According to this Fox News report in Texas illegal immigrants get at least six arrests before being prosecuted.

This is an agreement the US Attorneys in TX have made. The reason is lack of manpower and if the illegals insisted on going before an immigration court it would grind the process to a halt.

Guidelines issued by U.S. attorneys in Texas showed that most illegal immigrants crossing into the state had to be arrested at least six times before federal authorities would prosecute them, according to an internal Justice Department memo.

The disclosure provides a rare view of how federal authorities attempt to curb illegal immigration. The memo was released this week in response to a congressional investigation of the dismissals of eight U.S. attorneys.

The Border Patrol makes more than 1 million arrests a year on the U.S.-Mexico border. T.J. Bonner, head of a union representing Border Patrol agents, said it’s unrealistic to prosecute all violators.

“Let’s be honest, there isn’t enough jail space to incarcerate everyone who crosses that border,” said Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council. “If everyone demanded hearing in front of an immigration judge, it would bring our system to a grinding halt in a matter of days.”

It is unclear when the memo was written, but the Justice Department reviewed the guidelines sometime after a February 2005 performance review of Carol Lam, the top federal prosecutor in San Diego from 2002 until she was fired last month. Some Republican lawmakers had complained that Lam failed to aggressively prosecute immigration violations.

I wonder if that means she didn’t prosecute enough Border Agents and prosecuted illegals instead.

OK, they get six strikes, but one US Attorney, Johnny Sutton, gives the US Border Patrol agents and police officers being run down by vehicle by the illegal immigrants one strike and then asks for the highest possible jail sentence they can get in the same jails where some they have arrested now reside.

Maybe the US Attorneys should provide the illegals with a big patch to wear on their next “visit” to the United States stating, “I have 5 more strikes, don’t shoot at me” and on down the line.

Maybe then Johnny Sutton will finally leave the law enforcement agents alone when they apprehend illegals who are smuggling drugs or more illegals.

While I’m at it, I wonder what kind of jury pool he has in his jurisdiction that always convicts the good guy while believing the illegal?

As Yul Brenner as the King in the King and I said, “Tis a puzzlement.”

Written by ~J~

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