Washingtontimes.com
If control over a nation's own borders is the beginning of having an immigration policy, then the United States has a very long way to go before it reaches even that stage. Throughout the recent five-part series, "Border War: On the front line against illegal immigration," investigative reporter Jerry Seper of The Washington Times documents the extremely costly chaos along America's 1,940-mile border with Mexico.
The legal, financial and social consequences are staggering:
•On any given day, 10,000 illegal aliens will cross the U.S.-Mexican border. About one in three will be caught and expelled. Among those who succeed, nearly half will become permanent U.S. residents. The vast majority of those who are caught will try again, frequently the very next day.
•Altogether, there will be more than 3 million attempts to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexican border this year. Today, record numbers of illegal aliens find their way to the United States, whose estimated illegal alien population is between 9 million and 11 million, or double the 1994 level.
Posted by Suzanne at October 6, 2002