Border agents sound off on prosecution rate


“It is very difficult to keep agents' morale up when the laws they were told to uphold are being watered-down or not prosecuted.”
I've been talking about how the FedGovs selectively enforce the immigration laws.

Well, here is more proof.

The report offers a stark assessment of the situation at a Border Patrol station responsible for guarding 13 miles of mountainous border east of the city. Federal officials say it reflects a reality along the entire 2,000-mile border: Judges and federal attorneys are so swamped that only the most egregious smuggling cases are prosecuted.

Only 6 percent of 289 suspected immigrant smugglers were prosecuted by the federal government for that offense in the year ending in September 2004, according to the report. Some were instead prosecuted for another crime. Other cases were declined by federal prosecutors, or the suspect was released by the Border Patrol.

The report raises doubts about the value of tightening security along the Mexican border. President Bush wants to hire 6,000 more Border Patrol agents and dispatch up to 6,000 National Guardsmen. He did not mention overburdened courts in his Oval Office address Monday on immigration.

The odds are overwhelmingly in favor of illegal immigrants and smugglers, no matter what laws are on the books, no matter what troops are at the border.

Illegal Mexican immigrants have been given a free pass for decades, and because the Federal government looked the other way, there is no way to fix this that isn't catastrophic.

At the moment, Mr. Bush's "plan" is a distraction to convince people that they don't have to pay attention.

And in ten years, the problem will be worse.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Tue - May 23, 2006 at 09:30 PM  Tag


 ◊  ◊   ◊  ◊ 

Random selections from NeoWayland's library


Pagan Vigil "Because LIBERTY demands more than just black or white"
© 2005 - 2009 All Rights Reserved