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It's Official: Illegal Aliens Won't Be Deported
Human Events ^ | unknown | Joseph A. D'Agostino

Posted on 07/05/2002 4:25:39 AM PDT by Pythagoras

In a little-noticed statement, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Commissioner James Ziglar has said that most of the millions of illegal aliens living in this country do not have to worry about the U.S. government enforcing the law and deporting them.

"No one likes the idea that people came into the country illegally, but it’s not practical or reasonable to think that you’re going to be able to round them all up and send them home," Ziglar said at a May 23 press conference that he held with Javier Moctezuma Barragan, the Mexican undersecretary of population and migrant services, and Felipe de Jesus Preciado Coronado, commissioner of Mexico’s migration institute. The press conference was held at the Tucson (Ariz.) Border Patrol office.

Estimates of the number of aliens living illegally in this country vary from seven million to 11 million. The INS estimates seven to eight million.

An INS spokesman said that Ziglar merely repeated what other INS commissioners, including Clinton commissioner Doris Meissner, have said in recent years. "I haven’t heard any controversy over his remarks," he said. "Commissioner Ziglar was recognizing the long-standing reality. The priorities for our 1,950 internal enforcement agents are deporting criminal aliens, combating trafficking. . . . We don’t have the resources to pull those agents away from those priorities."

The Arizona Daily Star, the only newspaper to report Ziglar’s comments, paraphrased the INS director as saying that deportation of all illegal aliens would "have too severe an impact on the U.S. economy."

Spokesmen for congressional Republican leaders on immigration—House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R.-Wis.), House immigration subcommittee chairman George Gekas (R.-Pa.), and Senate immigration subcommittee ranking member Sam Brownback (R.-Kan.)—had no immediate reaction to Ziglar’s comments during Memorial Day week, which Congress took off. The spokesmen were not aware of Ziglar’s comment.

Barragán said at the press conference, "The mobility of people has been a reality throughout human history. Only by recognizing that reality, through agreements, through laws, can we avoid what is happening."

Ziglar said that he wanted to make policing the border more efficient in order to free up resources to focus on the most serious threats to the United States. "We need to set up a regime where we don’t have to spend so much of our time and effort in enforcement activities dealing with people who are not terrorists, who are not threats to our national security, who are economic refugees," he said.

Ziglar discussed the installation of six 30-foot beacons in the Yuma area that illegal migrants can see from up to five miles away. The beacons would allow the illegal immigrants to call for help from the Border Patrol—which could then deport them. Though the beacons have been up for several months, no one has yet used them. Since October 1 of last year, the Border Patrol has discovered the bodies of 124 dead migrants in the mostly desert regions of its Yuma and Tucson sectors.

Ziglar also announced the use of pepperball launchers by Border Patrol agents. The weapons are supposed to disable violent migrants without hurting them, he said.

The next day, at an appearance in San Ysidro, Calif., Ziglar said that the INS would establish more commuter lanes to help people who make daily trips across the border. "If it’s hard for people to move across the border fluidly, that is going to have a severe economic impact on the economy of this community," he said. He said that a system of rapid entry, with minimal inspection times, for Mexican trucks would be expanded around the country.


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1 posted on 07/05/2002 4:25:40 AM PDT by Pythagoras
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To: Pythagoras
the millions of illegal aliens living in this country do not have to worry about the U.S. government enforcing the law

I give up. I live in Mexico now. Buenos dias.

2 posted on 07/05/2002 4:35:23 AM PDT by Flyer
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To: Pythagoras
Estimates of the number of aliens living illegally in this country vary from seven million to 11 million. The INS estimates seven to eight million.

Oh well, just let everybody come here. They don't need to pay taxes and our welfare system will take care of their families. </ sarcasm>

At some point, the system will break. When we had our first child, in the next labor room was a 17 year-old Mexican girl that could speak no English. They weren't footing the bill and they wanted their daughter to be born in America. The nurses kept coming around, asking if anybody could speak Spanish because they couldn't talk to her. Right after their daughter was born, the proud father tried to find a pay phone to call home to Mexico. Citizenship means nothing, just COME ON OVER!

3 posted on 07/05/2002 4:36:38 AM PDT by xJones
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To: xJones
Its nice to know Kuwait has borders, but California doesn't. Good Going guys!
4 posted on 07/05/2002 4:42:39 AM PDT by Pythagoras
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Ziglar also announced the use of pepperball launchers by Border Patrol agents. The weapons are supposed to disable violent illegal immigrants without hurting them, he said.

Illegal alien is confronted by Border Patrol, and starts to behave in a violent manner.

