ILLEGAL ALIEN PROBLEM WORSENS

A few weeks ago, Jerry Seper at The Washington Times wrote a well researched three part series titled: "FREE PASS: America's losing fight against illegals."[1] It is still there for anyone interested in catching up on the topic.

Last week, Seper struck yet again, this time describing the "Limits sought on Border Patrol" agents.

According to Seper: "The Department of Homeland Security wants to restrict the U.S. Border Patrol's arrest of illegal aliens in the nation's interior, concerned that the recent apprehension of 450 illegals by agents in inland areas of Southern California failed to consider the 'sensitivities' of those detained. According to department sources, a formal written policy under review would limit Border Patrol arrests to areas along the nation's 7,000 miles of international border and give U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) the responsibility for enforcing immigration laws in the nation's interior."[2] As reported: "Homeland Security Undersecretary Asa Hutchinson criticized the arrests, saying they had not been approved by officials in Washington and violated U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) policy, the agency that oversees the Border Patrol. In a letter, Mr. Hutchinson, undersecretary for border and transportation security, assured Rep. Joe Baca, California Democrat -- and other members of the state's delegation who complained about the arrests -- that in the future, Homeland Security would enforce immigration laws 'in a reasonable manner' and would consider the 'sensitivities' surrounding the enforcement of those laws in its interior-enforcement program."

"Sensitivities" surrounding the enforcement of federal laws? Congress critters who do NOT want federal law enforced? What the hell kind of deal is this? How about some "sensitivities" enforcing tax laws, environmental laws & such against the American people! What are we, chopped liver here?

Anyway, Hutchinson creates a major problem for the American people, of course. ICE only has 2,300 agents for interior-enforcement. As The Times reports, those agents are tasked to finding the "80,000 criminal aliens on the nation's streets and 320,000 foreign nationals known as 'absconders,' who fled after being ordered deported."

Which also means that no one -- not one federal official -- is bothering to round up the other few million illegal immigrants permanently camped out here and sucking up our tax dollars in services.

According to authorities, over 1.2 million people attempt to cross US borders illegally each year -- that they know about. Many of them are OTMs (Other than Mexicans). No one knows how many are potential terrorists.

The August 16 London Telegraph[3] informs us that at least two groups of Arab males were discovered by patrol guards from Willcox, Arizona. "These guys didn't speak Spanish," said one field agent, "and they were speaking to each other in Arabic. It's ridiculous that we don't take this more seriously. We're told not to say a thing to the media." A colleague told the paper: "All the men had brand-new clothing and the exact same cut of moustache." Local ranchers have also reported a rise in the sightings of large groups of young males. Patrol agents told an Arizona newspaper that 77 males "of Middle Eastern descent" were apprehended in June in two separate incidents.

On the other hand, last week the Department of Homeland Security announced that it planned to give border patrol agents "sweeping new powers" to deport illegal aliens from the borders abutting Mexico and Canada -- without providing the aliens the opportunity to make their case before an immigration judge. Previously, border patrol agents usually delivered undocumented immigrants to the custody of the immigration courts, where judges determined whether they should be deported or remain in the United States. Which presented yet another silly problem:

Steve McCraw, the assistant director of the FBI's Office of Intelligence, stated that "the ability of foreign nationals to use [the hearings procedure] to create a well-documented but fictitious identity in the United States, provides an opportunity for terrorists to move freely within the US without triggering name-based watch lists. It also enables them to board planes without revealing their true identity." Fact is, law enforcement agencies across the south-west border are very alarmed that the US is releasing thousands of OTMs [Other than Mexicans]. Some are from nations defined as state sponsors of potential terrorism and/or even nations that have produced large numbers of al-Qaeda militants.

So, there was a small fix accomplished with those "sweeping new powers to deport illegal aliens." Even so, there are many millions of illegal aliens squatting in this country today and no one of authority enforcing our immigration law.

"Sensitivities" be damned, that must change; and soon. Else, the federal government is demonstrating to the American people that federal law is no more than arbitrarily (tyrannically) enforced suggestions.

If terrorists decide to blow up Los Angeles before Nov. 2, and they sneaked over the border to do it, Kerry will have something big to mouth off about and Bush will lose.

I have posted the identical warning months ago.

Many of us are inclined to avert our eyes from the spectacle of Bush trying to buy off Kennedy with our money in the education act, or the NAACP with our money in the Aids In Africa boondogle, or the AARP with the drugs, but this goes to the security of the country and cannot be condonned.

Much better!

Notice that all country's numbers are exponentially increased for 2004 - and we're still in August this year!

Could this be because of President Bush's [can't-call-it] amnesty plan? What other reason could there be? I can't think of any.

Do you want to know something outrageous? This is the best example of how our Government does not care at all about this serious problem. I have a sister in-law and niece who came up to visit from Uruguay on a tourist visa (3 months). They came up with the intention of staying, and working.
My sister in-law bought some documents for $200.00. The documents have all the information of a real legal person, but have my sister in-laws picture. Last spring she had to go to the hospital for an emergency, she racked up a bill of $3054.00. She works at the same hospital, (a State University hospital) under an assumed name, but gets free medical service under her real name. Her daughter has received free public assistance and goes free to a public school.
The clincher, I have given documented information to the FBI, Immigration criminal investigations, the State Attorney Generals office, the University Police Department, and the State Hospital employee relations office. Guess what? NOBODY CARES! Even with all the documentation to prove that she is here illegally, that she has committed a felony (identity theft), and she has defrauded the University Hospital of over $3000.00............WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON? IS OR GOVERNMENT STUPID OR DO THEY WANT ILLEGALS TO STAY HERE AND WORK ILLEGALLY WHILE THOUSANDS ARE TRYING TO COME HER LEGALLY.

FRUSTED...............................

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