More aliens try to enter for amnesty

[onehandle]

The number of illegal aliens caught crossing into the United States increased dramatically just days after President Bush proposed a guest-worker program that would give legal status to millions of illegal immigrants now in this country, according to the union that represents the Border Patrol's 9,000 field agents.
    The National Border Patrol Council said apprehension totals increased threefold in the San Diego area alone, adding that the vast majority of aliens detained along the border told arresting agents that they had come to the United States seeking amnesty.
    Most of those arrested and, eventually, deported had no history of immigration violations, the council said.
    Law-enforcement authorities, immigration specialists and others -- including the council -- had predicted that the Bush proposal, outlined Jan. 7, would lead to increased illegal immigration by those seeking to take advantage of what many perceived to be an offer of limited amnesty.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20040219-115622-4260r

I hate, hate, hate to link to the moonies, but I don't seem to see this story anywhere else. I just saw Lou Dobbs talking about it. Conservatives can't be happy about this.

[mac2]

1. The boat is sinking from too many now.