Posted on 05/21/2006 1:02:13 PM PDT by dennisw
 Border Patrol agent Jeff Mielke secures plastic handcuffs on a group of suspected illegal immigrants caught in the Otay Mesa Mountain Range, south of El Cajon, Calif., Oct. 12, 2005. The Border Patrol has concluded morale is suffering because immigrant smugglers that agents catch in this mountainous region near San Diego rarely face more than a slap on the wrist, according to an internal Border Patrol document obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Sandy Huffaker, File) |
Not very encouraging.
A stun fence should repell a few of them.
Since these smugglers are doing what our government leaders want I wouldn't expect them to be punished. After all, isn't this administration trying to get as many illegals across the border as possible. That's known as the "comprehensive immigration plan."
Not in Maricopa County under Sheriff Joe Aripio. Smugglers and conspirators (the poor unfortuante udocumented entrants that hired the smuggler) get pink underwear, green baloney on weekold bread, traditional prison Zeba suits, put on a traditional chain-gang, and live in tents in the hot Arizona sun and temps of Phoenix as "guests" of Sheriff Joe.
Most other crimes get "plea bargains" too - is that "Not very encouraging" as well?
"Comprehensive immigration reform" is some mix between what the House and Senate passed.
Pleas bargins for any crime are an abomination and a corruption of law and order. Letting these scum bags go is about the most comtemptible thing law enforcement can do!
"Comprehensive immigration reform" = Package of rewards for those who enter the country illegally.
"Not amnesty" = Grant citizenship those who have committed the crime long enough.
"Virtual fence" = Open border.
"Vigilante" = Anyone who reports those illegally entering this country.
Not this much of a bargain.
""Bush has also apparently learned that the word "amnesty" does not poll well. On Monday night, he angrily denounced the idea of amnesty just before proposing his own amnesty program. The difference between Bush's amnesty program and "amnesty" is: He'd give amnesty only to people who have been breaking our laws for many years — not just a few months. (It's the same program that allows Ted Kennedy to stay in the Senate.)
Bush calls this the "rational middle ground" because it recognizes the difference between "an illegal immigrant who crossed the border recently and someone who has worked here for many years." Yes, the difference is: One of them has been breaking the law longer. If our criminal justice system used that logic, a single murder would get you the death penalty, while serial killers would get probation.""
Gotta love Ann: )
LOL! There's no reasoning with people who want to do away with all plea bargains now too - also, the President only called those who "hunt migrant people along the border" vigilantes - I have no problem with those who simply report those illegally entering this country.
We will have to agree to disagree then : )
I voted for "W" twice and would vote for him again if he were running against either of the two dimwits he ran against in 2000 and 2004, but I've never kidded myself into thinking that he was a conservative. I've always known him to be a liberal that just happened to understand Economics 101 vis a vis tax policy. "W" is no conservative and never has been, so this latest fiasco is no surprise - it's just another of the myriad liberal positions he's foisted upon us during his tenure.
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