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Politics : ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION THE FIGHT TO KEEP OUR DEMOCRACY -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: smet~ who wrote (118)	2/13/2003 12:20:56 PM
From: Tadsamillionaire	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3197

Illegal crossers beat Border Patrol agent A Border Patrol agent was beaten unconscious after a rare fight with a group of illegal border crossers Tuesday night in a remote desert area west of Douglas, officials said. The unidentified agent, assigned to the agency's Naco station, was knocked out for 40 minutes before back-up agents arrived. The FBI is investigating the case. Susan Herskovits, spokeswoman for the FBI in Phoenix, said the agent was taken by helicopter to University Medical Center in Tucson, where he was treated for a concussion and bruises on his back, neck and head. He was released Wednesday morning. Herskovits said the agent was running after one group of suspected crossers at about 10:30 p.m. two miles north of the border near the town of Palominas, when a group of six migrants attacked him. While the agent fought one attacker, another sneaked up from behind and hit him several times with a large rock, Herskovits said. The agent radioed for help before passing out. The border crossers ran away, and no one was arrested. Frank Amarillas, spokesman for the Border Patrol's Tucson sector, said it's unusual for agents to face such hostility from border crossers, who tend to carry water jugs, not weapons. Violent confrontations, even shootouts, do happen, typically when officers encounter drug-traffickers. "The regular illegal crosser usually isn't apt to attack Border Patrol agents," Amarillas said. "But it shows just how dangerous our jobs are. Such attacks may be infrequent, but we know we can encounter any sort of criminal activity." Hernán Rozemberg The Arizona Republic Feb. 13, 2003 12:00 AM azcentral.com

To: smet~ who wrote (118)	8/23/2003 12:13:54 PM
From: Tadsamillionaire	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3197

The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) estimates that in January of 2000 there were 7 million illegal aliens living in the United States, a number that is growing by half a million a year. Thus, the illegal-alien population in 2003 stands at at least 8 million. Included in this estimate are approximately 78,000 illegal aliens from countries who are of special concern in the war on terror. It is important to note that the 500,000 annual increase is the net growth in the illegal-alien population (new illegal immigration minus deaths, legalizations, and out-migration). In 1999 for example, the INS estimates that 968,000 new illegal aliens settled in the U.S. This number was offset by 210,000 illegal aliens who either died or returned home on their own, 63,000 who were removed by the INS, and 183,000 illegal aliens who were given green cards as part of the normal "legal" immigration process. One of the most important findings of the INS report is the intimate link between legal and illegal immigration. The INS estimates that it gave out 1.5 million green cards to illegal aliens in the 1990s. This was not due to amnesty legislation, but rather reflects how the legal immigration process embraces illegal immigration and encourages it through legal exemptions. According to the INS, only 412,000 illegal aliens were removed during the decade. The Census Bureau has also developed estimates of its own. Their estimate at the time of the 2000 Census suggests that the illegal immigration population was about 8 million. Using this number, it can be concluded that the illegal-alien population grew by almost half a million a year in the 1990s. This conclusion is derived from a draft report given to the House immigration subcommittee by the INS that estimated the illegal population was 3.5 million in 1990. For the illegal population to have reached 8 million by 2000, the net increase had to be 400,000 to 500,000 per year during the 1990s. The two "magnets" which attract illegal aliens are jobs and family connections. The typical Mexican worker earns one-tenth his American counterpart, and numerous American businesses are willing to hire cheap, compliant labor from abroad; such businesses are seldom punished because our country lacks a viable system to verify new hires' work eligibility. In addition, communities of recently arrived legal immigrants help create immigration networks used by illegal aliens and serve as incubators for illegal immigration, providing jobs, housing, and entree to America for illegal-alien relatives and fellow countrymen. The standard response to illegal immigration has been increased border enforcement. And, in fact, such tightening of the border was long overdue. But there has been almost no attention paid to enforcement at worksites within the United States. Nor has there been any recognition that the networks created by high levels of legal immigration contribute to mass illegal immigration. cis.org