Tucson — As President Donald Trump (click here) pushes Congress to set aside more money to build additional barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, he frequently, and falsely, claims that his promised wall would help stem the flow of illegal narcotics into the country.
But data from his own administration repeatedly show that a rising number of smuggled drugs, especially more potent ones like heroin and cocaine, are increasingly seized at legal ports of entry, which are not impacted by a wall.
During a press conference Friday in the White House Rose Garden, Trump went so far as to claim that "drugs are pouring into this country," but that "they don’t go through the ports of entry."
"When they do, they sometimes get caught.”
Trump's comment conflicts with the numbers compiled by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the agency responsible for enforcing the nation's laws along the U.S.-Mexico border....
How is it that people without power or money are successfully detained to a judicial hearing while Sinaloa Cartel members are free to conduct business as usual in the USA?
This study is dated, but, IT PROVES that illegal border crossers do not get a free pass if they have a criminal history. Asylum seekers receive preferential treatment, but, those coming to the USA with criminal backgrounds are and have been detained.
The Border Patrol is doing it's job, what is the issue?
By Joe Hagan and Albert Palloni
...The most detailed recent study (click here) of criminal justice processing decisions involving immigrants was undertaken in El Paso and San Diego by Pennell et al. (1989). This study found in both cities that illegal aliens made up the largest proportion of immigrants prosecuted, and that these illegal aliens were much less likely than others to be released from jail prior to trial. For example, in El Paso only 14 percent of illegal immigrants compared with over 50 percent of all others were able to "bailout" prior to trial. This difference may be associated with the fact that the Immigration and Naturalization Service can place "holds" on illegal immigrants, that illegal aliens are financially less able to post bail, and that illegal immigrants are less likely to have the community ties that often are required for early release. When accused persons are unable to obtain release they may have greater difficulty generating resources to defend themselves in court, leaving them more vulnerable to conviction, and ultimately to imprisonment....
How is it that people without power or money are successfully detained to a judicial hearing while Sinaloa Cartel members are free to conduct business as usual in the USA?
This study is dated, but, IT PROVES that illegal border crossers do not get a free pass if they have a criminal history. Asylum seekers receive preferential treatment, but, those coming to the USA with criminal backgrounds are and have been detained.
The Border Patrol is doing it's job, what is the issue?
By Joe Hagan and Albert Palloni
...The most detailed recent study (click here) of criminal justice processing decisions involving immigrants was undertaken in El Paso and San Diego by Pennell et al. (1989). This study found in both cities that illegal aliens made up the largest proportion of immigrants prosecuted, and that these illegal aliens were much less likely than others to be released from jail prior to trial. For example, in El Paso only 14 percent of illegal immigrants compared with over 50 percent of all others were able to "bailout" prior to trial. This difference may be associated with the fact that the Immigration and Naturalization Service can place "holds" on illegal immigrants, that illegal aliens are financially less able to post bail, and that illegal immigrants are less likely to have the community ties that often are required for early release. When accused persons are unable to obtain release they may have greater difficulty generating resources to defend themselves in court, leaving them more vulnerable to conviction, and ultimately to imprisonment....
