Thursday, November 17, 2011

Lost in Detention

Facts:
1.  President Obama is stricter with the boarders than President Bush.
2.  Obama initially said that he was going to fix the immigration system.
3.  ICE stands for Immigration, Customs Enforcement.
4.  Law enforcement is on the offensive.
5.  Almost 400,000 illegal immigrants will be detained and deported this year.
6.  Over 1 million illegal immigrants have been detained and deported since Obama has taken office.
7.  Secured Communities is a program that involves local law enforcement to help ICE in identifying illegal immigrants related to crimes. 
8.  1,000 murders who were illegal immigrants were apprehended. 
9.  45,000 serious drug violators were apprehended.
10.  immigration detainees do not necessarily have the right to an attorney. 

Questions:
1.  How can the government create ways to immediately capture immigrants who illegally cross the boarder?
2.  Is adequate funding going towards the deportation of illegal immigrants?
3.  Will the strict enforcement of capturing illegals deter future illegal immigrants from even trying to cross the boarder?
4.  Are having deportation quotas a good or bad thing?
5.  How can the government secure our boarders better? 

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