If it is so easy to catch and deport the 'twice illegal' why haven't we done it all this time?

Question

"If Davidson County secures entry into the federal Delegation of Authority immigration program, the Sheriff’s Office could identify and deport as many as 3,000 illegal immigrants each year, according to a compilation of figures from Nashville and Charlotte – the last U.S. city to enter into the program.

The estimated 3,000 stands in stark contrast to the 151 foreign-born arrestees who were ordered detained by the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last year, and the typical 100 or so who were similarly detained in past years when the federal government was the only agency enforcing immigration policies."

"In the 30-day period – Aug. 15 to Sept. 15 – since Hall asked to take part in the Delegation of Authority program, the first-term sheriff has had to release the vast majority – 86 percent – of arrestees who he identified as foreign born.

In Charlotte – the last city to win acceptance into the Delegation of Authority program and demographically similar to Nashville – during the same 30-day period, Sheriff Jim Pendergraph began deportation procedures on 42 percent of the total number of foreign-born inmates who were identified almost instantly as being illegal aliens.

Between mid-August and mid-September, Hall identified 503 inmates as having birthplaces outside of the United States. As he has every month prior, Hall fed all of those names to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which in the last 30 days placed immigration holds on 18 – or 3.6 percent – of those arrestees.

Although an additional 69 remain in jail on their charges, 416 — 83 percent — were released before their immigration status could be determined, Hall’s office said.

And with Nashville averaging about 7,500 foreign-born arrestees each year – compared to 4,000 in Charlotte – the number of individuals found to be here illegally could easily be in the thousands annually.

One inmate who was not flagged by ICE last year was Gustavo Reyes Garcia, an illegal immigrant who in 2005 was booked on three separate occasions for driving infractions, only to be released within days each time after he posted bond.

Garcia was placed under a federal immigration hold in June of this year, after he was accused of driving a vehicle head first into a Mt. Juliet couple, killing them both. "

What do you think?

http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section=9&screen=news&news_id=52246

Answer 1

For some reason the Federal Govt. has been criminally remiss in protecting our southern border since the Eisenhower presidency.

Answer 2

Because they keep coming back! They sneak through the deserts, they climb into trunks, they pile into vans, you can even rent a donky to carry you across the desolate parts of the border!!!!! No one is stopping them and I think it's ridiculous that we're letting our country be taken for granted. I'm embarrassed, I'm offended, and I'm ashamed at how blatently they're milking our economy, while we go on paying taxes and opening school for "Illegals only." Come on, WAKE UP PEOPLE, people come here, get deported, come back, get deported again, and they just keep turning around and coming back. GET THE PICTURE?!?! GO HOME YOU'RE NOT WANTED HERE. Try coming back legally and you'll be welcomed with open arms. Until then, go away.

Answer 3

Illegal immigration is a menace but due to humanitarian purposes, illegal entrants are still humanely. Thus, deportation is not always being implemented.