As I’ve said, and even local San Francisco media cannot deny it and occasionally report on it, the number one criminal industry, and a very profitable one at that, in the San Francisco tenderloin isn’t drugs, it is identity theft, ranging from fake or stole SSN’s, identity cards, even business permits and city employee identity cards ... now they are being given legitimate licenses. The odds of you now having your identity stolen are dreadfully high -- you can fully expect that this will happen to you, and the costs to you in time, paperwork, money, and personal stress, will also be high, if you will ever actually be able to repair the damage which will be done.
And, as extreme as this may sound, don’t be surprised if, should you complain about illegals and identity theft, you are held to account to some “diversity police”, perhaps even fined. After all, diversity is a “compelling” national interest, like the courts are now saying, so compelling that if you ask the wrong questions you may be a threat to the “compelling” national interest, an interest so compelling that it is practically considered the same as national security, if not more important. Never mind nuclear warheads that can be mounted on small North Korean armaments, how dare you make any waves that may question the compelling national interest in diversity.
Police services should be “integrated” with the efforts to stop the terrorists before they can strike again, but instead they are not even allowed to ask a suspect of his or her legal status of residence.
The INS doesn’t have enough people to do the job, and the Bush Administration isn’t giving them the people, period. Local left wing City governments set policy that officials cannot question city workers of their legal status or citizenship. But the INS can, and could. But they don’t – because the Bush Administration will not give them the resources to do so, nor the political will to do so.
Mixed messages – that is all law enforcement gets, and has been getting for the last 20 years. How many illegals have invaded our borders in the last 20 years? The government statistics in no way will reflect the true, gargantuan, number.
George Bush, not only is he AWOL on this, he puts on a sombrero and dances the La Cuca-Rockefeller-Republican cha-cha.
Here's a good example of a meaningless, derogatory, ad hominem, false statement.
To compare George W. Bush to a Rockefeller Republican shows you don't have the first clue when it comes to politics.
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But, the illegal problem will never be solved until the national welfare system is completely overhauled as well. The two are problems that feed upon each other.
Hutchinson Outlines Homeland Security Department Achievements - June 2003
BTW, you might want to note that the Homeland Security Dept. is only 5 months old.
I had these on file from a previous posting...
The Department of Education has published a notice in the Federal Register announcing a computer matching program between the Department of Education and the INS that will permit the Education Department to confirm the immigration status of alien applicants for, or recipients of, Title IV financial aid programs.
Dept. of Education Announces Computer Matching Program with INS September 19, 2002
Attorney General John Ashcroft has announced a new "National Security Entry-Exit System" that would require the registration and monitoring of certain non-immigrants. The proposal contains three major components: fingerprinting at the border, periodic registration of certain aliens, and exit controls.
National Security Entry-Exit System Proposed - June 2002
The Immigration and Naturalization Service has stated that it is now checking the names of all applicants for immigration benefits against a federal database of terrorists and law breakers — even if it means delays for people seeking visas, permanent residence, or citizenship.
INS Expands Checks of Applicants - May 2002
President Bush has signed the Border Security Bill meant to screen out terrorists by using high-tech passports and more border enforcers to check millions of people who enter the United States each year. The new law also will mean closer monitoring of foreign students in the US.
The law also strengthens requirements that planes and passenger ships traveling from other countries provide lists of passengers and crew members to a US border officer before arriving, and reiterates the need for a database of suspected terrorists that federal agencies can use to screen visa applicants. Such a list already exists under the Federal Terrorism Tracking Task Force that Bush created after September 11.
Additionally, the new law creates an elaborate tracking system of foreign students. It will record the admission of non-resident students by educational institutions, the issuance of student visas, and the enrollment of non-Americans in schools. It also will force schools to advise the INS if foreign students do not report for class.
The Bill also authorizes 400 additional immigration investigators, inspectors and other staff for the Immigration and Naturalization Service, subject to Congress financing them.
Bush Signs Border Security Bill - May 2002
Under the legislation, the INS will use a new internet-based system to track about one million foreign students in the country. U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced last Friday that all educational institutions eligible to enroll foreign students should have joined the system by the end of January. The bill requires that passports issued after 2003 be tamper- resistant and that visitors carry documents that can be read by machine and identify the bearer with biometrics, such as face recognition or retinal scanning technology.
Bush Signs Bill on Enhanced US Border Security
The US Department of State has announced that effective April 8, 2002, US passports will no longer be issued outside of the US.
US Passports Will No Longer be Issued Abroad – April 2002
President Bush's advisers have recommended merging the Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service in a sweeping overhaul of US border security in response to the September 11 attacks.
Bush's budget proposal calls for an extra $2.1 billion in spending to secure US borders and keep out foreigners who might try to launch attacks like those on September 11.
The money would be used to hire more border patrol agents, safeguard ports, and track foreign nationals living in the United States
Bush Advisers Propose Merger of INS and Customs Service – March 2002
The US State Department has published an interim rule, effective April 1, 2002, amending 22 CFR § 41.112(d) to preclude automatic revalidation of expired visas under this section for nationals of countries designated as ‘terrorist-sponsoring’ states, and for aliens who apply for new visas during their trip abroad.
State Department Restricts Eligibility for Automatic Revalidation of Expired Visas – Mar 2002
Under section 113 of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA), training providers subject to regulation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are prohibited from providing training to aliens in the operation of aircraft with a maximum certificated takeoff weight of 12,500 pounds or more, unless they provide prior notification to the Attorney General.