They are apprehended and released. They do not come back for trial. One reporter did an interesting article that showed that 95 percent did not show up. What a joke that is. The only way to end the catchandrelease problem is to have enough detention beds so they could be detained until they could be deported from the country. Secretary Chertoff is making some progress in this regard but not enough. We will never get there without some more beds. So if we are serious about making a legal system here work. then we need more bed spaces. Everybody says we need worksite enforcement.
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95% of undocumented immigrants do not show up for their trial.