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Home Front: Culture Wars
Feds arrest illegal immigrants who are trying to leave USA
2008-05-07
SAN DIEGO -- U.S. border authorities no longer apprehend illegal immigrants only as they enter the country. Now they're catching them on the way out.
Like a kiss goodbye.
At random times near the Tijuana-San Diego border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have been setting up checkpoints, boarding buses destined for Mexico and pulling off people who don't have proper documentation.

The operation appears to be an expansion of a broader federal crackdown targeting illegal immigrants in jails, airports and workplaces across the country. The checkpoints, which are not announced in advance, are set up on southbound Interstate 5 about 100 yards north of the border. Vehicles in all lanes must stop.
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#6  Dumb, but requires less work like already posted; how much $$ did they send home prior to returning home? add that to any fines. better yet, rfid implant to track repeats.
Posted by: USN,Ret.   2008-05-07 23:18  

#5  I've read that in Singapore, they imprison illegals captured on the way out for terms ranging from months to years. They also fine them thousands of dollars. In other words, they treat them just as they treat illegals captured while living in-country. Oh - and they flog them as well, with rattan canes that leave permanent scars. I don't think that would fly here, but it's an interesting counterpoint to those who think we're mistreating illegals by deporting them or denying them driver's licenses.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2008-05-07 18:08  

#4  good way to help dissuade those from returning..most are just going home for vacations..they know our boader is a joke..they know they can come and go as they please.....it's about time we close this loophole...get going both ways .... get them in the database for future -- in case they choose to come back
Posted by: Dan   2008-05-07 17:02  

#3  "but targeting illegal immigrants voluntarily leaving the country is a "bizarre" way of handling the illegal immigration question"

If your pay raise reflects the number of illegals you apprehend in a given time period, what easier way to get the numbers up with little risk than to target those already leaving?
Posted by: crosspatch   2008-05-07 16:16  

#2  Many days late and a few million short. Good work guys.
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-05-07 16:15  

#1  Maybe somebody can photoshop a coupla Border Patrol guys into the picture instead of two wetbacks.
Posted by: tu3031   2008-05-07 15:47  

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