Let me bring to the attention of our colleagues some of the facts because they may not be aware of them. I think they will be shocked to find out how unsuccessful we are. despite the best efforts of the Department of Homeland Security. Last year alone. the Border Patrol detained roughly 1.1 million people coming across our borders. Now. my information. from those who are on the ground who deal with this on a dayinanddayout basis. is that they think they probably are capturing between one out of every three or one out of every four. Yet last year alone they captured approximately 1.1 million and detained them. But the concern is that we only have roughly 20.000 detention beds. So what the Border Patrol does is. after doing a background check. after which they run these aliens names against a terrorist watch list and various criminal justice data bases. they engage in what can only be called a catchandrelease program. In other words. they release them on their own recognizance based on their promise to return for further proceedings later on. It should come as no surprise that the overwhelming number of these detainees do not reappear for their hearing. and they simply melt into the landscape.
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