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October 18, 2005
Now This Is More Like It
From Breitbart.com, via South Park Pundit:
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said his department aims without exception to expel all those who enter the United States illegally.
"Our goal at DHS (Homeland Security) is to completely eliminate the 'catch and release' enforcement problem, and return every single illegal entrant, no exceptions.
"It should be possible to achieve significant and measurable progress to this end in less than a year," Chertoff told a Senate hearing.
Thousands of "Mexicans who are caught entering the United States illegally are returned immediately to Mexico. But other parts of the system have nearly collapsed under the weight of numbers. The problem is especially severe for non-Mexicans apprehended at the southwest border," Chertoff explained.
"Today, a non-Mexican illegal immigrant caught trying to enter the United States across the southwest border has an 80 percent chance of being released immediately because we lack the holding facilities," he added.
"Through a comprehensive approach, we are moving to end this 'catch and release' style of border enforcement by reengineering our detention and removal process."
Chertoff's remarks in favor of returning "every illegal entrant, no exceptions" appeared to conflict directly with the US policy toward illegal Cuban migrants.
Though Cubans picked up at sea are returned to their country, those who reach US soil by air, sea or ground are allowed to stay and work — a fact Cuba says encourages dangerous illegal emigration attempts.
Unfortunately this is not good news for Cubans, but hopefully a better solution can be found to their predicament than allowing them to stay if they manage to escape Castro's prison and reach dry land.
For the rest of us, this is music to the ears. A "no exceptions" return policy is a crucial first step toward preventing illegals from entering the country in the first place.
Posted by Van Helsing at October 18, 2005 4:51 PM
Comments
Thanks for the link, VH.
Posted by: Josh at October 18, 2005 5:48 PM
Some talk at The Corner that Chertoff was only referring to 'Other Than Mexicans' caught at the border. Illegals from Mexico are still welcome to break the law as often as they want, apparently.
Posted by: V the K at October 18, 2005 8:50 PM
