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To: mthom
"With tweaking it could be workable. "

You didn't even read the Inspector General's Report report did you? I was so conservative in my estimate of effectiveness that I used the propaganda in the press showing how successful it was.

The Inspector general found that the actual daily reports of effectiveness ranged from 10% to 30%, and that the experienced guards estimated a 5% to 15% rate of effectiveness. That means that they were only catching 5% to 30% of the border jumpers.

If Steel and concrete fences with a ratio of 25 guards per mile can only catch 30%, a person would literally have to be a complete idiot to think that we could come anywhere close to ever sealing the border.

Michael Savage might get away with fooling the Neanderthals into believing the border could be sealed, but any candidate who ran on a "sealing the border" platform would be laughed into obscurity.

159 posted on 06/19/2005 5:53:49 PM PDT by bayourod (Unless we get 40% of the Hispanic vote in 2008, President Hillary will take all your guns away.)
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To: bayourod

If you look closely you will notice that "With tweaking it could be workable." was my reply to your question about Tancredos guest worker program. If you would like to find my response to your post about Op Gatekeeper you can look to the post directly above the "tweaking" post.


160 posted on 06/19/2005 5:58:38 PM PDT by mthom
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To: bayourod
While we're at it. Why do you keep pushing Op Gatekeeper like you do? It was a Clinton enacted program. Its been criticized by many, including border agents, that claimed it was designed to fail while dulling the anti-illegal feeling cause by the striking down of prop 187. It was so poorly done apparently (5-30% catch rate?) that it managed to make it EASIER for border jumpers that usually get caught at 66-75% by our current border patrol. Too many strikes against it for me to take it seriously.
162 posted on 06/19/2005 6:13:49 PM PDT by mthom
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