Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (who essentially told Governor Rick Perry to take care of his own borders and advocates the federal lawsuit against Arizona enforcing immigration laws) is bragging about a 17% drop in Border Patrol arrests this year. She says it shows that heightened enforcement is slowing illegal immigration. But couldn't it be that the Border Patrol isn't making as many arrests because their hands are tied? Could it be that there is a corresponding 17% increase in the number of illegals successfully making it across the border without being arrested?
In fact, later in her statements, Napolitano kind of contradicts herself. She says that more drugs, weapons, and illicit cash than ever before are being seized. Well, if fewer illegals are coming here, where are all those drugs, weapons, and illicit cash coming from?
She says the decrease in arrests is due to enforcement under Barack Obama. I'm sure she got that part right!
"Napolitano touts 17 percent fall in Border Patrol arrests." The Dallas Morning News; October 19, 2010; p. 3A.
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