Mark’s Soap Box

This is why Carol Lam (and a other AGs) were fired by the Bush Administration [link]. It was however too little, too late. Bush has screwed us, and good.

Documents released in the controversy about eight fired U.S. attorneys show that federal prosecutors in Texas generally have declined to bring criminal charges against illegal immigrants caught crossing the border — until at least their sixth arrest.

Is it any wonder why can’t keep them out, and are in desperate need of a fence? Illegals know this, and they exploit it. Drug Dealers know this and exploit it. Bush has failed to enforce the laws of our country. Worse, he has failed to uphold his Oath of Office.

The prosecution guidelines have been a source of frustration for years among the ranks of U.S. Border Patrol agents, said T.J. Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council. Smugglers can figure out the criteria by trial and error, he said, and can exploit it to avoid prosecution.

“It’s devastating on morale,” Bonner said. “Our agents are risking their lives out there, and then they’re told, ‘Sorry, that doesn’t meet the criteria.’ “

Even worse when you included the incompetent management in the I.C.E. D.C. offices [link].