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2003-10-02 Home Front

Deportation policy irks Texas lawmakers, Mexican government

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Posted by Superhose 2003-10-02 11:12:33 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 the Mexican gov't and the illegals themselves refused to be repatriated back to their home towns . The typical old pattern was to ship them back across the border they'd just violated so they could try again the next night. Sisyphus would be proud

Posted by Frank G 2003-10-2 11:15:55 AM|| 2003-10-2 11:15:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 If Texas is good - Mississippi would be better.

Posted by Shipman 2003-10-2 11:32:59 AM|| 2003-10-2 11:32:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 This sounds like a damn good plan!

The program also is a sore subject with the Mexican government. It charged that children were separated from their families and that thousands of Mexicans were dumped far from home.

Boo Farking Hoo. Don't like it? Don't cross the border!

And Mississippi would be better.

Posted by CrazyFool 2003-10-2 12:00:33 PM|| 2003-10-2 12:00:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 good for AZ. This sounds like a good program. I would also put the military on the border if need be.

Posted by Jarhead 2003-10-2 1:37:24 PM|| 2003-10-2 1:37:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 The agency moved about 6,239 undocumented Mexican immigrants arrested in Arizona to four Texas border cities - El Paso, Del Rio, Laredo and McAllen - between Sept. 8 and Sept. 30. Chartered planes were used at a cost of $28,000 per flight.

Hell, I would have used buses with only partially opened windows and no air conditioning. The way to discourage undesirable behavior in people that aren't mentally ill is to make the consequences unpleasant.

In the western Arizona desert corridor, the region with the highest number of migrant deaths, only one person was found dead last month, compared to 10 who died during the same period last year, said Villarreal.

I don't believe this for one minute. There's an outfit named Humane Borders that puts out water stations in the desert for illegals to use. This is probably why the death rate dropped dramatically. What is not being mentioned are figures that would shed light on the efficacy of this experimental transfer policy. Has the number of illegal crossings dropped dramatically? If so, then that explains the reduced deaths and gives some legitimacy to the program's seeming current effectiveness. But if the number of crossings has only dropped a little or not at all, then the water stations are a likely factor, and this experimental program is just another bust.

Border Patrol officials said the Mexican government refused to cooperate when they suggested the same idea.

Well of course the Mexican government is goin to refuse to cooperate! After all, $12 billion sent home by your countrymen is no small sum to be ignored. The Mexican government is going to do everything in its power to keep that cash flowing.

Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, a former Border Patrol chief in El Paso and McAllen, said he also believes repatriating Mexican immigrants to the interior would be more effective. But he says the current program is an effective weapon in the fight against illegal immigration.

Building a barrier would be more effective. The biggest problem is cost followed by the whining of illegal immigration advocates and the Mexican government.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-10-2 2:46:47 PM|| 2003-10-2 2:46:47 PM|| Front Page Top

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