Early last year, the Immigration & Naturalization Service estimated about 5-6 million illegals were living within the U.S. By the end of the year, the Census Bureau said the INS was way off; for their total reached as high as 8 million. This year, there is way over 11 million. Illegals would not be a problem if they did not abuse the system as they do. What is really sad is our government makes it easy for them to get by with their actions. First of all, if illegal aliens ask for a formal hearing after being caught trying to cross into America illegally, patrols may release them “on their own recognizance;” which is a promise to show up to court on their hearing date. Recent testimony before the Senate Investigations Subcommittee established that 90% did not show up for their hearing and sadly, no efforts were made to try to find the perpetrators. Second, a 1999 “guidance” issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission bars employment discrimination against illegal aliens. Illegals are even eligible for back-pay awards if the employer is caught discriminating against them. Lastly, most of the illegal alien population is made up of visa abusers who are rarely punished by being deported. All they have to do in order to come into America is buy a round trip airline ticket. Next, they simply overstay their visa and melt away into American society by biding their time until they become legal residents, usually through marriage, having children born in America, or through visa lotteries.

The national majority now says it favors cutting back on legal immigration. A TIME/CNN poll done in 1999 shown that 77% of those surveyed felt the government was not doing enough to keep out illegal immigrants. Has September 11, 2001 changed their minds? Ever since 9/11, the focus

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