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Despite new technology, Border Patrol overwhelmed
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| February 23, 2005
| Mimi Hall
Posted on 02/23/2005 7:19:21 AM PST by MikeJ75
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To: MikeJ75
U.S. POPClock Projection
According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the resident population of the United States, projected to 2/23/2005 at 2:01:06 PM EST is
295,529,505
COMPONENT SETTINGS
One birth every.................................. 8 seconds
One death every.................................. 13 seconds
One international migrant (net) every............ 26 seconds
Net gain of one person every..................... 12 seconds
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/popclock
Hmmmm...Wonder if the census considers illegals in this "migrant" number.
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posted on
02/23/2005 11:14:52 AM PST
by
Imaverygooddriver
(I`m a very good driver and I approve this message.)
To: Imaverygooddriver
This census number of one person every 12 seconds ..If I`m doing the math right, that`s 2,628,000 people every year. This article is claiming 3 million illegals are coming into this country every year. If so then that means they are actually out numbering the people who are added to this country legally. Hello Houston, we are being invaded.
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posted on
02/23/2005 11:20:43 AM PST
by
Imaverygooddriver
(I`m a very good driver and I approve this message.)
To: MikeJ75
Sounds like a story planted by the Border Patrol union to get more pay for their members.
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posted on
02/23/2005 1:46:07 PM PST
by
ClintonBeGone
(In politics, sometimes it's OK for even a Wolverine to root for a Buckeye win.)
To: TXBSAFH
You want to reduce the load on teh border patrol, it is easy. Arrest, convict and jail those who employ illegal aliens. If there are no jobs they will go home, and not come back.
Why should business be punished? They pay more than you or I in taxes. Let the government do their job and stop making the private sector do what the government is extracting tax dollars to do itself.
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posted on
02/23/2005 1:48:21 PM PST
by
ClintonBeGone
(In politics, sometimes it's OK for even a Wolverine to root for a Buckeye win.)
To: ClintonBeGone
The managers and owners are breaking the law, they should be punished under the law. That includes jail.
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posted on
02/23/2005 2:13:15 PM PST
by
TXBSAFH
(Never underestimate the power of human stupidity--Robert Heinlein)
To: TXBSAFH
The managers and owners are breaking the law, they should be punished under the law. That includes jail.
you never answered my question as to why the private sector should be enforcing laws that the government is taxing us to do itself.
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posted on
02/23/2005 2:21:44 PM PST
by
ClintonBeGone
(In politics, sometimes it's OK for even a Wolverine to root for a Buckeye win.)
To: mindspy; mysto; holyscroller; ozarkgirl; Outland; Rick Deckard; ZeitgeistSurfer; Klickitat; ...
"But officials are alarmed that a growing number hail from Central and South America, Asia, even Mideast countries such as Syria and Iran. In 2003, the Border Patrol arrested 39,215 so-called "OTMs," or other-than-Mexicans, along the Southwest border. In 2004, the number jumped to 65,814."
Don't miss the current FR poll:
Which of the following is the best way to solve the illegal immigration problem?
Seal and militarize the borders
45.0%
Beef up and enforce existing law
39.3%
Some form of guest worker program
9.3%
Other
3.7%
Undecided/Pass
2.7%
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posted on
02/23/2005 5:10:07 PM PST
by
JustAnotherSavage
("We are all sinners. But jerks revel in their sins." PJ O'Rourke)
To: MikeJ75
Couldn't we just put bouncing betties and land mines on the border?
I mean, those would be 1920s and 1940s technology.
To: ClintonBeGone; Marine Inspector; janetgreen; FITZ
"Sounds like a story planted by the Border Patrol union to get more pay for their members.Not true. Theirs is one lousy dangerous job. Their lives are on the line daily, and they aren't paid nearly enough for the thankless job they do. Their hands are tied from above and they aren't allowed to do what needs to be done. They're the one group of government employees I'd gladly pay MORE! Lots more!
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posted on
02/23/2005 5:27:48 PM PST
by
holyscroller
(A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man's heart directs him to the left)
To: holyscroller
Not true. Theirs is one lousy dangerous job. Their lives are on the line daily, and they aren't paid nearly enough for the thankless job they do. Their hands are tied from above and they aren't allowed to do what needs to be done. They're the one group of government employees I'd gladly pay MORE! Lots more!
Sounds like you have an uncle in the INS. These guys are the federal version of dunkin donuts cops. Get real.
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posted on
02/23/2005 7:13:51 PM PST
by
ClintonBeGone
(In politics, sometimes it's OK for even a Wolverine to root for a Buckeye win.)
To: MikeJ75
Most of the illegals are poor Mexican laborers looking for work. But officials are alarmed that a growing number hail from Central and South America, Asia, even Mideast countries such as Syria and Iran.But not alarmed enough to actually do anything about them. "OTM"s are released in the US with a promise to appear for their deportation hearing in 60 days. Surprisingly, 75-90% (estimates vary) don't make those hearings. Why we bother to apprehend anyone is an increasing mystery.
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posted on
02/23/2005 9:12:25 PM PST
by
John Jorsett
(email: mistersandiego yahoo.com (put the at sign in between those two))
Comment #32 Removed by Moderator
To: ClintonBeGone
Sounds like a story planted by the Border Patrol union to get more pay for their members. Nope, sounds 100% like the truth.
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posted on
02/23/2005 9:50:12 PM PST
by
Marine Inspector
(Customs & Border Protection Officer)
To: TXBSAFH
If there are no jobs they will go home, and not come back.Maybe on your planet....but here in Kaleephornia they'll just go on welfare and show up at the Emergency Room.
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posted on
02/23/2005 9:57:55 PM PST
by
stboz
To: stboz
but here in Kaleephornia they'll just go on welfare and show up at the Emergency Room Yep, just like having several million uninvited, unwanted guests in your home, and paying for the party.
To: ClintonBeGone
They are not enforcing laws. The border laws are not the one they are violating in hiring illegals. There is a seperate set of laws that govern hiring ot legal residents and citizens. If you hire an illegal you break these laws and I think that jail needs to be one of the punishments for this.
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posted on
02/24/2005 5:05:42 AM PST
by
TXBSAFH
(Never underestimate the power of human stupidity--Robert Heinlein)
To: stboz
Then you close welfare and send have an immigration agent in the hospital. I know hunting on a baited field is wrong but it works.
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posted on
02/24/2005 5:08:48 AM PST
by
TXBSAFH
(Never underestimate the power of human stupidity--Robert Heinlein)
To: Marine Inspector
Nope, sounds 100% like the truth.
We need unbiased confirmation - not propaganda from some government bureaucrat.
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posted on
02/24/2005 6:34:40 AM PST
by
ClintonBeGone
(In politics, sometimes it's OK for even a Wolverine to root for a Buckeye win.)
To: ClintonBeGone
No problem, 100% unbiased.
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posted on
02/24/2005 9:04:28 AM PST
by
Marine Inspector
(Customs & Border Protection Officer)
To: Marine Inspector
No problem, 100% unbiased.
I'm sure.
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posted on
02/24/2005 9:42:03 AM PST
by
ClintonBeGone
(In politics, sometimes it's OK for even a Wolverine to root for a Buckeye win.)
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