To: Mo1
In point of fact, the flow of illegals did slow immediately after 9/11 and stayed down for about nine months. Then they started climbing right back to pre-9/11 levels. Anyone can cross this border, not just Mexicans.
Ten years ago, the numbers were a tiny fraction of what they are now. In 1994, only 2,446 were apprehended here in the Naco Corridor. Then the Clintoon administration ran Operation Gate Keeper and Operation Hold the Line and forced the traffic away from San Diego and El Paso towards us.
I guess in the great political scheme of things it makes some sort of sick mathematical sense -- instead of pissing off a couple million urban dwellers, you just dump the problem on the small population out in the boonies and hope the problem is less visible.
472 posted on
02/07/2004 9:06:28 PM PST by
JackelopeBreeder
(Proud to be a loco gringo armed vigilante terrorist cucaracha!)
To: JackelopeBreeder
Cmon bud, should the immigration problem be blamed on this President? ........Hell no, it's been a problem for decades, but just like the homeless problem, it only gets attention when a Republican is in office.
Shortly after GWB was sworn in, the NYT's started writing 3 to 5 articles a day about Illegal immigration and how the problem must be addressed, a subject completely off the table when Slick Willy was in office, why so many people fall for this tactic by the left is beyond me. This POTUS is not responsible for the problem, CONGRESS is. Don't allow yourself to be a tool for the left
489 posted on
02/07/2004 9:14:08 PM PST by
MJY1288
(IF JOHN KERRY IS THE ANSWER, IT MUST BE A STUPID QUESTION)
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