Chertoff vows to ratchet up immigration enforcement


Associated Press - August 8, 2007 10:24 AM ET

BOSTON (AP) - Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff tells a national gathering of state lawmakers that he'll ratchet up enforcement of immigration laws.

He's says that's what's needed without the comprehensive immigration reform law recently killed in Congress.

Chertoff says the failure of the bill has forced his agency to do what it can with the tools it has.

Cherfoff was speaking today at the National Conference of State Legislatures in Boston.

Advocates for immigrants have criticized some immigration law enforcement, including raids on workplaces, such as a recent raid in New Bedford.

Chertoff said such enforcement has been "tough" because it requires disrupting families.

But he said his agency has an obligation to enforce the law.


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