... this time at the Border.

Report critical of Bush immigration record

Story Highlights

• Third Way official: "Decline in immigration enforcement has been steady"
• Centrist group: Arrests, deportations down almost 30 percent since Clinton years
• Study says it would take 100-plus years to deport all illegal immigrants in U.S.
• Report: Enforcement efforts target immigrants but fail to punish employers

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Immigration arrests under President Bush are "stagnant and unimpressive" despite massive increases in Border Patrol agents and other immigration enforcement measures imposed since 2000, a report found.
Bush promoted border enforcement successes this week while pushing Congress for a comprehensive immigration policy overhaul. But the centrist private group Third Way questioned his record in a study released Thursday. It found that arrests and deportations are down almost 30 percent since the Clinton years.
"The decline in immigration enforcement has been steady, dramatic and long-standing," said Jim Kessler, the group's vice president for policy and a co-author of the report. "This may not be the cause of our illegal immigration crisis, but it has certainly contributed to it."

Like Bush, the group argues for a comprehensive immigration bill, including sealed borders, increased law enforcement and a path to citizenship for the 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States today. Such a bill is being debated in the Senate. Bush supports it.
At a news conference Thursday, Bush defended his record.
"There's going to be a doubling of the Border Patrol agents; there's going to be fencing and berms and different types of equipment to help the Border Patrol do its job in a better way," he said.
According to the study, however, it would take more than 100 years to deport all the illegal immigrants in the United States at the current rate of arrests, assuming the flow of migrants across the border completely stopped.
The report suggests part of the reason is that after September 11, 2001, the Border Patrol was assigned to guard against terrorists as well as illegal migrants. It also points out that enforcement efforts have targeted immigrants but largely failed to punish the employers who hire them.

Among the report's findings:

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  Apprehensions on the Southwest border have declined by 350,000 per year, almost 30 percent from the Clinton years.
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  The number of deportable aliens found at the northern border and border locations other than the Southwest has dropped by almost 40 percent.
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  Although the number of immigration-related arrests at the workplace has risen each year since 2003, 84 percent of those are workers rather than employers.

There is no realistic chance of solving the immigration crisis without a comprehensive new immigration policy, the report concludes.

Link http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/....ap/index.html


Leaves me to wonder just how many Terrorists President Bush has allowed to enter the United States of America because of his less than stellar Border Enforcement record.

You say: Seems President Bush fails American again....

I hear: Gator sticks foot in mouth again....

Leaves me to wonder just how many Terrorists President Bush has allowed to enter the United States of America because of his less than stellar Border Enforcement record.

And just how did the 19 hijackers on 9/11 enter the United States? Did they book it over the Mexican border? Sneak in over the Canadian border? Perhaps they were inserted in the dead of night by boats rented from Canadian ports/resorts on the Great Lakes. Or did they all enter legally because they knew how to file the paperwork?

9/11 terrorists got into the US when Clinton was in office. 6 yrs have passed since Sept 11th and president Bush has not allowed one single attack to take place in the US.


BTW, For more info check: Bush Derangement Syndrome

Originally Posted by Damien435

You say: Seems President Bush fails American again....

I hear: Gator sticks foot in mouth again....



And just how did the 19 hijackers on 9/11 enter the United States? Did they book it over the Mexican border? Sneak in over the Canadian border? Perhaps they were inserted in the dead of night by boats rented from Canadian ports/resorts on the Great Lakes. Or did they all enter legally because they knew how to file the paperwork?

I do not understand why it is I do not have you on Ignore already, I'll fix that now though.

Have a nice life.

Welcome to the ever expanding club Damien. You are member #15. When Gator logs on, the threads he sees are almost blank nowdays.

Originally Posted by Gator

I do not understand why it is I do not have you on Ignore already, I'll fix that now though.

Have a nice life.

Of course... Gator blocks those that have an opinion against him. Might as well block the whole board.

Originally Posted by Padre

Welcome to the ever expanding club Damien. You are member #15. When Gator logs on, the threads he sees are almost blank nowdays.

Alright! I guess I joined the Cool Kid's Club about a month ago! Seriously though, I consider it a blessing. It's like that feeling you have when that cancerous tumor is removed, and you don't have to deal with it again.

Originally Posted by Team Infidel

Of course... Gator blocks those that have an opinion against him. Might as well block the whole board.

Hehe my sentiments exactly.

Less like a gator and more like an anole.

Well, don't feel bad Gator. I agree with ya. Whoever believes a terrorist attack hasn't happened again because Bush hasn't "allowed" it to happen is delusional. Another attack could happen at any moment, and we are woefully ill-prepared. There's no way to stop determined terrorists with our current technology.