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Report Warns of U.S. Border Vulnerability
Tue Mar 2 16:01:57 2004
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Report Warns of U.S. Border Vulnerability

By CURT ANDERSON
.c The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Chronic delays in the integration of FBI fingerprint files with databases used by the Border Patrol leave the United States vulnerable to entry by foreign criminals and terrorists, Justice Department investigators found Tuesday.

Glenn A. Fine, the Justice Department inspector general, said the latest projections are that the two systems won't be combined and automated to check every illegal alien until at least 2008, nearly two years behind the original schedule.

Until then, overworked Border Patrol agents must pick and choose which illegal aliens apprehended at U.S. borders to run through FBI databases that contain some 43 million ten-finger sets of prints of known criminals. That means some will slip through the cracks, possibly to commit more crimes, Fine said.

The report focused on the case of Victor Manual Batres, who was stopped by Border Patrol agents twice in January 2002 but each time was returned to Mexico without having his fingerprints run through the FBI files. Had the agents done so, they would have discovered he had a long criminal history and could have turned him over to federal prosecutors.

Instead, Batres made it across the U.S.-Mexico border illegally a third time later in 2002, making his way to Klamath Falls, Ore., where he raped two Roman Catholic nuns and killed one of them, 53-year-old Sister Helen Lynn Chaska. Batres is now serving a life sentence after pleading guilty to murder and rape.

``The Batres case again illustrates the urgent need to integrate the separate automated fingerprint identification systems,'' Fine said. ``We continue to believe that the integration project should be a critical priority.''

While the report focuses on criminals, the inability of Border Patrol agents to quickly check FBI fingerprint databases could also hinder their ability to detect known terrorists who might try to enter the U.S. illegally.

Paul Corts, assistant attorney general for administration, agreed with Fine that the project should be a high priority. He said the Justice Department is attempting to work out a memorandum of understanding with the Homeland Security Department to guide the process but that it was being delayed by budget concerns.

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Justice Department inspector general: http://www.usdoj.gov/oig
03/02/04 11:41 EST
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Our Disastrous Immigration Policy
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 10:42:39 -0800
From: Cal Steinberger cals@kayserv.net

Folks:

According to "The American Sentinel" Issue # 684 dated March 2004:

"The official government estimates of illegal aliens in the U.S. jumped by 5 million last year, to a projected 13 million foreign nationals here illegally. The situation is worse than anything the Administration is admitting to. In spite of this, the Bush Administration continues to espouse "an open border policy"!

"In January, The Washington Times reported that about 80,000 illegal criminal aliens, including convicted murderers, rapists, drug dealers, and child molesters who've served prison time are loose on American streets, completely outside the reach of the law.

"In Los Angeles and most U.S. cities with high numbers of illegal aliens, police are banned from arresting people solely because they are here in violation of U.S. law. In short, cities are "safe harbors" for illegal aliens. Ninety-five percent of all outstanding warrants in Los Angeles for homicide (about 1,500) target illegal aliens. Up to two-thirds of all fugitive felony warrants (about 17,000) are for illegal aliens.

"Virtually all national polls confirm that Americans understand the illegal immigration problem. Unfortunately, official Washington simply doesn't get it. A 2003 Roper ASW poll found that 83 % of the populous support mandatory detention and forfeiture of property for illegal immigrants, followed by deportation".

In my opinion, the whole issue of an "open border policy" is a fraud. It is being espoused by both of our political parties inorder to gain the votes of the illegal aliens in the up-coming presidential election! 13,000,000 votes can swing the election in the direction that the International Banking Cartel wishes. Here is my prediction for whatever it may be worth: President Bush will be "history". I am afraid that Kerry will be our next "Skull and Bones 'Illumanist" President!!!!!!

Regards,

Cal
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