Just as we in the immigration reform movement previously insisted that by
the end of the 1990s there were WAY, WAY more than the "several million"
illegal aliens in the USA than the government and media deceitfully
claimed, so, too are there now undoubtedly WAY, WAY more than 623,000
fugitive aliens present in the country.
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Manhunts swamped by fugitive alien toll
By Jerry Seper
THE WA****NGTON TIMES
March 27, 2007
The federal government has spent $204 million since 2003 to hunt down
and
remove fugitive aliens from the United States, but it has shown little
success in slowing down a burgeoning number of aliens now hiding in cities
and towns across America.
More than 623,000 fugitive aliens or "absconders" are loose on the
streets of America, according to a re****t issued yesterday by the
Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General -- up from
331,000 after the September 11 attacks and 418,000 in 2003.
Despite the deployment by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) of 50 Fugitive Operations Teams nationwide with the "immediate
mission" to eliminate the growing backlog of fugitive aliens -- those
ordered de****ted but who have disappeared -- it has increased annually
since the program's February 2002 inception.
"The fugitive alien population is growing at a rate that exceeds the
teams' ability to apprehend," said Inspector General Richard L. Skinner,
noting the teams' inability "to keep pace with the increase in the backlog
of fugitive aliens, not to mention reduce it."
Mr. Skinner said the backlog of fugitive aliens increased an average
of
51,228 each year over a four-year period ending September 2005, and that
from October 2005 to August 2006, the number jumped by 86,648.
The 68-page re****t said the effectiveness of fugitive teams was
hampered by insufficient detention capacity, limitations of an immigration
database and inadequate working space.
It also found that the teams were called on to perform duties
unrelated
to fugitive operations, contrary to ICE policy. Those duties included
serving as firearms instructors, juvenile coordinators, jail inspectors,
escorting aliens to their country of origin or from local jails to an ICE
facility, taking bonds, escorting special-interest aliens to court
appearances, and managing the detained and non-detained dockets.
"While team members are performing non-fugitive operations duties,
they
are unable to identify, locate or apprehend fugitives," Mr. Skinner said.
He said that as of March 2006, there were 11.5 million to 12 million
illegal aliens living in the United States and that by August 2006, ICE
estimated a backlog of 623,292 fugitive aliens. He said fugitive aliens
made up 5.4 percent of the illegal-alien population.
Mr. Skinner also noted that weekly field office re****ts sent to ICE
headquarters did not always reflect accurately what the fugitive teams had
done, adding that they sometimes included apprehensions made by other
law-enforcement agencies or cases closed because of an alien's death,
voluntary departure from the country or change to legal status.
John P. Torres, director of the ICE Office of Detention and Removal
Operations (DRO), said that while the agency agreed with many of the
recommendations in the re****t and had implemented several, Mr. Skinner's
office had failed to take into account "many of the positive steps already
independently taken by DRO to address" problems within the agency.
The mission of the fugitive teams is to identify, locate, apprehend,
process and remove fugitive aliens from the country with the highest
priority being those who have been convicted of crimes, including killers,
rapists, drug dealers and child molesters.
Coordinated through an ICE initiative known as the National Fugitive
Operations Program, the teams translate to about 500 agents looking for
more than 623,000 alien fugitives hiding in cities from Seattle and Los
Angeles to Miami and Wa****ngton.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070327-122939-4760r.htm
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PLEASE EMAIL THESE LINKS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW:
"The Illegal-Alien Crime Wave" by Heather MacDonald
www.City-Journal.org/html/14_1_the_illegal_alien.html
www.PredatoryAliens.com
www.ImmigrationsHumanCost.org
www.DayLaborers.org
www.Alipac.us
www.ImmigrationWatchdog.com
www.AmericanPatrol.com
www.SaveOurState.org
www.EscapingJustice.com
See the COLOSSAL costs of illegal aliens to the American taxpayer:
www.ImmigrationCounters.com
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"**** La Raza todo. Fuera de La Raza nada"
("For The Race everything, for those outside The Race nothing")
-- Motto of MEChA, one of the nation's largest publically-funded
organizations with cells on high school and college campuses across the
USA
(Note: Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez says he "used to be" a member)
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：How Eisenhower solved illegal border crossings from Mexico；
By John Dillin
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0706/p09s01-coop.html
Excerpt:
：General Eisenhower ... quoted a re****t in The New York Times,
highlighting one paragraph that said: ．The rise in illegal
border-crossing
by Mexican 'wetbacks' to a current rate of more than
1,000,000 cases a year has been accompanied by a curious relaxation
in ethical standards extending all the way from the farmer-exploiters
of this contraband labor to the highest levels of the Federal
Government ..."
：Herbert Brownell Jr., Eisenhower's first attorney general, said the
president had a sense of urgency about illegal immigration when he took
office.
：America ．was faced with a breakdown in law enforcement on a very
large
scale,・ Mr. Brownell said. ．When I say large scale, I mean hundreds of
thousands were coming in from Mexico [every year] without restraint.・"
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Just two of MANY American cops murdered by illegals:
www.DeputyDavidMarch.com
www.KrisEggle.org
"Unfortunately, the majority of illegal aliens who are here are engaged in
criminal activity. Identity theft, use of fraudulent Social Security
numbers and green cards, tax evasion, driving without licenses represent
some of the crimes that are engaged in by the majority of illegal aliens
on
a daily basis merely to maintain and hide their illegal status. In
addition, violent crime and drug distribution and possession is also
prevalent among illegal aliens. Over 25% of today's federal prison
population are illegal aliens. In some areas of the country, 12% of
felonies, 25% of burglaries and 34% of thefts are committed by illegal
aliens."
-- Testimony of District Attorney John M. Morganelli before the House
Subcommittee on Immigration, Border, Security and Claims [Note: 99% of
warrants for murder in Los Angeles, California -- the USA's 2nd
most-populous city -- are for illegal aliens]
"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate,
tireless minority keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of
men."
-- Samuel Adams
"：All great truths begin as heresies.；
-- Former Democrat Governor of Colorado Richard Lamm, official of
Defend Colorado Now, a movement opposed to illegal immigration
and public services for illegal aliens
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