[Snickering Hound]

Well publicized raid yesterday was merely catch and release.

[brytlea]

I was afraid of this. Thanks for posting it.
susie

[mlc9852]

Just stricly PR. Sounds like a big waste of time and tax dollars to me.

[areafiftyone]

DAM IT! That makes me mad! Send them back home!

[Lekker 1]

The men we spoke with promised to show up for their immigration hearings

Mmmm Hmmmmm

[Mathews]

Maybe a ploy by the city to show just how under budgeted and overcrowded things are there. Squeaky wheel gets the grease sort of thing.

[butternut_squash_bisque]

PR move, window-dressing, public display.

I'll believe it's for real when I read about 500 ICE teams doing this on a 24 x 7 x 365 basis.

[darkwing104]

Just proves that the INS and Immigration Laws are useless...

[Astronaut]

More revolving door. Those illegals have moved on and probably have a different job by now. The whole raid was a joke. And the joke is on the law abiding people of this country.

[pgkdan]

This is really starting to piss me off.

[theDentist]

"They are not criminals."

What part of "illegal" don't you understand?

[Battle Axe]

This at least is a start. Just arresting them and at work no less. This will give employers a shiver. We need to start somewhere. The employer is the obvious choice since that is supposedly why they are here.

[BradtotheBone]

Why the $#&@ are they releasing them ! What ever happened to deportation ?

[TBP]

It is not clear why these immigrants were released so quickly but workers say it may be because the 950-bed facility was severely overcrowded.

We need to start using closed-up military facilities and otehr secure facilities that have closed to house these illegals pending deportation.

[4U2OUI]

Typical government horse sh*t.

[concerned about politics]

Many of those same immigrants were released just hours later

Why? They were illegal.

I hope if I ever get pulled over by a cop for a burned out headlight or something, he'll accept my American citizens law exempt card.
Wait. Only non-citizens are law exempt.
(Gee, something seems soooo wrong with this picture. Could someone clue me in ? What am I missing here?)

[The South Texan]

Yep, a PR stunt indeed. It makes no difference that some of these people had fradulent SS #'s and the such.


And the freaking GOP wants us to vote for them in Novemeber?

I am this close to voting Liberatarian in the fall and for Kinky Freidmen for Texas Governor just as a protest vote.

[concerned about politics]

"They are not criminals. All they're here for is to work for their family," said Mariz Gomez.

If I get caught selling drugs, can I use the same excuse?

[Lexington Green]

Smoke and mirrors
Song and dance

[Redcloak]

What are the rules on OTMs?

• How many can you catch per day? How many can you have in your bag in total?
• Do Guatemalans and Hondurans count differently? Or do they both go toward the total bag limit?
• Are there size limitations? Do they have to be bigger than X but smaller than Y?
• Do you need a special stamp to fish for OTMs?
• Do you have to use barbless hooks?

[scooter2]

"They are not criminals. All they're here for is to work for their family," said Mariz Gomez.

I got news for ya Mariz, if they're in this country illegaly, they ARE criminals.