[street_lawyer]

How about arresting the demonstrators who are illegal for starters?

[stopem]

It's obvious it's a losing battle trying to protect the border and the only one's who can protect America and Americans appear to be more concerned with votes.

[Not A Snowbird]

From my vantage point on the northern border, the opposite is true. Our officer staffing has exploded and new technology is coming on line all the time.

I wonder where they got their information?

[rhombus]

The growth has slowed... in Democratic talk that's a cut! And make no mistake, that's exactly what this article is - just raw meat for angry Conservatives served up by the liberal main stream media. Enjoy.

[mnehring]

Here is some very good information regarding the change in illegal immigration from 92 until now.

http://pewhispanic.org/files/execsum/53.pdf

Most importantly, look at the graph on pg 2.

• The number of migrants coming to the United States each year, legally and illegally, grew very rapidly starting in the mid-1990s, hit a peak at the end of the decade, and then declined substantially after 2001. By 2004, the annual inflow of foreign-born persons was down 24% from its all-time high in 2000, according to the Pew Hispanic Center analysis of multiple datasets collected by the Census Bureau and other government agencies

[HiJinx]

Border Patrol Ping!

[FerdieMurphy]

Let's see now. Who can we blame?

Who's in power now?

Republicans you say?

Is the whole damned party filled with "moderates" (who stand for nothing)who are only in politics for free haircuts and medical care and retirement benefits that should make someone blush with shame.

[silverleaf]

Hmmm. Based on this headline, someone is lying. Either the "journalist", or the President.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/11/20051128-7.html

Quotes from the above President's speech in 2005:

"Since 2001, we've hired 1,900 new Border Patrol agents. I just signed a bill last month that will enable us to add another thousand Border Patrol agents. When we complete these hires, we will have enlarged the Border Patrol by about 3,000 agents from 9,500 the year I took office to 12,500 next year. This is an increase of more than 30 percent.."

"Since I've taken office we've increased funding for border security by 60 percent. Our border agents have used that funding to apprehend and send home more than 4.5 million people coming into our country illegally, including more than 350,000 with criminal records.."

"Our actions to integrate manpower, technology and infrastructure are getting results. And one of the best examples of success is the Arizona Border Control Initiative, which the government launched in 2004. In the first year of this initiative -- now, listen to this, listen how hard these people are working here -- agents in Arizona apprehended nearly 500,000 illegal immigrants, a 42-percent increase over the previous year..."

[Echo Talon]

we are getting more agents... is the border expanding or something? I guess Bill Clinton didn't hire enough in the first place... ?

[backhoe]

There is a confluence forming among the far Left, the Jihadists, and the illegal alien lobby- click the pictures for direct transport to relevant links and commentary, and look around:

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I have been psuedo-blogging, for years, a couple of the elements in WWIV ( III being the Cold War ), in which we find ourselves engaged.

The first element?

Islam, a Religion of Peace®? ( links, blogs, quips, quotes, aggravating pictures ) is located here- click the Pic, and scroll backwards:

The other, somewhat interlocking element is this one:

"Thunder on the Border," click the picture:

What is happening under the radar is that the alien lobby, certain elements of radical Islam, and some on the Left share common goals, tactics, and exploitations of our system and society.

Not a conspiracy, but rather a "coming together on common points."

[expatguy]

And there has been an increase of South Asians transiting SE Asia to go to America illegally via Mexico.

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

[Cementjungle]

It seems so bizarre that when flying back into the country we have to wait in lines forever to clear customs, when at the same time anyone can wander over the borders in the South. Why even bother?

[TBP]

The open borders mcrowd looks more and more irresponsible every day.

[Marine Inspector]

Apprehension in FY 1999 = 1,537,000

Apprehension in FY 2000 = 1,643,679 (a 7% increase from the previous year)

Apprehension in FY 2001 = 1,235,717 (a 25% decrease from the previous year)

Apprehension in FY 2002 = 929,809 (a 25% decrease from the previous year)

Apprehension in FY 2003 = 905,065 (a 3% decrease from the previous year)

Apprehension in FY 2004 = 1,139,2820 (a 26% increase from the previous year)

Apprehension in FY 2005 = 1,171,268 (a 3% increase from the previous year)

In the first quarter of FY 2006, we've already had a 9% increase.

It will get worst, before it gets better.

[BooksForTheRight.com]

The policicos allowed this to happen, to worsen, and to become a crisis. Then they said "we have a crisis, got to solve it". Use of the word "crisis" allows politicos to pass laws that we don't like.

Since absolutely nothing was done about the problem for years, the government bears responsibility.

I'm not worried about Mexicans coming into the USA to work. They are good Christian people with good family values.

I'm worried about extremists of another religion who would go into Mexico, pick up some Mexican-type clothes and sneak into the USA. People whose idea of family values is to sing for joy over children blowing themselves up to kill Christians and Jews.

If someone sneaks in and commits a terrorist act, the politicos have the responsibility.

[Siena Dreaming]

More MSM propoganda for conservatives to swallow whole-heartedly while claiming they hate the media.

LOL. Many conservatives seem to the media's biggest fans.

[Mogollon]

Actually, the borders have been leaking like a sieve since 1992 during the Slick Willy reign then through dubya's presidency. Unfortunately, dubya is no better than slick on illegal immigration.

[kstewskis]

not our imaginations that this has been going on...BUMP