From Family Security Matters:

The bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is stretched thin financially, with dubious capabilities for carrying out policies of border enforcement that over 80% of Americans want accomplished immediately. FSM Contributing Editor Michael Cutler has the inside story.

By Mike Cutler

An article in the The Washington Times is deceptively brief, but it is bound to become a huge story. It reports that states urgently are requesting federal funding for the purpose of training local law enforcement in effective techniques for deporting illegal aliens. A House bill mandating federal funding to states has been passed and awaits action in the Senate.

I have been steadfastly refuting the reasoning of the President and open borders advocates – such as Ted Kennedy, John McCain and others – when they declare that we have tried an “enforcement only” approach to immigration and that this approach has not worked. The only thing with which “We the People” have been provided has been an illusion of enforcement, and it is the illusion that has failed to deter illegal immigration and restore integrity to the utterly dysfunctional immigration system.

On those rare occasions when special agents of ICE conduct a raid at a factory where illegal aliens are believed to be employed, the news media often responds by sending reporters, cameras and microphones. This is newsworthy because those raids are so rare. When I was working for the INS, the only time the news media would even ask about what we were doing was when we arrested an impressively large number of illegals. Today, even when only a handful of illegal aliens is arrested, reporters show up.

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