Illegal Immigration: Americans Being Scammed by Washington Elites

November 28, 2005 04:21 PM EST
Jim Kouri, CPP

There's a lot of noise in our nation's capital these days about the ongoing problem of security at our borders, as well as rampant illegal immigration, including criminal aliens who prey on Americans every day. The threat of terrorism and the enormous amount of crime committed by illegal aliens are all but ignored by the Washington establishment.

Proposals are being proposed. Ideas are being bandied inside the Beltway. But in the end, all of the talk is just noise to placate Americans who recognize the serious problem of illegal immigration. Even President Bush's visit to the Arizona border was a disappointing. The only solution he's really pushing is to reward lawbreakers. No promise of troops on the border. No security wall. Just a guest-worker program that probably has thousands and thousands of immigrants on their way to the US-Mexican border.

The proposed legislation by Senators Kennedy and McCain should cause Americans to become very suspicious. Having these two address the border and immigration problem is like having Mexico's President Vincente Fox formulating our border security strategy.

One police chief, whose mayor supports the guest-worker program and opposes military deployed at the borders, says, "Bush and most in the US congress -- Democrats and Republicans -- are scamming us. They're hoping to con Americans into believing they're doing something."

There is an incredible amount of crime perpetrated by criminal aliens, some of whom are visa overstays. According to the Justice Department, there are over 2 million people who possess expired visas yet remain in the US. Add to that the threat of terrorists sneaking into America through our front doors with fraudulent visas and passports.

Tens of thousands illegal aliens in the United States have been arrested and incarcerated in federal and state prisons and local jails, adding to already overcrowded prisons and jails. On April 7, 2005, the US Justice Department issued a report on criminal aliens that were incarcerated in federal and state prisons and local jails. The report contained information on the number of criminal aliens incarcerated, their country of citizenship or country of birth, and the cost to incarcerate them. Congress also requested that the Government Accounting Office provide information on the criminal history of aliens incarcerated in federal and state prisons or local jails who had entered the country illegally.

In the population study of a sampling of 55,322 illegal aliens, researchers found that they were arrested at least a total of 459,614 times, averaging about 8 arrests per illegal alien. Nearly all had more than 1 arrest. Thirty-eight percent (about 21,000) had between 2 and 5 arrests, 32 percent (about 18,000) had between 6 and 10 arrests, and 26 percent (about 15,000) had 11 or more arrests.

These illegal aliens were arrested for a total of about 700,000 criminal offenses, averaging about 13 offenses per illegal alien. One arrest incident may include multiple offenses, a fact that explains why there are nearly one and half times more offenses than arrests. Almost all of these illegal aliens were arrested for more than 1 offense. Slightly more than half of the 55,322 illegal aliens in the study had between 2 and 10 offenses.

These illegals committed numerous crimes including sex offenses, homicides, drug offenses, robberies, burglaries and others. Yet, no one in our nation's capital appears concerned.

The ever increasing problem of illegal alien criminals is the number one problem in America. In some states, up to 27 percent of the prison and jail population are illegal immigrants. In addition, in many cases involving the murder of US citizens -- including law enforcement officers -- illegals escape back into Mexico and the Mexican government refuses to extadite them to the US to stand trial. According to Heather McDonald of the Manhattan Institute, there are over 350 murderers who escaped back into Mexico.
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Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police. He's former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university. He's also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country. He writes for many police and crime magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer, Campus Law Enforcement Journal, and others. He's appeared as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, Fox News, etc. His book Assume The Position is available at Amazon.Com, Booksamillion.com, and can be ordered at local bookstores.

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