Report: $18 Billion Spent on Immigration Enforcement
The federal government, deemed by critics as unwilling to secure the nation’s borders, spends more on immigration enforcement than on all its major law enforcement agencies combined, according to a report released Monday by the Migration Policy Institute.
The think tank’s report estimates that in fiscal year 2012, the federal government spent $18 billion on immigration enforcement efforts, about 24 percent more than it spent in combined funding for the FBI, the Secret Service, the U.S. Marshal's Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Firearms and Explosives. There are also more people in detention ...
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Stanley Moore via Texas Tribune on Facebook
That's crazy, but that's what the crazies like.
Border Network for Human Rights via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Enough is enough. The next time you hear someone say that we need to secure the border before we can move on to immigration reform is lying to themselves, to you or both.
David Spratt
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/12/09/secret-criminals-quietly-released-criminals-who-were-supposed-deported-with-deadly-consequences/864u1YQbUaVcRiSnz6VaxJ/story.html
Part 1 of a series by the Boston Globe. Apparently the focus is not on criminal illegal aliens as this report finds that 8,500 violent felons who committed crimes ranging from rape to murder have been released back into society. As well a large number of the so called deportations result from the policy of " turning back south" illegals intercepted entering the country and simply turned the other way... to try another day. In fact many illegals are simply ordered to self deport. Nobody knows whether they actually leave or not,, but still counted as a deportation.
The methods used are similar to reporting unemployment. Statistics are manipulated to put the best spin on a problem in order to present it as not really being a problem. With millions of Americans not able to find work and social programs under pressure from overuse and abuse , those who really need the help do not get it since there is not enough to go around.
Further , the idea that dangerous criminals are being released simply because their countries of origin refuse to take them back should be an outrage to most rational people.
Not all illegal aliens are dangerous criminals,,, but the idea that they entered the country to begin with knowing it was illegal to do so says something about their respect for our laws to begin with.. It should not be surprising that a large enough number move on to committing other crimes further thumbing their illegal noses in our face.
Using the liberal train of thought put forth of late concerning guns,,, If guns did not exist then nobody would be killed by a gun. They could be killed by other means , but then the anti gun folks ignore this possibility.
By extension if illegal aliens were not allowed to enter the country and roam at will then nobody would be raped , murdered, killed by a drunk driver or robbed by an illegal alien. This makes much more sense than the gun argument .
Dale Curry
Despite the comments of others to the contrary, by and large, the undocumented are not criminals and are not coming here to commit crimes. Like anyone else, they are looking for a better life. Are they here illegally? yes. Do we need to vilify? No. Frankly, If the right was as concerned with the undocumented (beyond the rhetoric it provides), they would have addressed the issue during Bush's term.
At $24 billion, we are spending more than is necessary in securing our borders. If we passed comprehensive immigration reform, with a guest worker program, I doubt we would have to spend as much.
V Marshall
Dale
Why is it that you have so much trouble forming opinions based on YOUR OWN observations? Do you see a shortage of low education workers in Texas (or the US)? So then how does a "guest worker" program benefit the country? If the wages are too low for an American to support a family on, how does a foreign national magically support a likely larger family on that wage?
Why can Texas Democrats not wrap their minds around the basic laws of economics like supply and demand? When we are heading into a 20 year period where we will have fewer workers supporting the HUGE baby boom generation in their retirements, can we actually continue to import Latin America's impoverished and support their families as well? At some point, you have to accept that your need to pat yourself on the back in pride for what a "good person" you imagine yourself to be doesn't actually make you a good person. You are quite simply too self-absorbed to evaluate the situation in any sort of real-life context.
gypsy314 ne
Obama paid the illegal aliens to stay and go on the dole.
raffaele cafagna
No intention to offend ; How about asking Obama to show his Original birth certificate and all personal documents locked up in an untouchable safe???Not the manufactured birth certificate posted on line.
If Ted Cruz was born in Canada , it makes him a * Naturalized U.S. Citizen * and he can be a Senator.
Only a Natural Born ,that is a person born in the U.S. from a mother and father both born in the U.S.can be POTUS.
That is the Law of the Land. What is the problem with all of you here ??? Complaining, bashing,a lobby poppet,fools,what a joke,and on and on ; I believe Ted Cruz is much better than K.B.Hutchison that retired with 174.000$$a year for life and all undeclared benefits. Ted Cruz opposes Obama`s 11 million pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens ; is that wrong ???? You can`t go and stay in a foreign country without permission; try and see what the consequences are. What is the reason and purpose of having laws and rules ??? All you have to do is jump the fence and you are good to go; They Feed you, medicals, education,social benefits ; IRS tells Illegals how to collect 11000$$ and join the unemployment lines.Do yo approve all this garbage ???? Our taxes at work ??? Spending Wasting Giving ???? How all of you accept the idea that anyone can vote when the Law states that only U.S.Citizens can vote??? All of you here please : what is it that you want ???? This is our Country don`t you think ??? It is our Land and we are in charge; the government is the Servent of the People, remember??? Once this Nation was One Nation of One People Under One God ; today I see a Nation of Corruption, Decadence, Sex Drugs Rap ,No God and God offends, Racial conflicts a Young Nation of 200+ years going down the drain and we Americans becoming oppressed and Freedom lost.
