Factbox: Arizona-style immigration crackdowns in U.S.
(April 22) - A year ago, Arizona's Republican Governor Jan Brewer signed a controversial state crackdown on illegal immigration into law.
The measure signed on April 23, 2010, required police to investigate the immigration status of anyone they detained and suspected of being in the country illegally.
It was supported by a majority of people polled in Arizona and across the United States, but angered Latino and civil rights activists, who said it would lead to the harassment of Hispanic-Americans or anyone who looked Hispanic.
Despite a federal judge's ruling blocking key parts of the before they came into effect last July -- arguing that immigration matters were the federal government's responsibility -- it has inspired copycat measures introduced by Republicans in other states.
Following are facts on some of those measures, and their current status.
* Alabama - The House and Senate voted through versions of an Arizona-style crackdown on illegal immigration that would give state and local police broad powers to check the immigration status of people detained on other charges and require state employers to run checks on new workers through a federal computer database. The Senate bill now returns to the House to be approved, amended or merged.
* Georgia - A bill passed both the House and the Senate that would give police authority to question suspects about their immigration status and would require employers to check the status of newly hired workers. It now sits with Governor Nathan Deal, who has said in media interviews that he intends to sign it.
* Indiana - An Arizona-style immigration bill cleared the Senate in February. A House committee later took out a provision that would have allowed police to ask people for proof of immigration status if they were suspected of being in the country illegally.
* Oklahoma - A bill that enables police to seize vehicles, real estate, firearms and computers used to engage in human smuggling, armed robberies and other crimes passed the Senate in March. It now goes to the state House, which passed an immigration reform bill that gives officers more authority to question citizenship status.
* South Carolina - The Senate passed a bill in March allowing police to determine whether a person is in the country legally, but only after they have been stopped on suspicion of another crime.
* Utah - Governor Republican Governor Gary Herbert signed a two-pronged package of immigration laws in March comprised of four bills he called "the Utah solution," including an enforcement measure and another that would create a guest-worker program. The enforcement measure is weaker than the Arizona law.
* Arizona-style laws have been tossed or failed to advance during the 2011 legislative session in California, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, South Dakota and Wyoming.
(Sources: Reuters; National Immigration Forum and the National Conference of State Legislatures)
(Compiled by Tim Gaynor in Phoenix, edited by Peter Bohan)
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Border Patrol Apprehensions
GAO: only 129 miles of the 2,000 mile Southwest Border
are under “full control” of the Border Patrol
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UNITED STATES BORDER APPREHENSIONS
Fiscal Year (Source DHS/CBP)
1987–1,190,488—-1997–1,412,953—-2007—876,704
1988–1,008,145—-1998–1,555,776—-2008—723,825
1989—-954,243—-1999–1,579,010—-2009—556,041
1990–1,169,939—-2000–1,676,438—-2010—463,382
1991–1,197,875—-2001–1,266,213—-2011—
1992–1,258,482—-2002—-955,310—-2012—
1993–1,327,259—-2003—-931,557—-2013—
1994–1,094,717—-2004–1,160,395—-2014—
1995–1,394,554—-2005–1,189,075—-2015—
1996–1,649,986—-2006–1,089,902—-2016—
In the 24 years, since the 1986 Reagan, one-time amnesty,
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over 28 million illegals were apprehended
after they crossed our border.
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Over 100 million illegals weren’t apprehended
Before the recent addition (over the last 3 years) of:
10,000 Border Patrol agents,
313.9 miles of Pedestrian Fence,
32 miles of the legislated double-layered fence,
and 298.5 miles of Vehicle Barriers,
it was estimated, by the border patrol agents,
that less than 1, out of 7, illegals, were apprehended at the border.
Some agents even said less than 1, out of 10, were apprehended.
Now, the Border Patrol thinks they apprehend somewhere between
1, out of 3 and, 1 out of 5. but nobody really knows..
However, we do know that the reported 11.2 million illegals in our
United States is a lie being told, over, and over again, to all Americans
30 million illegals, in our United States, is much more likely
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Southwest Border Patrol Sector Apprehensions
(Source DHS/CBP)
In Order From the Highest Sector in Apprehensions to the Lowest
Fiscal Year——2005——-2006——-2007——2008——2009——2010—
Tucson ——–439,053—-392,074–378,239–317,696–241,673–212,202
San Diego—–126,879—-142,104–152,460–162,390–118,721—68,565
Rio GrandeV—134,136—110,528—-73,430—75,473—60,989—59,786
Laredo ———-75,268—–74,840—-56,714—43,658—40,569—35,287
El Centro——–55,725—–61,465—-55,883—40,961—33,521—32,562
Del Rio ———-68,547—–42,636—-22,920—20,761—17,082—14,694
El Paso———122,624—122,256—-75,464—30,312—14,999—-12,251
Yuma———–138,492—118,549—-37,992—-8,363—–6,951—–7,116
Marfa ————10,532——7,520—–5,536—–5,391—–6,360—–5,288
Apprehends-1,171,386-1,071,972–858,638–705,005–540,865–447,731
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