The WashTimes editorial "Undermining border security" first discusses their report "Illegals detained at border released onto U.S. streets". If you haven't yet read that, you should.
The editorial ends with this:
But DHS has a different view of reality. In its responses to Mr. Grassley's questions, Homeland Security said it was "not practical" to detain all non-criminal non-Mexicans during immigration proceedings...
Unfortunately, much of the discussion of immigration in recent days was hijacked by groups like the National Council of La Raza, the AFL-CIO and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which staged a series of demonstrations and media events on Capitol Hill and across the country to lobby for "immigrant rights." A central goal of these groups is defeating the Clear Law Enforcement for Alien Removal, or CLEAR Act, which would strengthen the authority of the nation's 600,000 state and local police officers to assist in the enforcement of federal immigration law. CLEAR is a critical law enforcement tool. It should be taken up and passed by Congress next year.
Immigration2004 · Sun, 09/26/2004 - 20:24 · · Importance: 1
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Comments
Time for camps in the desert for illegals--similar to what that Ariz. sheriff already does. We can start clear them away and start to get a handle on this war on us--on several fronts.
Posted by: Alex at Sep 28, 2004 5:18 PM
Just because it is not practical to round up all the foreign criminals here in a few months, that is no excuse for allowing terrorists to run loose. The government is trying to say they can't help it; they will just have to permit another wave of terror attacks. They should not be so defeatist; just because you can't stop all the robberies doesn't justify the refusal to do more than a token amount against the robberies. The people will not let the government escape blame when, as may be expected, the next round of bombings turns out to have been pulled off by illegal aliens tolerated by the traitorous compassion in high places.
Posted by: John S Bolton at Sep 27, 2004 12:58 AM