Yes we do and In the past 8 months, the Border Patrol has apprehended 636,471 illegal aliens crossing the border. The INS Inspectors have intercepted 447,881 inadmissible aliens at the US ports of entry. The INS Criminal Investigators have successfully completed 32,417 cases and the Deportation Officers have removed 81,762 aliens from the United States.
11,000,000+ vs. 20,000+.
Like I said on another thread, I don't blame you or those in the rank and file of the INS but rather your leadership (Ziggy), and especially Congress who won't appropriate enough money for manpower to deal with this huge problem. 2000 interior agents to enforce laws against 10 million illegals isn't going to do it. And the fact Congress is dragging their feet, even after 9/11 tells me they don't want to confront it.
The "newcomers" we're talking about in this story, in Colorado, home to Tom Tancredo who's been the most outspoken critic of immigration policy, I'd wager are predominately illegal. There's no way the population would be exploding so quickly if they weren't.
If the INS had more field agents and a mandate from Congress, they would be more effective I don't doubt that.