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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This seems a far better plan than the one being put
forward by Bush and the democrats. Naturally I assume it will go nowhere. After
all why pay any attention to the guys who work out on the pointy end of the
spear?</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=timlohr@yahoo.com href="mailto:timlohr@yahoo.com">Tim Lohrmann</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 06, 2007 6:51
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Ex-Border Patrol
Officers on Immigration Bill</DIV>
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<DIV><A
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>Ex-Border Patrol officers condemn immigration
measure</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3><!-- *** ADDRESS ***--></FONT></STRONG><SPAN
class=small><SPAN class=byline><SPAN>By Chris Strohm</SPAN> <SPAN><EM><A
href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/about/congressdaily">CongressDaily</A></EM></SPAN>
<SPAN class=byline-last>June 4, 2007</SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN><!-- *** /ADDRESS ***--><!-- *** STORY ***--></DIV>
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<DIV>Former Border Patrol chiefs and agents on Monday ripped the Senate's
immigration bill as being unrealistic and technologically unfeasible, and
instead offered a six-part plan for increasing border security, removing
illegal immigrants and overhauling the immigration system.</DIV>
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<DIV>Members of the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers
variously called the Senate immigration bill "a slap in the face," "a recipe
for disaster," "a bureaucratic shell game" and "the al-Qaida dream bill." Kent
Lundgren, the association's chairman, said, "Our experience tells us that this
bill is insultingly, unforgivingly bad."</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Hugh Brien, a former Border Patrol chief under President Reagan, added:
"The current Senate bill ... is a travesty in my opinion. It's a sellout in my
view. It's a complete betrayal of the nation."</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>They charged that technology is not capable of doing background checks
and processing fingerprint scans in the timelines laid out in the bill.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>"There will be no meaningful criminal or terrorist record checks of the
applicants," Lundgren said. "Despite what the administration and Congress say
about record checks to ease the voter's mind, they are lying about it ... Yes,
technology has improved and fingerprint checks can now be done online, but
there is more to a criminal record check than a fingerprint check and even
with technology, it can't be done as quickly as they're calling for it to be
done."</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>They also argued that the Homeland Security Department will not have
adequate staff to vet applicants for work visas. And they said the Border
Patrol will not be able to hire, train and deploy 6,000 new agents within 18
months.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The Border Patrol will also have to account for attrition in its ranks,
which means at least another 2,000 agents will need to be hired, they added.
In addition, they said there is no indication that Congress will allocate the
money needed to carry out the bill's provisions.</DIV>
<DIV>The association's six-point plan says illegal immigrants must be
compelled to leave the United States through "firm and relentless pressure on
all aspects of their lives." The group said it is not calling for illegal
immigrants to be deported in mass. Rather, the plan assumes that illegal
immigrants will mostly leave voluntarily if they are denied work, social
services and education and forced to undergo identity checks.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The plan also calls for increased border security, no amnesty, stiff
penalties against employers who hire undocumented workers, and training and
job relocation for legal U.S. workers.</DIV>
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