Please , Please , all of you stop it ; instead offer a solution , ideas , do something , working together in armony to solve the Problems here;forget Dem.and Rep. they are all alike ; their pay check and interests are first; they could care less about us. So I say United we Stand and United we are the people and the Power, standing with the Constitution of the U.S. nothing more nothing less. It is the Best Constitution on the Planet. Thank you and Bless you all. Sorry for my mistakes, not a professor or computer genius here, just a Free man in a Free State of Texas.
raffaele cafagna
@ Dale Curry : From the PREVIOUS POST : Remember : Please Read and Do Not Insult Me Anymore.
raffaele cafagna :Beautiful day at the Capitol ; the sound of Freedom was Loud and Clear ; We are a Free People in the Free State of Texas and WE INTEND TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. God Bless Texas and all Freedom Loving Texans.January 21 @ 2:40 p.m.
Dale Curry : God Bless Our Republic and all her LOYAL citizens
@ Dale Curry : Do you remember this ??? It was on Gun appreciation day ; Jan.19 in Austin. It is called Freedom of Speech. Dale Curry do you know
what is Freedom ?? Dale Curry let me educate you with a short class on what freedom is not : a dog with is tail between his legs; do not look up; do not speak ; do what I tell you, don`t do what I do ; do you understand ???? That was when I was in Africa; yes I wa born in Africa and came here Legally to be a Free man in a Free Nation ; but today ,that is 50 years later, I fell like I am back in a third world country,just about to become an oppressed man.
That is your post : God Bless Our Republic and all her LOYAL citizens ( you posted it here on the Tribune) ; now my question is : why do you jump on me with all your wild, infectious insults in the vilest of terms, by spewing pure hatred and smearing, demonizing, threatening,.......???? Why is that ???
Dale Curry ...why ....???? Actually I never replied to any of your many posts here. I never said anything to you . You insult my time in the U.S.Army ; have you ever served your country ??? have you been places that the Lord Jesus got out of there so fast he left his sandals behind ( if you understand the meaning). In 96 I was with the U.S.Army in the Balkans , when Socialist Milosevic was in charge , killings and mass graves of Thousands of innocent peoples; and the City of Sarajevo turned into an Holocaust..... what do you know Dale Curry ??? And my comments , contrary to what you say , are pure Facts ; not Fictions like your mind dictates . I do not Follow the Media, CNN or NBC or all the rest; they are all corrupted and never tell the Thrut ; and do you know about Soros ????? Just check it and background too.
As a human who lived through .......... Kennedy's, King, Ford, and Reagan; ( yes indeed bless King ) ; you seen it on News papers; but in reality what do you know and what can you tell ?????? Nothing . you see I was there, 3 times, caught in between 3 coup d`etat, civil wars , in Africa ; the Guards in one side and military on the other and us civilians in between ; no fun at all but guns and tanks firing at each other. Toting guns at a school ?? I never said that ; ( your out of focus brain is telling you that ) ; I said walking the school perimeter, walking around the school or school grounds ; never said having a gun. Face it Dale Curry, Bush left a long time ago ; at that time the deficit was 10 Trillion and gas was $ 1.84 and today the deficit is about 17 T. and gas $ 3 + ; so what do you think ?????? Your dear POTUS of 4 years did what ???? When all hell broke lose in Benghazi and ambassador Steven requested help, Obama was annoyed and went to bed. do not Blame me these are FACTS.
Get off of my back, Dale Curry, go educate yourself , read the real Facts and most of all go wash your mouth with soap and water and stay the hell away Thank you. God bless America , God bless Texas
raffaele cafagna
IMMIGRATION: In 1970 the quota of Immigrants coming to the U.S. was 150.000 x 1 year. Do you Know what is the quota today ?????? About 150.000 a Month; yes indeed that is the # today. Not Counting Refugees from all over the Planet ;
The Lottery ,that is 50.000 people coming here with no questions asked ; pregnant women coming here to give birth and stay; overstay ,that is people coming here on a visit and stay ; and most of all the government unwilling to secure the borders. My Question is what the hell are we doing in Iraq, Afganistan , Africa ?? We stick our nose places we don`t belong . Mr. Obama bring our Troops home , we have very serious problems here ; wide open broken borders ; we don`t know who or what comes and goes.
raffaele cafagna
Obama should just make Mexico a state, that way all of the Mexicans can vote for him, and he can tax those high income drug cartels.
raffaele cafagna
Do it the right way. The LEGAL way. Don't come here wanting the rights and protections afforded to citizens by breaking the law!
And what a shocker. Mr. Obama doesn't want to enforce the laws already in place! Where would be the fun in that? He wants it his own way, and if it doesn't go that way well then by God he's going to MAKE it go his way. I can't believe he got reelected. I only hope there is a free country left when its time for him to leave office.