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08-28-2005, 07:45 AM
U.S. toughens stance on illegal immigrants
Homeland security chief proposes action after New Mexico, Arizona crackdowns
<!-- END HEADLINE/DECK & SUBHEADLINE/SUBDECK --> <!-- START WRITER CREDIT-->Eric Lipton, New York Times (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/08/24/MNGUBEC6EJ1.DTL)
Wednesday, August 24, 2005<!-- END WRITER CREDIT-->
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<!-- START OBJECT THUMBS AREA--> Washington -- Acknowledging public frustration over illegal immigrants, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Tuesday that the federal government's border control efforts must be significantly strengthened.
"We have decided to stand back and take a look at how we address the problem and solve it once and for all," Chertoff said at a breakfast meeting with reporters. "The American public is rightly distressed about a situation in which they feel we do not have the proper control over our borders."
The unusually blunt assessment by the nation's top immigration official follows border-related emergency declarations by the governors of New Mexico and Arizona, who cited a surge in smuggling and violence associated with the flow of illegal immigrants.
The strategy that Chertoff said his department was preparing goes far beyond hiring more Border Patrol agents and installing more surveillance cameras, infrared and motion detectors, and fences, initiatives that are already planned or under way.
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What have you been doing for the past 6 years? Standing back and taking a look at it? What a crock!:hissyfit:
Homeland security chief proposes action after New Mexico, Arizona crackdowns
<!-- END HEADLINE/DECK & SUBHEADLINE/SUBDECK --> <!-- START WRITER CREDIT-->Eric Lipton, New York Times (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/08/24/MNGUBEC6EJ1.DTL)
Wednesday, August 24, 2005<!-- END WRITER CREDIT-->
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<!-- START OBJECT THUMBS AREA--> Washington -- Acknowledging public frustration over illegal immigrants, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Tuesday that the federal government's border control efforts must be significantly strengthened.
"We have decided to stand back and take a look at how we address the problem and solve it once and for all," Chertoff said at a breakfast meeting with reporters. "The American public is rightly distressed about a situation in which they feel we do not have the proper control over our borders."
The unusually blunt assessment by the nation's top immigration official follows border-related emergency declarations by the governors of New Mexico and Arizona, who cited a surge in smuggling and violence associated with the flow of illegal immigrants.
The strategy that Chertoff said his department was preparing goes far beyond hiring more Border Patrol agents and installing more surveillance cameras, infrared and motion detectors, and fences, initiatives that are already planned or under way.
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What have you been doing for the past 6 years? Standing back and taking a look at it? What a crock!:hissyfit: