Thread: A Little Bit Of Lou Dobbs Yesterday

Kitty Pilgrim filled in for Lou yesterday. Here's what she had on immigration.

A rising number of lawmakers demand enforcement of our immigration laws after the collapse of the senate's amnesty deal.

PILGRIM: Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is blaming the senate for making his job more difficult. Chertoff says the senate's failure to pass the amnesty bill means his department won't have the ability to effectively enforce the law. He says the bill's opponents deprived his department of the ability to tighten workplace enforcement of immigration laws. There was no mention by the secretary of how ineffective his department is at enforcing existing immigration laws.

The lack of enforcement of our immigration laws is raising concern among the public and Congress and now some members of the House want assurances that the Bush administration will enforce existing laws to protect our borders. Lisa Sylvester reports.

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LISA SYLVESTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): President Bush signed a border bill last year that called for more than 700 miles of fencing along the southern border. Yet only 13 miles of new fencing have been built. It's not the only deadline the Department of Homeland Security is having trouble reaching. The same law required for new cameras in place along the border. That deadline was blown.

REP. DUNCAN HUNTER, (R) CALIFORNIA: It's mandated that the administration have interlocking cameras in place before May 30th, which now has come and gone. They don't have them in place where they could see people coming across into that desert.

SYLVESTER: The senate comprehensive immigration approach that coupled border security with legalizing 12 million-plus illegal aliens failed last week. Now as Congress tries to figure out what's next, some lawmakers say it's time to return to the drawing board and start compelling DHS to fully implement existing law.

REP. MARSHA BLACKBURN, (R) TENNESSEE: The House position has been secure that border first. You have to secure the border. You have to know who is coming into the country, who is exiting the country. You have to know why they come. You have to know why they exit.

SYLVESTER: DHS is also having trouble meeting deadlines with the U.S. visit program that tracks foreigners entering and leaving the country. According to a GAO report released last week, the Department has spent $1.3 billion over four years, but has delivered only half of the program. The report states "the longer the department goes without exit capabilities, the more its ability to effectively and efficiently perform its border security and immigration enforcement missions will suffer."

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SYLVESTER: In response to the criticism, DHS acknowledges it has its work cut out for it implementing the exit program. The statement said quote, "We have conducted significant testing on U.S. visit biometric exit requirements. That technology works, but traveler compliance needs to be improved. And as for missing the deadline for the interlocking border cameras, Representative Duncan Hunter sent a letter to the president inquiring on the status he has not yet received a response. Kitty?

PILGRIM: Thanks very much, Lisa Sylvester.

Well from all this info it sounds as if the human skull isn't doing his job. (not that this is any big news)
Time to retire skull face because your job performance sucks. Maybe you can retire with boosh, kennedy and mclamebrain in mexico.
The problem isn't the inability enforce the law, the problem is you simply refuse to enforce the law.