[Keith in Iowa]

Un-freakin' believable. Someone, somewhere has got to be fired for this.

[lavaroise]

This is war and we use the rule of law on foreign spies that should be shot. This is just great :-(

[Russell Scott]

The current socialist government masquerading as the U.S. government is in for an extremely rude awakening. I hope Americans appreciate the best government money can buy. Because like the bubble bursting on Wall Street, the bubble is about to burst in Washington, D.C. And when it burst, you better be in the "secret place of the most high". If your depending on this crew to protect you, I have some property in the Mojave desert to sell you.

[poetknowit]

There is but one statement to address this article:

"I'll meet you at the barricades!"
For this seems all that is remaining to be done. Or can be done. Perhaps it is time...or soon shall be.

[leadpenny]

"The f- - -ing INS has one phone working Memorial weekend and it's in Vermont?"

I get better service from my local phone company . . . and they suck, Big Time!

[BlackbirdSST]

Anyone that cares to tell me this isn't being done intentionaly, I'll call a fool to their face. Where are the bushbots? How can this be defended? The order to ignore comes from the top. Blackbird.

[Lion's Cub]

LOL! I think they're laying it on a little thick this time. I don't believe this one. They wanted to let these guys go to follow them, so the INS is taking the heat publically. Good cop/bad cop.

An INS spokesman said yesterday, "Since Sept. 11, our primary focus has been on terrorist-related investigations and, contrary to belief, we are not in the business of detaining people without cause. These men posed no terrorist threat or, for that matter, any threat to the community."

Just for the record, fellas, this is the quote that killed it. Totally unbelievable--nobody's judgement is THAT bad. Your guy should have said something like, "Look, we're doing the best that we can. But we're really stretched thin right now and we've got to prioritize. Your guys may not be legal, but we've got others that look a lot more dangerous right now. Let them go and we'll check it out whenver we can." That would have been believable.

[alaskanfan]

Is it just me or does this stuff really tighten up your jaw too?

[angkor]

the INS "didn't want to be bothered" on the Memorial Day weekend,
"The agency that handles immigration didn't want to come down"
The INS didn't seem to have anybody on duty in the city.
"The f- - -ing INS has one phone working Memorial weekend and it's in Vermont?"
These men posed no terrorist threat or, for that matter, any threat to the community."
"They had a horrible attitude," one cop said of the INS.

No one with even minimal exposure to the INS would be surprised by this story. It's absolutely par for the course.

For the last couple decades, the INS has been insulated from public exposure due to its clientele of immigrants who don't have the interest or ability to expose the agency's utter incompetence and internal decay. Now, as more and more U.S. citizens (and law enforcement) confront the shocking behavior and attitudes at INS, we'll hopefully see more and more of these stories.

So it's good that law enforcement, the press, and the public are finally becoming educated as to the magnitude of that incompetence and arrogance.

I wonder what the American public will think once it's awakened to the news that the INS has an explicit mandate (continually reinforced in public and in print by Zeiglar himself) to ignore illegal aliens and illegal immigration. I'll bet that comes as a bit of a surprise.

[The KG9 Kid]

An unmapped island in the South Pacific is starting to look really good right now.

Anybody know of one?

[snippy_about_it]

bttt

[snippy_about_it]

This is about our safety, this article ought to be on Dubya's desk this morning, it should be all over the news.

Talk about having clues and being unable to stop 9/11 is one thing, how about NOW! We were on alert for Memorial weekend and this happened. Terrible!!! I am so angry I don't know what to do.

[angkor]

Ping.

[valkyrieanne]

I guess it's no good to complain to New York's US Senators...

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Utterly disgusting. If the next terrorist attack on our soil occurs prior to the 2004 election, Bush will not stand a chance, no matter how many times his administration tells us it was inevitable. (While it may be inevitable at some time in the future, that's no excuse for making it easy.)

[TomGuy]

I question the validity of this article because the Congress voted to split the INS into two agencies. Problem solved.
Right?

(end sarcasm)

[RippleFire]

INS WAR ROOM

[Osprey]

I'm sorry to say but the buck stops at Bush!

He is responsible to enforce the law, yet he chooses otherwise to get the Hispanic vote.

The I.N.S. sucks; but, it is Bush who undermining our Country, Values, and our Lives by not enforcing the Law!

[GuillermoX]

An INS spokesman said yesterday, "...we are not in the business of detaining people without cause.

Uh, am I missing something here? Isn't the fact that they're illegal cause enough?

[philman_36]

Amazing! The FBI can be restructured in one day yet the INS...