[TomGuy]

citing Reid as a source is not a good habit. He does not know the meaning of truth.

By citing him for contents of a floor speech does give credence to the data, however. Unless and until someone else discredits his statement, it should be allowed to stand.

Are you challenging his statement? If so, what is your documentation?

[maica]

I have a rule not to believe a word that Reid says, he is a liar who makes stuff up as he goes along, even on the floor of the Senate.

[maica]

http://judiciary.senate.gov/testimony.cfm?id=2555&wit_id=66

Testimony of
The Honorable Michael Chertoff
Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division
United States Department of Justice

February 28, 2007

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SBI Ends Catch and Release

Apprehension Rates Declined: Beginning in the third quarter, FY 2006 showed a marked decrease in the apprehension rate due, in principle, to the end of “catch and release,” the implementation of Operation Jump Start, and the expanded use of expedited removal procedures, among other factors. The graph below [not available on this webpage] provides historical data by fiscal year for total apprehensions of both Mexican and non-Mexican aliens between U.S. ports of entry. CBP’s Office of Border Patrol (OBP) made nearly 100,000 fewer apprehensions in FY 2006 than in FY 2005 due to these factors. This decline is represented below by quarter, with the drop in apprehension rates corresponding to the implementation of Operation Jump Start in the third quarter of FY 2006 and the full implementation of “catch and return” in FY 2007.