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Hey, it's not like they are sitting on their hands, even if they have a lot more work to do:
Apprehending and Removing Criminal Aliens from the U.S. - ICE’s Detention and Removal Operations (DRO) is responsible for promoting public safety and national security by ensuring the departure from the United States of all removable aliens through the fair enforcement of the nation’s immigration laws. Since March 1, 2003, ICE’s DRO division has removed from the United States more than 52,684 criminal aliens and an additional 40,802 non-criminal aliens. DRO detains more the 230,000 aliens each year and ensures that close to 1 million aliens comply with their court appointments. ICE’s DRO has also created more than 18 Fugitive absconder teams across the nation whose mission is to seek out the more than 80,000 criminal absconders and the remaining 320,000 non-criminal absconders over the next six years. In the past year, DRO created a “Most Wanted” list of criminal aliens to solicit public assistance in locating the worst criminal alien fugitives. DRO has also launched electronic monitoring pilot programs as alternatives to detention.

I didn't suggest that "they" were "sitting on their hands."

But there is that issue as to the ten to thirteen (or even more) millions of illegal aliens in the U.S. at this very moment and, worse, more arriving every day.

Citizens have a right and a duty to defend the country. The Minutemen Project has been doing those very things and doesn't merit criticism for their law abiding and orderly process.

ICE head, Julie Myers, however, remains of question to many voters, including many conservatives such as myself.

I think she's a competent administrator. I think the policy she is administrating is the problem.

It's fabulous that they've identified, captured and deported these fifty-one individuals, about which I am grateful. Now they need to establish to the country that they're aware that there are ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen or more illegal aliens in the country, many of whom are also terrorists and all of whom have broken laws by almost certainly multiples.

Are you aware that immigration officials believe the number of illegals entering our country each year is around 3 million, of which they apprehend about 1 million? I see it as an extremely dangerous situation when 2 million per year manage to successfully enter our country. Because those 2 million are not apprehended, we have no way to know who they are, where they are from, or what their intentions are in this country. 2 million mysterious people coming in illegally every year disturbs me a lot. We also can't lose sight of the fact that there are already 10-20+ million illegals in this country already.

I have never said the Bush administration is not doing anything about the situation. It is however a dire situation and it is clear that we are not making progress at this rate. I believe the only realistic solution is to build a secure border fence on the Southern border, enforce all immigration laws, and take steps to ensure our border becomes secure.

I have said many times that President Bush did not create this problem, it has been many years getting to this point. However, President Bush will need to take drastic measures to solve the problem, and I haven't seen willingness on his part to do so. In fact his administration has taken some positive steps toward enforcement and have made changes on the border from previous administrations. The steps taken are not nearly enough and that is an understatement to say the least.

We have a major crisis on this border, and it will take a very aggressive policy to solve that crisis. I just don't see where this administration is even planning a policy that will make a dent in the out of control chaos on the border, or even begin to manage the illegals here now.