Thread: 5 Strikes Before Illegals are Prosecuted by DOJ

INVASION USA
Illegals: 5 strikes before they're out
DOJ document shows prosecutors don't bring charges until 6th arrest

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Posted: March 23, 2007
3:40 p.m. Eastern

© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

Illegal entry stopped at U.S. border (Photo: IllegalAliens.us)

It generally takes six arrests before U.S. prosecutors are willing to bring criminal charges against illegal immigrants caught crossing the border, according to documents released in the controversy about eight fired U.S. attorneys.

The prosecution guidelines were disclosed in a heavily redacted Department of Justice memo from late 2005, the Houston Chronicle reported.

The paper said DOJ officials declined to say yesterday whether the department had made any changes since the memo was written, citing "law enforcement reasons."

T.J. Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council, told the Chronicle border agents are frustrated with the prosecution guidelines, noting smugglers have figured out the criteria by trial and error.

"It's devastating on morale," Bonner said. "Our agents are risking their lives out there, and then they're told, 'Sorry, that doesn't meet the criteria.'"

The memo said the federal court and detention system lacks the resources to prosecute every illegal entry. The Border Patrol makes about 1 million arrests annually, and the DOJ must prioritize the most serious offense and repeated offenders, the memo states.

The memo was a response to DOJ inquiries at five U.S. attorney offices across the southern border, Houston, San Antonio, San Diego, Phoenix and Albuquerque, the Chronicle reported.

DOJ spokesman Brian Roehrkasse issued a statement, the Houston paper said, saying the agency sent 30 prosecutors to districts along the Southwest border last year, permitting them "to adjust their guidelines and take in more cases."

Thousands of pages of e-mails, memos, reports and testimony have been posted on the website of the House Judiciary Committee in connection to the inquiry over the Bush administration's firing of eight U.S. attorneys.


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I'll bet BP feels like throwing their hands up and walking off the job !!!Well its a good thing these papers came out, Shows us this is just another scam on the taxpayers, another waste of our frigging money.

It is simply unbelieveable and makes me sick to see how they are wasting my money! They should be prosecuted and sitting where Ramos and Compean are

AZ the U.S. Attorney will only prosecute pot smugglers who bring in more than 500 pounds of marijuana.

related:
http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=F ... ic&t=57331

According to a memo released by the Border Patrol union, absolutely no prosecutions are made in the San Diego region for what they call "purely economic migrants". Can you believe this crap, "economic migrants"? I thought they were lawbreaking, invading ILLEGAL ALIENS, as in ILLEGAL. And U.S. Attorney Carol Lam wonders why she was fired. Not only that, she refused to prosecute alien smugglers in her region. In 2004, only 4% of all alien smugglers were even charged by her office. That means 96% of all smugglers caught by the Border Patrol were allowed to walk, scot free.

'The San Diego office, which covers an area stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Arizona state line, does not prosecute “purely economic migrants”.'

Is it any wonder at all that they can't beg people to take jobs as border patrol agents?