Surprise! Bush FAILED TO PLAN on court impact with his immigration thing

[Bluebear]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W Bush's plan to send thousands of National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border could spark a surge in immigration cases and U.S. courts are ill prepared to handle them, according to congressional and court sources.

The administration failed to plan for the surge in court cases and did not consult the judicial branch on the impact more arrests would have on federal courts in the region, said Dick Carelli, a spokesman for U.S. federal courts.

Bush asked for $1.9 billion in emergency funds for the border plan, including $20 million to help the Justice Department deal with its increased caseload, but that did not include the courts.

"We were left out of the process," Carelli said. He added that since Bush unveiled his proposal to increase border patrols, federal judiciary officials have had to quickly cobble together a proposal to Congress for $20.3 million in emergency funds to hire three full-time judges and about 240 support staff for the Southwest.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060523/us_nm/usa_immigration_courts_dc_1

[DS1]

1. Hooray for big DUMB Government!

[fooj]

2. Oops! Another fuck-up by Little Lord Pissypants...

Will it EVER end?

[MissB]

4. January 2009

In other words, not soon enough.

[Bluebear]

7. If we're lucky.

Maybe it won't be a good idea to "change Presidents in a time of war" and they will amend our laws to proclaim him President For Life tm.

[MissB]

8. It'll never fly.

I really do have enough confidence in Americans on both sides of the aisle.

[Joe for Clark]

3. He failed in a lot of respects. Not surprising.

Joe

[Mandate My Ass]

5. Wanna bet they'll end up in those brand spanking new

Bechtel-Halliburton jails and held indefinitely? That's the plan.

[Supersedeas]

6. budget smudget--this is about scoring some political pts in the short term

[Tempest]

9. You mean our MBA president didn't crunch the numbers

Yale and Harvard must be so proud of their achievement.

[Joe for Clark]

10. Tempest,

That a-hole can't do basic addition.

He didn't graduate those programs - he was coronated. Amazing what money can buy, isn't it??

Joe

[Tempest]

11. You mean what money can buy off

If I were a university president or on a board at a university, I'd do away with legacy applications completely.

[Joe for Clark]

14. Sure.

I agree.

I am saying the SOB couldn't pass the basic placement tests to get in in ANY event. Even as a legacy.

Sad.

Joe

[SoCalDem]

12. Never fear.. Congress will just have to get a bigger rubber stamp

and automatic rubber stamp for all those judges he has waiting in the wings:)

[treestar]

13. After all the processing nightmares created by the special

registration after 911, and the revamping of the INS by splitting it into ICE and CIS, while still leaving the deportation type functions with the DOJ, it is amazing they would go through yet another boondoggle. The whole system is going to break down with more strain. How much do Americans really want to pay? Aren't we in debt for the war? Why not leave the *#&&%()* Mexicans alone? Why go further into debt just over them?

Meanwhile Halliburton and its ilk are going to get millions in contracts.