“Our goal at DHS (Homeland Security) is to completely eliminate the ‘catch and release’ enforcement problem, and return every single illegal entrant, no exceptions….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.” (Source)
I’ll believe it when I see it. I have no faith in George Bush’s appointees, but I’ll give Michael Chertoff the benefit of the doubt.
In sort-of-related news, there’s been a unspecified terrorist threat against the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel from a “very unreliable” source, but authorities are taking it seriously anyway. Listen to WBAL for the latest.
Also see the Baltimore Sun and Reuters.
Update: A few thoughts from Thoughts Online and Jon Henke.
Update II: Forty percent of the child molesters caught under Operation Predator are illegal aliens. (All perverts who molest children, illegal aliens and legal citizens, should be drawn and quartered.) Although the feds could’ve come up with an original or less obvious name for the initiative, it looks like they’re finally doing something right.
