Posted on 06/20/2005 10:16:34 AM PDT by JoeBob
The Washington Times www.washingtontimes.com
Authorities free 1 million aliens amid proceedings
By Stephen Dinan
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published April 15, 2005
One million people facing immigration proceedings have been released into the general population, the government's chief of detention and removal told the Senate yesterday , prompting some Republicans to say the Bush administration is "not serious" about the problem.
"We have a million individuals who are in some phase of immigration proceedings released," said Victor X. Cerda, the acting director of detention and removal operations for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
He said of those people, 465,000 are fugitive aliens who have been ordered deported. About 80,000 of those are criminal aliens who have committed an offense in addition to immigration violations, but he couldn't provide an exact number.
His comments came as an immigration debate in the Senate blocked most progress on the emergency war-spending bill. Pending amendments include cracking down on illegal immigrants' use of driver's licenses, increasing visas for seasonal nonimmigrant workers and legalizing up to 1 million illegal aliens who work in agriculture and their families.
Yesterday's hearing, before two subcommittees of the Judiciary Committee, is supposed to lay the groundwork for a comprehensive immigration bill, said Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican and chairman of the immigration subcommittee, which held the hearing along with Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, chairman of the terrorism subcommittee.
"No serious discussion of comprehensive immigration reform is possible without a review of our nation's ability to effectively secure its borders and enforce its immigration laws," Mr. Cornyn said.
Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican, and Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, demanded to know why Mr. Cerda was not doing more to have illegal aliens removed.
Mr. Sessions said ICE is far behind in entering the names of the 465,000 alien fugitives into law-enforcement databases, which means that if those people are picked up in another arrest, they would not be turned over to immigration authorities.
Jonathan Cohn, a deputy assistant attorney general, told the panel that court decisions over the years will result in the government having to release dangerous criminal aliens as well.
"The aliens that are being released include murderers, rapists and child molesters," Mr. Cohn said.
Members of the subcommittees also ended up taking sides on whether the Minutemen patrolling the Arizona border are "vigilantes," as President Bush called them.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, said he agreed with Mr. Bush's characterization, and told Mr. Cerda to let him know what the Department of Homeland Security's policy was on dealing with vigilantes.
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What do you suppose the fat drunk would propose be done with *vigilantes*? [read: *Free American citizens doing the work our chicken s**t congress won't do*]
Perhaps he would be happy if they were lynched.
"No serious discussion of comprehensive immigration reform is possible without a review of our nation's ability to effectively secure its borders and enforce its immigration laws," Mr. (Senator) Cornyn said.
My sentiments, exactly. Hey, Senator McPain, can you hear me now?
"Catch and release" is for sport fishing, not national defense!
Bush is destroying the Republican party with this issue, and meanwhile helping to elect an American fascist/communist - HRC.
How many more innocent Americans have to die before our elected leaders get their heads out?
Wow! No words.
(2006 will be a carnage and 2008 will be the funeral.)
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One million people facing immigration proceedings have been released into the general population, the government's chief of detention and removal told the Senate yesterday , prompting some Republicans to say the Bush administration is "not serious" about the problem.
>>>Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, said he agreed with Mr. Bush's characterization, and told Mr. Cerda to let him know what the Department of Homeland Security's policy was on dealing with vigilantes.<<<
i hope this embarrasses the heck out of President Bush - as it should. maybe he will even apologize for giving Senator ShamelessDrunk this disgusting ammo.
i'm so far disgusted by the lot of them i cannot even begin to say.. the only good thing about this mess is that the Minute Men are here with the enthusiastic approval of most concerned and patriotic citizens. lets all hold an election where we vote to kick out everyone of these turds and replace them with the Minute Men..
ping
More wonderful news.
Do a google search on North American Community and you'll see how we are being betrayed. They will not defend the borders, they plan to erase them.
It's treason at all levels now.
OUTRAGEOUS!
and FIFTEEN THOUSAND CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS brought into this country by illegals a year are being diagnosed and treated at a cost of between TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND TO ONE MILLION DOLLARS EACH! That's an average of over SEVEN BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR it's costing American taxpayers!
Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!
Be Ever Vigilant!
Minutemen Patriots ~ Bump!
It's treason at all levels now.<<
There is a fix for a treasonous and tyrannical government.
If the majority of us that understand the United States Constitution, ever reach critical mass. . . we may find out what that is.
Well Gee. Mass lawlessness, with hundreds of thousands of deportable criminals roaming the landscape scot free.
A million. And the little Affirmative Action bureaucrat said it with a straight face.
It's like taking a major city like Denver, and releasing them all.
Like another poster said, and I am starting to agree, I think they are in the process of eliminating the American borders and our sovereignty.
"The aliens that are being released include murderers, rapists and
child molesters," Mr. Cohn said.<<<
ping
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