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EL PASO -- For all the tough talk out of Washington on immigration, illegal immigrants caught along the Mexican border have almost no reason to fear they will be prosecuted.
Ninety-eight percent of those arrested between Oct. 1, 2000, and Sept. 30, 2005, were never prosecuted for illegally entering the country, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal data. Those 5.3 million immigrants were escorted back across the Rio Grande and turned loose. Many presumably tried to slip into the U.S. again.
Mayor David Coss and state Department of Public Safety Secretary John Denko issued a statement Friday afternoon denouncing the actions of federal immigration officials during the arrest at Chaparral Elementary School last week of a man who was later deported.
As we did with last year with DWI, we created this forum for you to offer specific recommendations, proposals and ideas for effective solutions on the immigration issue. What action do you want your elected officials to take at local, state and federal levels? what economic policies would you propose?
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