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Illegal aliens living in the USA in plain sight
...Carlos, who came to America in 1996, is one of the estimated 8 million to 12 million illegal aliens living and working in the United States, who have no real fear of ever being detained or deported. And there's a good reason: No one's looking for them....A total of 2,300 federal agents are assigned the task of detecting, detaining and deporting the millions of foreign nationals illegally in this country, who — besides draining billions of taxpayer dollars a year — pose a potential terrorist risk in the post-September 11 world. Nearly half of the 48 al Qaeda terrorists tied to violent acts in the United States between 1993 and 2001 committed significant immigration-law violations prior to those events but were never detained or deported, federal records show. ...Taxpayers each year spend more than $7 billion to educate the children of illegal aliens, $1 billion for health care and emergency treatment, and nearly $3 billion to detain illegal aliens in state and local jails, according to congressional reports and studies by immigration groups and several universities. "Despite those costs, the country's interior-enforcement program historically has been neglected and understaffed," said Michael W. Cutler, a retired U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) senior agent who spent most of his 31-year career as a criminal investigator and intelligence specialist. ..."Even now, with as many as 12 million illegal immigrants in the country and a public clamoring for better immigration enforcement, the government has committed far too few agents to the task," Mr. Cutler said. "We have only been given the illusion of making a serious effort to enforce our immigration law." Do the math: If the current roster of 2,300 agents dedicated to pursuing illegal aliens now in the country arrests 500 persons a day, an unattainable goal at current resource levels, it would take from 44 to 66 years to reduce the estimated 8 million to 12 million figure to zero — assuming, of course, that no new illegals enter the United States between now and 2070..."We attribute the lack of real effort to be political, and we fault both the Democrats' lust for cheap votes and the Republicans' lust for cheap labor," Retired US Army Col. Ben Anderson said. "We fault the White House for pandering in a vain effort to glom onto the Hispanic vote." But thousands of illegals enter the country every day, aided by a growing political movement that has guaranteed them not only a deportation-free environment but voting rights, driver's licenses, social services, housing assistance and in-state college-tuition breaks. Long article-good information, but portrays a hopeless situation. Politicians of both political parties want to serve their special interest voting bases, and ordinary citizens'concerns are ignored. No worries, until the next 9/11 happens. Posted by: rex 2004-07-19 |
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