.
It's kind of like building a dam because your roads wash out every spring. The dam takes care of water contamination, soil replacement, road reconstruction and crop loss. Yep, one thing takes care of all the others.
Is that too simple of a fix?
Well you better solve it quickly little mr. skinhead! Or we get Hilary and Bush goes down in flames in the history books. Get on with it!
Patriot to the death.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Patriot to the death ...... of America, huh? Love those open borders, do ya? What are you a coward who doesn't believe in protecting your country from an invasion.
Suggestion #1 Go to France ASAP!
If hes asking for creative approaches after 5 years in office they havent a clue and continue to misread the public outrage. Im telling you we have a deaf president and Im not happy.
-"We're open to any creative approach to this problem," Chertoff said.-
You don't need creative. You need simple.
Total BS! Step one. Large concrete fence. Step two. National Guard / regular well armed patrols. Step three. Electronic monitoring so that even roaches have trouble crossing. Problem solved!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.