On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 11:26:54 -0600, gringo wrote:
The ground along the border has been seeded with electronic detection
devices for quite some time, with little effect. Oh, technology
works--but REpublicans beginning with REagan handicapped the Border
Patrol and all other enforcement efforts. Before Reagan, Border Patrol
agents all over the nation regularly raided those who employed illegal
aliens, and loaded the illegals onto buses headed for the border; before
Reagan, illegals skulked around in the shadows, or hid within the legal
Latino communities. Reagan opened his arms and our borders to them.
Nowadays, the Border Patrol are essentially mute witnesses to the flood
of humanity crossing the southern border.
Odd..I notice you missed the 8 yrs of the Clinton Administration in
your little propaganda rant.
U.S. efforts to expand and strengthen the fight against illegal
immigration - President Bill Clinton, Feb. 7, 1995 - Transcript
US Department of State Dispatch, Feb 13, 1995
"Good morning. Two years ago, when I took office, I was determined to do
a better job of dealing with the problem of illegal immigration. About
two years ago this week, when I discussed with Janet Reno the
possibility of her becoming attorney general, we had a talk about this,
and for the last two years we have been hard at work trying to fix a
system that everyone agrees has serious problems.
"The Vice President and I have just been briefed by Attorney General
Reno; Doris Meissner, the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization
Service; our Secretary of Labor, Bob Reich; Maria Echaveste, the
Director of the Wage and Hour Division of the Labor Department;
Silvestre Reyes, Chief Border Patrol Agent of the El Paso Sector; Gus de
la Vina, the Director of the Western Region of the Immigration and
Naturalization Service; Doug Crum, the U.S. Border Chief; and George
Weise, our Customs Commissione
Snip lots of talk, little action.
If Clinton wanted to stop illegal immigration, he could have. And
no..he didnt.
Same with Bush.
Same with every president back to Wilson. And including Clinton
http://www.theamericanresistance.com...n_numbers.html
Step 1: Estimate the gross numbers of illegals entering the U.S.
Census figures show that 90 percent of illegal immigration comes from
Latin America, with 70 percent of the total from Mexico.26 The last
decade has witnessed a tidal wave of illegal Mexican immigration. The
Center for Immigration Studies noted:
"Indeed, the last decade saw an unprecedented number of Mexicans cross
the U.S. border. Between 1990 and 2000, their number doubled - from
4.2 million to 9.2 million, or 30 percent of the entire foreign-born
population in the United States. Within this number, unauthorized
Mexicans grew by more than 100 percent - from 2 million to 4.8
million, or 69 percent of all illegal aliens in the United States."
Though the Mexican government should be embarrassed that 10 percent of
its people have fled to the U.S. from Mexico, President Vicente Fox's
administration has embraced this reality. In fact, increasing the
number of Mexicans working illegally in the United States is among
Mexico's highest foreign policy objectives.30
U.S. Government estimates of illegal aliens residing in the United
States have been uniformly low.18 On December 9, 2003, Homeland
Security Secretary Tom Ridge stated that there were 8 million to 12
million illegal aliens in the United States.1 The corrected U.S.
Census Bureau estimate for 2003 was 8 million2; other Census data
extrapolated to more like 10 million, and it recently has been
questioned whether the actual number is much higher.20 Referring to a
2001 Northeastern University study stating that there were 11 million
illegal aliens in the United States as opposed to U.S. Government
estimates of 6 million,18 the Federation for American Immigration Refo
Now there is no way in hell we can deport 20-30 million people. The US
economy would implode.
But..when one finds oneself in a hole..the first thing you do is stop
digging.
When in a flooding room..stop the flood first.
Then you can pump out the water, and repair the damage.
The Wall..is a good first step at stopping the flood.
Gunner