[Neets]

Quite an intellectually honest post SH.

Very good.

If we don't start tackling the illegal aliens sooner, rather than later, or regretably no do anything about it at all, it can only get worse.

How else to explain the 8 million illegals we have now?

[Sabertooth]

If we don't start tackling the illegal aliens sooner, rather than later, or regretably no do anything about it at all, it can only get worse.

How else to explain the 8 million illegals we have now?

The Reagan Amnesty.

How do you explain these incoming Illegals...?

In the San Diego sector of the border "we have two to three times the number we had a few weeks ago," Senior Border Patrol Agent Shawn Moran told HUMAN EVENTS. Moran is spokesman for the local San Diego chapter of the National Border Patrol Council, the patrolmen's union.

"In one place, we have eight times," said Moran.

Asked if this could just be a seasonal increase, Moran replied, "We usually get something of an increase at this time of year, but nothing like this." The trend showed no signs of abating, he said.

Moran says he is certain Bush's plan is motivating the illegal aliens who have caused the spike in illegal border crossings. "Because 95% of the people we're catching say that's why," Moran said. "They say they're coming for the amnesty. A lot of these people have not been caught before. They have no immigration histories."

Moran also said the Bush proposal has caused a change in the urgency and demography of illegal border crossers. "We're catching them repeatedly throughout the week," Moran said. "They're desperate to get this amnesty even though we told them it's only a proposal. . . . We're catching more women and children than we have since 1999."
Bush's Amnesty Plan Triggers Jump in Illegal Immigration
HUMAN EVENTS (FR link) - January 27, 2004 - Joseph A. D'Agostino

[lentulusgracchus]

How else to explain the 8 million illegals we have now?

<off-topic> What 8 million illegals? Do you mean the 25-30 million illegals who didn't apply for amnesty in 1986 or who have jumped the fence since then?

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Meanwhile, back at the ranch, will someone please explain to me something denied incorrectly above, which is Bush's habit of running well-oiled, business-wing primary candidates against conservative incumbent Republicans, under the general rubric of "improving the field"?