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"Federal law enforcement officials interviewed by The Washington Examiner say security is being compromised as the government seeks to keep a lid on the border as a campaign issue during the presidential election cycle. Department of Homeland Security's Border Patrol agents and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are being told not to make arrests of noncriminal illegal immigrants, and not to patrol areas of high traffic along the roughly 2,000-mile Southwest border.
A Border Patrol official working along the Texas border said administration officials are deliberately failing to document what is actually happening on the border. "In many cases my supervisors make it clear that they don't want increased apprehension numbers, which means no arrests," he said."
"Federal law enforcement officials interviewed by The Washington Examiner say security is being compromised as the government seeks to keep a lid on the border as a campaign issue during the presidential election cycle. Department of Homeland Security's Border Patrol agents and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are being told not to make arrests of noncriminal illegal immigrants, and not to patrol areas of high traffic along the roughly 2,000-mile Southwest border.
A Border Patrol official working along the Texas border said administration officials are deliberately failing to document what is actually happening on the border. "In many cases my supervisors make it clear that they don't want increased apprehension numbers, which means no arrests," he said."
You'll notice Obama always says, as proof that illegal immigration is down, that 'Apprehensions are fewer.' Of course they're fewer, when the BP is ordered not detain those they observe crossing illegally. This is what makes it look like Obama's really on top of things, because some people will take that to mean fewer illegal aliens are crossing the border, which is the impression Obama wants to give. People have to pay attention to what he actually says, not what he's trying to imply.
You'll notice Obama always says, as proof that illegal immigration is down, that 'Apprehensions are fewer.' Of course they're fewer, when the BP is ordered not detain those they observe crossing illegally. This is what makes it look like Obama's really on top of things, because some people will take that to mean fewer illegal aliens are crossing the border, which is the impression Obama wants to give. People have to pay attention to what he actually says, not what he's trying to imply.
If people had done that during the last election, he never would have been elected.
You'll notice Obama always says, as proof that illegal immigration is down, that 'Apprehensions are fewer.' Of course they're fewer, when the BP is ordered not detain those they observe crossing illegally. This is what makes it look like Obama's really on top of things, because some people will take that to mean fewer illegal aliens are crossing the border, which is the impression Obama wants to give. People have to pay attention to what he actually says, not what he's trying to imply.
Yet remittances to Mexico are WAY up. Remittances would be a very good indication that illegal immigration is up.
Enforcement of border / immigration regulations has been far more effective under President Obama than under "W" Bush ... who let it get to historically bad levels. That man damaged our nation so badly it might take a generation for us to get out of all the holes he dug for us.
Every president who followed Reagan's amnesty is responsible - to whatever degree - for the state that the US is in with regard to illegals. It's like everything else, if things are going good - who cares, when things go bad, find a reason. What is going bad right now is the economy and Americans are suffering with cuts and taxes. And it's only now, because of the economy, that Americans are taking notice of the drain that illegals are on this economy since they have lost so much and stand to lose more with further cutbacks. Whatever the status of an illegal is now they won't be affected by whatever measures government takes to recover. Whatever measures government takes will be at the expense of Americans who will be expected to pay more, lose more, and the status of illegals will remain the same at the expense and sacrifice of US citizens because what we pay more for and lose, will go towards the continuation of these handouts to illegals. And illegals get a bonus: they will continue to work off the books and pay no taxes. There was a time when it was said that the (huge) middle class carried the economy. Now the shrinking middle class and those in the low poverty category will carry the welfare of illegals.
The country was riding high when Bush was in office, but did you hear much outcry when the illegal population was around 16 million? No, because we were happy in our little cocoons living the good life until government and big business was exposed for its own corruption. Yup, our government was just "Too Big to Fail".
And in this economy. It appears illegal aliens are doing better than citizens.
Yes, either they're all getting some very lavish pay raises so they all have so much more money left over every month after living expenses to send out of the US, or there are that many more of them to send this money out.
The article at the link implies the latter - there are many more.
Why does the immigration debate seem to require so many !!!!!! and general hyperbole?
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