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To: sea_urchin who wrote (22958)	4/16/2005 6:17:14 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 81122

Re: ... if the US blamed Mexico for 9/11 instead of Muslims. Maybe next time?! Indeed, it's a matter of time... As I said(), al-qaeda/Islamic terrorism is on a collision course with illegal immigration (to the US). As the article below shows, so far, wetbacks are merely branded "fugitives"... not "terrorists" --yet. U.S. police officers arrest 10,000 in weeklong push By Eric Lichtblau The New York Times* Saturday, April 16, 2005 WASHINGTON The Justice Department has announced the arrests of more than 10,000 fugitives, many of them suspects in violent crimes like murder, rape, kidnapping and armed robbery, as part of a weeklong roundup around the United States that concluded this week. The operation netted more suspects than any other initiative of its kind in U.S. law enforcement, officials said. The coordinated effort produced a rate of fugitive arrests more than five times the rate in a typical week last year. From dawn on April 4 to midnight last Sunday, about 3,100 law enforcement officers from 959 federal, state and local agencies spread out in search of fugitives wanted on outstanding arrest warrants. Squads of law enforcement officials at all levels of government conduct such searches almost daily, but officials said this was the first time it had been tried on a coordinated, nationwide level. Texas led the way with 902 arrests, followed by Tennessee with 785, Florida with 685, Ohio with 631, Oklahoma with 565, California with 507, Illinois with 401, Pennsylvania with 368, Louisiana with 349 and New York with 345. "These defendants had long rap sheets, and they had been free to roam the streets for far too long," Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said in announcing the arrests. "We know from history and from the bitter experiences of far too many victims that a fugitive with a rap sheet is more desperate, more predatory and more likely to commit the crimes that plague citizens and communities." Officials defended the strategy of coordinating a single weeklong initiative. The Justice Department said it provided $900,000 to help pay for the operation, with much of it going toward overtime for local police officers. Federal officials had expressed hope that they would net 5,000 fugitives and ended up with double that total. Those arrested included nearly 4,300 suspects in major drug cases, 1,727 people wanted on assault charges, 638 armed robbery suspects, 553 suspects in rapes and sexual assaults, and 162 murder suspects, officials said. iht.com (*) Message 21142275