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The arrest at a Texas airport of a woman with an altered passport and muddy clothes has led some members of Congress to demand the Department of Homeland Security detain all non-Mexican immigrants caught entering the country illegally.

I don't know about anyone else, but this sure sounds like ethnic profiling to me. I thought we weren't allowed to do that.

What a relief to know that Mexican illegals will still get a pass, though.

[AngrySpud]

This woman got caught because her passport was so messed up a 6-year-old could have caught it. How many terrorists have freely entered our country with their "papers in order"? Could be hundreds?

[RS]

"Yet we continue to think that by incarcerating people it's somehow going to stop illegal immigration,"

Have you got any better ideas Mr.Nathan Selzer, immigration advocate ?

( I like this guy - he actually seems to acknowledge the concept of ILLEGAL immigrants. )

[yoe]

"The lawmakers contend terrorists could be among the thousands of non-Mexican immigrants who are arrested then released into the country on their own recognizance while they await deportation hearings.

Someone please post that picture of the three monkeys - hear not evil-see no evil-speak no evil-----it shows these now screaming "lawmakers" for what they are. Those living near border towns have been pleading since 9/11 to do something about our borders. Congress - a day late and a dollar short........

[joesnuffy]

We are at war...with Islamic terrorists...she was in civilian clothes sneaking into the USA
she should be shot as a spy

After a good interogation

imo

[japaneseghost]

Check this out:

http://www.hstoday.us/HSTKimeryReport.htm

It looks like the orange alert was indeed because of this woman.

[Enchante]

"But before releasing a detainee, officers are required to confirm the migrant's identity and run a background check to ensure the immigrant doesn't pose a safety risk or threats to national security, immigration officials said."

How can it be that we still see countless government officials and also reporters operating on the ludicrous assumption that every terrorist will appear on a "watch list"???? We constantly see this kind of statement, "Oh, we ran a background check" as though it's a sure-fire way to identify all terrorists. Don't people grasp that there are probably THOUSANDS of trained terrorists who don't appear on any of our watch lists???? What, do these people think that Al Qaeda just registers ever new trainee with us - here, Secretary Ridge, help yourself to a list of our fifty newest trainees, good luck!

[lonewacko_dot_com]

Tom Tancredo is an opponent of U.S. immigration law?

Those interested in this case could be promoting an anti-immigrant agenda?

I'd say everyone should send a *polite* email to info@ap.org (politely) suggesting they get better reporters and/or editors.

[MonroeDNA]

Seal our borders.

Moats, mines, machine guns.

[Bonaparte]

Homeland Insecurity will wait until Chicago is a nuclear wasteland. Then they'll act -- at least, for the two months they'll stay in office.

[gubamyster]

ping

[TheSpottedOwl]

"While we are thankful that law enforcement personnel prevented her from boarding that plane, the incident raises a larger issue, specifically, whether terrorists from the Middle East are using our inadequately patrolled land borders with Canada and Mexico for easy entry into the United States," Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., said in a letter sent Tuesday to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge. Tancredo, one of Congress' most vocal critics of U.S. immigration laws, was one of 12 lawmakers who signed the letter.

That's a no brainer. Of course terrorists will take advantage of our Swiss cheese borders!

We need to get started building that wall. Maybe Israel will let us borrow their blueprints. Moats aren't a bad idea either. We can utilize the alligators that Floridians are tired of dealing with.