Just posted at FR: Arrest of illegals falls off Clinton pace

[tanyev]

This should be fun. And it's from the Washington Times!

The U.S. Border Patrol increased at a faster rate and apprehended more illegal aliens per year under President Clinton than under President Bush, according to statistics from a new, unpublished congressional research briefing report. Mr. Bush trails his predecessor on a series of measures of border security, says the briefing from the Congressional Research Service to the House Judiciary Committee, which was based on Department of Homeland Security data. Mr. Clinton increased the number of Border Patrol agents and pilots by 126 percent over his eight-year term, or an average of 642 per year, while Mr. Bush has averaged 411 new agents per year through 2005, for a total increase of 22.3 percent over his tenure. Although Mr. Bush last week said his administration has caught and returned 6 million illegal aliens, that's actually a drop from any five-year period during Mr. Clinton's administration, the briefing says. Meanwhile, the number of alien absconders has grown by more than 200,000 during Mr. Bush's term, reaching 536,644 in fiscal 2005; the number of completed fraud cases has dropped; and, until recently, detention beds hovered at or below the level Mr. Bush inherited from Mr. Clinton in 2001. "The sense of urgency that comes with deploying the National Guard is belied by the administration's consistent opposition to providing the necessary resources that our border security agencies need to do their jobs," said Sen. Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee. Mr. Byrd has sought for years to get the Bush administration to add Border Patrol agents and detention beds and improve enforcement technology. Bush administration officials say they are looking for ways to work more efficiently.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1638086/posts

[primative1]

1. Umm, So is this supposed to be a surprise?

?

[tanyev]

3. No, not to us.

I'm surprised that they are admitting it and I'm enjoying seeing all the criticism of Bush in their replies.

[primative1]

5. Yeah, their imploding big time ...

Just wish I could get excited about the replacements.

[MH1]

2. One more for the Republican Record of Failure.

It's a good thing the internet doesn't have the physical limits of paper, or we'd be running out of room for entries in that record.

[Tempest]

4. Jimbo will remove the thread

No dissent is permitted at freeper central.

[wicket]

7. Remember when they were anti-Bush and pro-McCain in the primaries

My how times have changed.

[Tempest]

8. They're ideologists

They'd support Hitler if he won the GOP primary.

[zbdent]

9. and the GOP would be saying that

VP candidate Satan was misrepresented in the liberal bible . . .

[bluefish]

6. Cannot believe the Washington Times

published this...What will the posters at fr say, the Washington Times is now liberal?

[tanyev]

10. Hey, I'm an inbred freak!

This was thread has been posted by one of the inbred freaks at DU.
Everyone say hello to the DUmmies!!
Hello Freak DUmmies!!
Oh and let me say that I am the first IBTZ!!


Aunt Betty-Momma and Uncle Clyde-Poppa will be so proud!