December 28, 2006

Guard Effect: Fact or Fiction?
Skepticism In Order

Cutler: "I think it's more a matter of window dressing, and I don't think it's deterring as many illegal aliens as the president would like us to believe. "
Lou Dobbs Tonight - CNN - December 27
Government Claims Guard Helping
Wian:
...Border Patrol apprehensions are the best available indicator of attempted illegal entries into the United States. Since National Guard troops arrived at the border in a support role in June, southwest border apprehensions have plunged 34 percent, compared to the same five-month period last year. ....
Cutler: Right now the National Guard on the border is nothing more than a Band-Aid, and it's a very flimsy one at that.
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Associated Press via KVOA-TV
Arrests of illegal immigrants at border down more than 11 percent
Drop in apprehensions meaningless
Watch "The Truth About the Border" -- by American Border Patrol

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