U.S. to end "catch and release" at Mexican border

Reuters ^ | Nov 23, 2005 | Bernd Debusmann

[boomop1]

Maybe they ought to tag them.

[clee1]

Works for me. Maybe brand "illegal" on their forehead?

[BigFinn]

I think the US govt. should charge the Mex govt. $10 per person that they catch coming over the border.

[GarySpFc]

So, only the OTM are sent back, whereas Mexicans are excorted to the bus stop for points north. Somehow GWB doesn't get it.

[Mr. Keys]

I'll believe it when I see it. IMO they just won't bother with the catching part.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

Maybe they ought to tag them.

Texas Parks and Wildlife ought to put a "slot" on OTM's. Just like largemouth bass and stripers. If you have an illegal one in your possession, they take your truck, boat, business, and house.

[oolatec]

So are we going to stop catching them now?

[skiziks64]

how about 20 barrels of oil a day for every illegal. works for me

[reagan_fanatic]

I think the US govt. should charge the Mex govt. $10 per person that they catch coming over the border.

Good idea. Bill the bastards in the Mexican government for the expenses we incur rounding up their illegals. Of course we won't see a penny, but the point will have been made.

[DTogo]

The Bush plan appeals to part of the president's support base -- employers who want cheap labor -- but falls short of the demands of conservatives who say that even with the additional measures now being implemented, border security is not nearly tight enough.

Employers who want cheap labor = employers looking to avoid paying market-based wages to Americans.

[truemiester]

We start a new soap opera in Brazil and Mexico - Working like a slave and sleeping 30 to a single room while paying "taxes" to thugs who prey upon you until you get killed or flee for the safety of home!

I say we dont reward people for being devious. If they are 100 miles from the border and ahve been in the country for over 14 days they ride in the front of the bus back home!

[gubamyster]

ping

[Phantom Lord]

U.S. to end "catch and release" at Mexican border. Will no longer catch.

[DTogo]

* el pingo, you Gringo *

[dagnabbit]

President George W. Bush has been pushing a guest worker plan that would allow foreigners working in the U.S. illegally to get three-year visas, renewable once. After that, they would have to return to their home countries and apply for a new permit.

LOL ! And if they don't leave...Bush's successor will issue an even bigger amnesty!

At best this is the largest ever amnesty issued in 3-year pieces. More likely, there is zero plan to ever enforce any portion of this, and it is a way to legalize everyone and kick the can down the road to the next administration.

Why not a 2-year period? Why not enforce this during your own watch President Bush?

[uscit]

What we need is another LA-riots or Paris-is-burning event, or maybe another major terrorist attack in order to get real action. The slow burn of ethnic gang warfare on our citizens, to say nothing of the decomposition of the United States as a coherent nation, isn't getting the attention of the media and political elites (seemingly) safe in their gated communities.

[KarlInOhio]

From the article:

Mexicans are usually returned immediately -- and most of them try again, some within hours.

[primeval patriot]

Administration officials stress that faster deportations and tighter border controls alone are no solution to illegal immigration.

More pants down around the ankles B.S.

"We are going to need more than just brute enforcement," Chertoff told the Senate Judiciary Committee recently.

As opposed to our current policy of admitting the entire southern hemisphere into the continental United States?

[sr4402]

Yes, I know how to catch Illegal votes. I learned it from Al Gore and tried it in Ohio. The trick is not to release them once you are done with them.

/sarcasm off