The Homeland Security agency says
it has "limited resources" and must prioritize the
use of its enforcement personnel and detention space.
Therefore, some illegal immigrants
are "not subject to mandatory detention," according
to ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton, who also
writes that "particular care" should be given when
dealing with the immediate family members
of U.S. citizens.
Morton further points out in a four-page memo that
the agency only has the resources to remove less
than 4% of undocumented people living in the U.S.
Thus the justification for ignoring the other several
million, even if it compromises national security, public
safety and all those other important things.
Days after the agency charged with immigration
enforcement admits it can't--or won't--get the job
done, the Obama Administration sues Arizona for
passing a law that "unconstitutionally" intervenes with
the government's authority to do it.
The measure, which makes it a state crime to be in
the U.S. illegally and bans "sanctuary city" policies,
interferes with federal immigration responsibilities,
according to Attorney General Eric Holder
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2010/jul/most-illegal-aliens-exempt-mandatory-detention
"President Obama" tried pressuring Arizona
Governor Jan Brewer into vetoing the "misguided"
law and threatened to take legal action immediately
after she signed it in April, even though the measure
was adopted from federal statutes.
The commander-in-chief quickly ordered
the Justice Department to challenge its legality,
assuring that it threatens civil rights and undermines
basic notions of fairness and trust between police
and their communities.
An army of Justice Department attorneys has
been working on the legal challenge for months.
Ironically, the government will file the lawsuit against
the much-needed immigration control law on the same
week that a nationally recognized group reveals the
exorbitant toll that illegal aliens are having
on the ailing economy.
A new report published by
the Federation for American Immigration Reform
(FAIR) says that the annual cost of illegal immigration
at the federal, state and local level
is a staggering $113 billion.
State and local governments get stuck with a chunk
of the tab-$84.2 billion-and the feds pick up the
rest, according to the extensive national study that
also breaks down figures by state.
Not surprisingly, border states such as California,
Arizona and Texas take the biggest hits and the
single largest cost nationally is to educate the
children of illegal aliens, $52 billion a year.
None of these astounding figures will likely be
mentioned in the government's lawsuit against
Arizona's new law, which was passed by the
legislature in the absence of federal enforcement
amid a dire crisis.
The majority of Mexicans crossing illegally into
Arizona are criminals, according to Governor Brewer,
who points out that drug cartels have taken control
and made most illegal border crossers "drug mules"
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2010/jul/illegal-immigrants-cost-u-s-taxpayers-113-billion-annually
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