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3 million illegals
to U.S. this year
Borders more porous since 9-11, as thousands enter country daily
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© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com
U.S. borders have become more porous following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists attacks and the incorporation of immigration enforcement agencies within the Department of Homeland Security, according to an in-depth report in today's edition of Time magazine.
According to the cover story, illegal immigration into the U.S. has accelerate in the last year, since President Bush proposed a temporary worker program that amounts to a limited amnesty program that would allow millions to remain in the U.S. legally.
This year, according to the report, some 3 million more illegal aliens will enter the country – "enough to fill 22,000 Boeing 737-700 airliners, or 60 flights every day for a year."
It's the largest wave of illegal immigration into the country since 2001, according to the report, and illegal immigration now represents triple the number of immigrants who enter the country legally.
"The next time you pass through an airport and have to produce a photo ID to establish who you are and then must remove your shoes, take off your belt, empty your pockets, prove your laptop is not an explosive device and send your briefcase or purse through a machine to determine whether it holds weapons, think about this: In a single day, more than 4,000 illegal aliens will walk across the busiest unlawful gateway into the U.S., the 375-mile border between Arizona and Mexico," begins the report, "Who Left the Door Open?" "No searches for weapons. No shoe removal. No photo-ID checks. Before long, many will obtain phony identification papers, including bogus Social Security numbers, to conceal their true identities and mask their unlawful presence."
While the vast majority of these illegal immigrants are Mexicans, a growing number come from other countries, including those with large populations hostile to America, reports Time.
From Oct. 1, 2003, to Aug. 25 of this year, the Border Patrol estimates that it apprehended 55,890 people who fall into the category described officially as "other than Mexicans," or OTMs.
"With five weeks remaining in the fiscal year, the number is nearly double the 28,048 apprehended in all of 2002," says the report. "But that's just how many were caught."
Interviews with local law-enforcement officers and residents report encounters with immigrants from Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran and Iraq.
"Law-enforcement authorities believe the mass movement of illegals, wherever they are from, offers the perfect cover for terrorists seeking to enter the U.S., especially since tighter controls have been imposed at airports," reports Time.
The report notes Americans overwhelmingly want to crack down on illegal immigration, but the government doesn't seem to want to fix the problem.
"Bush has reaffirmed his pledge for an immigration policy that would provide worker's permits for aliens who find jobs, and John Kerry has promised to propose legislation that would lead to permanent residence for many illegal-alien workers," reports Time. "Neither candidate has called for imposing serious fines on the people who encourage illegal immigration: corporate employers."
Even those caught violating the border multiple times are not punished, according to the report.
"When the crowds cross the ranches along and near the border, they discard backpacks, empty Gatorade and water bottles and soiled clothes," reports Time. "They turn the land into a vast latrine, leaving behind revolting mounds of personal refuse and enough discarded plastic bags to stock a Wal-Mart. Night after night, they cut fences intended to hold in cattle and horses. Cows that eat the bags must often be killed because the plastic becomes lodged between the first and second stomachs. The immigrants steal vehicles and saddles. They poison dogs to quiet them. The illegal traffic is so heavy that some ranchers, because of the disruptions and noise, get very little sleep at night."
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The Center for Immigration Studies estimates the cost of illegals at 10 Billion a year.
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Originally posted by Sava
these people are only "illegal" because the "legal" US immigration system is slow and inefficient... |
So they should all be let in then?
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the only thing they are guilty of is wanting to have a better life... |
They never commit crimes other than crossing the border?
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Caligastia
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Originally posted by Sava
absolutely... America is a nation of immigrants. |
Just let eveyone in? Whether they can support themselves or not? Whether they want to kill Americans or not?
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some do some don't... you can't generalize all illegal immigrants... my only point is that crossing a border shouldn't be a crime. |
So you don't think a country should have the right to decide who comes in?
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MarkG
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Grand Lord of Apolyton, Owner of all this land as far as the eye can see
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"The next time you pass through an airport and have to produce a photo ID to establish who you are and then must remove your shoes, take off your belt, empty your pockets, prove your laptop is not an explosive device and send your briefcase or purse through a machine to determine whether it holds weapons, think about this: In a single day, more than 4,000 illegal aliens will walk across the busiest unlawful gateway into the U.S., the 375-mile border between Arizona and Mexico," begins the report, "Who Left the Door Open?" "No searches for weapons. No shoe removal. No photo-ID checks. Before long, many will obtain phony identification papers, including bogus Social Security numbers, to conceal their true identities and mask their unlawful presence." |
priceless 
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Originally posted by Sava
well most illegals are here to work... isn't that the reason illegal immigration is such a "problem"? because they take jobs? I don't care if they want to work hard. If they want to live in poverty, so be it. |
The problem is that they are costing the American taxpayer 10 Billion every year. Do you really want to let in more people who can't pay their own way?
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And killing Americans? There aren't many terrorists out there. We shouldn't let fear or the threat of terrorists dictate our policies. If the terrorists are dictating are actions, they've won. |
So being conscious of terrorists, our weak points, and changing our policies in response to this is "letting the terrorists win"?
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Plus, by making these "illegals", legal, we are making it easier to document would-be terrorists. |
How so? Do you think a terrorist is going to be truthful if asked to give their name? And "legalizing" the illegals would increase their burden on the taxpayer to 27 Billion a year.
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Yes and No... it's a question of practicality. America is not a fortress... it's not (supposed to be) a police state. In order to stop illegals, we'd need to place guards across the border to keep people out. And the people that do make it across, we need to ship them out. That's going to cost a shitload of money. |
10 Billion a year would go a long way towards enforcing the border. Just stepping up enforcement alone would act as a deterrent.
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Personally, I think we should spend tax dollars mroe wisely. Closing the borders would be a massive waste of money. |
It would cost less tax dollars in the long run to enforce the border. By ignoring the problem you let it grow.
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Plus, we're a free and open society. And a free and open society doesn't restrict the movement of it's citizens or immigrants. I want America to be a free country. We can deal with the problems that being a free country creates. |
Should being "free and open" mean ignoring the entry of your enemies?
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Ook! Ook! Ack! Ack! Ack!
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Illegal Immigrants are theifs, IMO, and they start to be one the minute the cross into the country in a cloak and dagger type fashion w/o visas or any form of documentation. Once in, they continue to be theifs, cheaters, liars, and criminals. Illegal Immigrants are not just criminals for how they came into the country, they are criminals for what they do and how they behave once they get here, it IS afterall their nature. Once a cheat, always a cheat... most of the time.
Still, if we have to allow legal immigrants in I say we still bar those damn Kiwis
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