Local “enforcement” of immigration laws
As I predicted, the anti-immigrant backlash continues to grow.
Read the linked articles above for some heartbreaking examples. For solid figures, see below:
Work-site enforcement arrests:
*Fiscal year 2002: 510
*2003: 517
*2004: 845
*2005: 1,292
*2006: 4,383
*2007/through May: 3,839
Fugitive arrests per week:
*Fiscal year 2006: about 343
*2007: about 685
SOURCE: USCIS








