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THEY COME BY THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS from China, Brazil, Pakistan, Ethiopia, etc. headed for Mexico City. Final destination? The United States.

Quotable: "The Mexican authorities report that a surging number of migrants from all around the world are traveling through Mexico to get to the United States. So far this year, Mexico has detained nearly 112,000 illegal migrants, compared with 150,000 in all of 2001. Authorities said they expected total detentions for this year to reach 200,000."

And then there is this. Quotable: "[Congressmen and law enforcement officials are] worried about what they derisively call the Department of Homeland Security's "capture and release" program .. the program allows immigration officials to routinely release tens of thousands of illegal immigrants from countries other than Mexico .. Homeland Security officials acknowledge that more than 70 percent of those released disappear from law enforcement's radar, resulting in a fugitive population of 400,000 nationwide .. "I don't think people realize that 15,000 of these people (non-Mexican migrants) have been dumped in communities in Texas in the last eight months," said Republican U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla .. " Posted by Greg Ransom | TrackBack