Try the old fashioned bullet remedy.

5 posted on 07/05/2002 4:48:42 AM PDT by He Rides A White Horse
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To: Pythagoras
Start looking for more vigilante acts with respect to illegal alien activity.

If the government won't do it, some citizens will.

6 posted on 07/05/2002 4:53:00 AM PDT by Bikers4Bush
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To: He Rides A White Horse
But that might HURT the poor bugger!
7 posted on 07/05/2002 4:53:01 AM PDT by Ken522
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To: Pythagoras
I can understand some of this, though I am not a happy camper. 11 Million illegals, it would take years just to find them and begin deportation proceedures. It would take billions to get the process started this would include detention, legal counsel and hearings, then maybe deportation. With limited resources and money we just don't have. Here again our Constitution and laws hamper us. The first thing we need to do is stop the bleeding. But, there has to be a better way.
9 posted on 07/05/2002 5:03:50 AM PDT by habaes corpussel
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To: Pythagoras
Don't quite understand the purpose of reporting a May 23rd statement on July 5th !

This was originally reported in May-and June.

Will this be a regular monthly feature ?

10 posted on 07/05/2002 5:05:21 AM PDT by genefromjersey
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To: Pythagoras
"No one likes the idea that people came into the country illegally, but it’s not practical or reasonable to think that you’re going to be able to round them all up and send them home," Ziglar said at a May 23 press conference

"No one likes the idea that Germans went into Europe illegally, but it’s not practical or reasonable to think that you’re going to be able to round them all up and send them home," - F. Roosevelt, 1940

"No one likes the idea that the Soviets have launched a sattelite, but it’s not practical or reasonable to think that you’re going to be able to send a man to the moon and return him safely," - J. Kennedy, 1961

"No one likes the idea that the Soviets control Eastern Europe illegally, but it’s not practical or reasonable to think that Gorbachev will tear down that wall and go home," - R. Reagan, 1987

11 posted on 07/05/2002 5:55:55 AM PDT by Fudd
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To: Pythagoras
The priorities for our 1,950 internal enforcement agents are deporting criminal aliens

Isn't it criminal to break US immigration laws?

12 posted on 07/05/2002 6:51:40 AM PDT by Tai_Chung
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To: Tai_Chung
No!
13 posted on 07/05/2002 7:27:53 AM PDT by B4Ranch
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To: Pythagoras
"In a little-noticed statement, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Commissioner James Ziglar has said that most of the millions of illegal aliens living in this country do not have to worry about the U.S. government enforcing the law and deporting them."

If the guy at the top won't enforce the laws of this great land then he should find a new job. Maybe in Mexico!

14 posted on 07/05/2002 7:45:24 AM PDT by Chi-Town Lady
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To: Fudd
Chilling words from commissar Ziglar.
15 posted on 07/05/2002 7:53:42 AM PDT by bok
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To: Flyer
Make sure you send more money to boy blunder Jorge to ensure that this policy continues and is expanded. Lets Mexicanize the whole dam country. No one cares so why get upset. The net cost to the country far exceeds any benefit derived from these parasites.
16 posted on 07/05/2002 8:05:50 AM PDT by willyone
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To: Flyer
I give up. I live in Mexico now. Buenos dias.

Just remember you can always come back . . . illegally.
17 posted on 07/05/2002 1:50:26 PM PDT by Bars4Bill
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To: Pythagoras
If this was not Bush's policy, then it would not be Ziglar's policy.
18 posted on 07/05/2002 2:25:57 PM PDT by unequallawsuntoasavagerace
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To: Pythagoras
#8- Let's try this again ---

Efff the worthless Public Servants, including Presidente Jorge and his greedy NWO plans, including his INS piece of you-know-what Commissioner who has done this to our nation.

They are INTENTIONALLY turning us into a 3rd World nation.

Things WILL get nasty ... plan on it.

Help preserve America's Borders, Language and Culture at Michael Savage & www.thepaulreveresociety.com

19 posted on 07/05/2002 6:32:51 PM PDT by CIBvet
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To: Chi-Town Lady
"If the guy at the top won't enforce the laws of this great land then he should find a new job. Maybe in Mexico!"

Presidente 'boy blunder' Jorge, the first Mexican President of the the USSA, already has a Mexican job ... kissin' his way right up Mexican Presidente Fox's a$$.

The only thing that will stop him will be a huge political fallout in the mid-term elctions coming up, and I don't think the sheeple are quite mad enough yet for that.

20 posted on 07/05/2002 6:46:31 PM PDT by CIBvet
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