It was part of a national priority. We are the agency that has been tasked with carrying out the immigration laws of this nation, including expelling those individuals who are not entitled to be in the United States. That is our job to identify, locate and expel those people who break the laws of the United States. We got a lot of positive calls on the operation. We get tips from the general public.
People see drunken driving as a general crime, as a crime that impacts on the community.
We did not create the criminals, we only enforce the laws. INS is no different from any other place. Ethics conduct is one of the major things at the academy. When they enter the field it is again ingrained about accountability and ethics. At the ports of entry we have put things in place such as unannounced bumps, when an officer is taken off his or her spot.