You have to read the parsing and nuancing in those statements.
In the previous paragraph, Chertoff specifically referred to c&r for OTMs.
It is similar to those mixing illegals and immigrations. It is intentionally to obfuscate the discussion.
Chertoff did that in several speeches and reports in 2006. He would talk of c&r in general terms, giving the implication that the whole program had ceased. However, investigative reports showed that c&r had ceased only for OTMs. [You gotta ask the right question in the right way to get an accurate response.]
Read some of Malkin’s articles about the raids and how most of those detained were released within hours -— but after the headlines of the raid made the media.
It is still a shellgame.
Chris Wallace should have asked, but didn’t: Has c&r ended for all or just OTMs?
Agreed with your assessment of nuance. Now show me where Reid got his figure. I think it is as non-credible as the old clip of the black congressman who claimed in Congress that 30 million Africans died on their way to America during the slave trade days.
4000 every night is a magic number.
Or in plain terms, Ignore anything that is said that you don't want to hear and simply believe what you choose to believe.