The process is now in full force in certain border towns with and astonishing success rate. It is used as a deterrent and it WORKS! Money that would be paid to the government in lost taxes, schools, social services and the 25 Billion sent to Mexico tax free every year.
http://www.house.gov/garymiller/IllegalsCost2005.html For every one illegal jailed, it will change the mind for 100 about entering the country illegally.:
LOU DOBBS TONIGHT has learned Border Patrol Chief David Aguilar and Texas Congressman John Culberson have agreed to support a
zero- tolerance policy. That means the prosecution of every single illegal alien caught crossing the Southern border. As Casey Wian reports, the agreement stems from an apparent misstatement by a top Border Patrol agent.
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CASEY WIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Two weeks ago, Laredo, Texas, chief Border Patrol Agent Carlos Carrillo told a local town hall meeting -- quote -- "I have said it before, and I will say it again. The Border Patrol's job is not to stop illegal immigrants. The Border Patrol's job is not to stop narcotics. The Border Patrol's mission is not to do any of those things. The Border Patrol's mission is to stop terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering this country."
Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo called for his resignation. Border Patrol agents were outraged.
T.J. BONNER, PRESIDENT, NATIONAL BORDER PATROL COUNCIL: I was quite shocked and baffled to see that in print. And I'm sure that he meant something different than that, but it sure didn't come across well to the rank and file.
WIAN: Sector Chief Carrillo says, "It's painfully obvious to me that I could have done a better job of articulating my talking points."
He also wrote a clarification letter to "The Laredo Morning Times," saying that, while stopping terrorism is the Border Patrol's priority, his agents continue their traditional mission, apprehending nearly 52,000 illegal aliens and 62 tons of narcotics this year alone.
Now Texas Congressman John Culberson says Carrillo has agreed to adopt the Operation Streamline zero-tolerance policy already in place in Del Rio, Texas. There, all illegal aliens caught crossing the border face prosecution and six months in jail.
REP. JOHN CULBERSON ®, TEXAS: I now can report for the first time here on Lou Dobbs' show that I have also secured the same commitment from Border Patrol Chief David Aguilar, has promised me that he is going to work not only to support Chief Carrillo in implementing zero tolerance in Laredo, but Chief Aguilar has now committed that he is going to implement zero tolerance from Brownsville to San Diego.
WIAN: The Border Patrol confirms the agreement, with the caveat that Congress must provide more resources, for example, prosecutors, marshals, and jail staff.
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WIAN: That's a big if. But Culberson, who serves on the Appropriations Committees for the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, says he is confident it can be done.
Supporters say Operation Streamline has been a dramatic success in Del Rio, reducing illegal alien apprehensions by 38 percent last year and 52 percent this year -- Christine.
(or you could weigh the potential cost to you or your family if they should join the ranks of the 21,900 Americans killed or murdered by illegal aliens since 2000. How expensive is that to you?) I should make that 21,902. as two 28 year old film production employees/ citizens were killed in Hollywood by a drunk illegal alien running a red light on Sat.
http://www.immigrationshumancost.org/text/crimevictims.html
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/12/06...6_5812_5_04.txt
