The Washington Times
A Georgia congressman says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) needs help in capturing thousands of convicted aliens now loose on the streets of America and wants Congress to pass pending bipartisan legislation to address "America's criminal alien crisis."
Rep. Charlie Norwood said 80,000 illegal aliens who served time in prison and were released, including convicted murderers, rapists, drug dealers and child molesters, have eluded capture despite the creation of a new agency to hunt them down and the infusion of millions of dollars to get the job done.
"Sending 2,000 federal agents into the field to find 80,000 criminal aliens is like trying to stop a tidal wave with hand towels — it's a farce, it doesn't work, and the outmanned folks at ICE — as the numbers now show us — are simply drowning," said the Georgia Republican.
"These latest numbers are a wake-up call for Congress to stop making political hay and start getting serious about helping ICE find, arrest and deport the 80,000 criminal aliens our broken immigration system has released back into our streets," he said.
Posted by Suzanne at February 11, 2004