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Sefton Arrests of illegal immigrants on the US-Mexico border have fallen to levels unseen since the 1970s as the ailing US economy and enhanced enforcement appear to be deterring people from trekking north. "The apprehension level is on track to dip to about 550,000 for this federal fiscal year, the lowest level since 1975, when 596,796 immigrants were caught, according to Border Patrol statistics."
mexico What is the ratio of successful illegal crossings for every one arrest? Yet there are only 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States! I'm guessing that 10 or 20 to 1 is more realistic, meaning there have been 170 to 340 million illegal crossings since 1975! Sadly, I'm afraid this is the least of the problems facing our Country.
View Replies To: Sefton A guest on Fox News this morning stated that Obama, Pelosie, and Reed pulled a House provision that would have required that job applicants created by the stimulus bill would need to be "ID Checked" on a federal database to verify immigration status. "Millions of tax dollars will be going to hire illegal immigrants!"
View Replies To: colorado tanker The point is we're on track for 550,000 arrests this year! The article ends with deported Mexicans waiting in to cross again stating "we're hungry". Obama and Pelosie and Reed, and Tyson and Ronald (McDonnal's) will make sure they have jobs as it keeps business costs down!
View Replies To: HiJinx When it comes to illegal immigration, I lost faith in official estimates in the late 1980s. At that time Reagan was told that there were only one million illegals inside the United States. He agreed to the amnesty and three and a half million signed up for amnesty. They have been stating that they only capture ten to fifteen percent for decades. One other reason why I don't trust official estimates, is that after corrections to the 2000 census, there were close to 10 million illegal immigrants inside the United States. After eight years of people pouring across the border at 15 to 35 million per year, we are told there are only 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States. Either there are between 20 to 35 million illegal immigrants in the US today, or our government has been transitioning them to citizenship at an incredible rate. And if they were, then the only change in the drain on our nation, is that they are now legal immigrants, and our government services are now being tapped legally. The nation is still at risk, but now what is destroying it is partially above board, due to under the table dealings.
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