How is this a cave? It sounds to me like the 12 man team was a test run to see if it's effective. It obviously is. ICE is made up of former US Customs agents, INS agents, and agents (1811 series) from a few other agencies, so it would make sense to co-ordinate with them.
I'm as much in favor of sealing the border as anyone, but I really don't understand how anyone can spin this as caving in. The program has been so successful that many illegals have stopped coming out in the day. What if Hutchinson is just putting it on hiatus long enough to let them feel secure again, and then he restarts it? Net result? Better effectiveness.
Oh, I see. It was merely a test!
There are literally hundreds of thousands of illegals, running around the streets with drugs, guns, knives, committing all kinds of crimes, choking off our hospitals, schools, jails, etc, while the endless million man conga-line of millions continues to bump and grind their way here.
Boy, are they slick or what? A test? Who would have thought?
That's like testing your blood pressure when you're having a massive heart attack. Slick!
Re-read Asa's statement. It's a cave because he won't say what type of enforcement efforts - and we know that the current ones are not working. He refused to answer a "yes or no" question about whether or not the sweeps would be continued - and they have been seriously discontinued, to the point where the woman in charge of that office resigned.