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butterbean · Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 2271

The massive field operation carried out yesterday by approximately 1,000 special agents of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) is significant for a number of reasons. There are millions of illegal aliens who are working throughout the United States and while I am very happy that this field operation was carried out, these arrest operations need to be conducted routinely if the goal of deterring illegal immigration is to be realized. Illegal aliens need to be concerned constantly that they stand a good chance of being arrested by ICE. Employers similarly need to feel concerned that they, too, stand a good chance of being discovered and that they will suffer significant consequences.

It is important that the illegal aliens apprehended be detained and then placed under deportation proceedings, but we need to follow what ultimately happens to them. If, as has often happened in the past, many of these aliens are simply processed for immigration hearings and then released, then many of them will most likely abscond, never to be seen again. We have heard much about the infamous "Catch and Release" program employed by the Border Patrol on the Mexican border. Although not nearly as many illegal aliens are apprehended within the interior of the United States by ICE, catch and release also passes for "business as usual" where the relatively few illegal aliens who are arrested by special agents of ICE is concerned

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