First, the Immigration and Naturalization Service has routinely released criminal aliens back into our neighborhoods. Secondly, with a record 70 percent of illegal drugs now coming into the country across our Southwestern border, this Administration requested no additional Border Patrol agents in next year's budget. Finally, the President's promises at the time of his certification of Mexico's drug-war efforts last year have produced few results. Arrests of drug dealers are down, drug seizures have declined, and Mexico refuses to extradite drug traffickers to the United States. This Administration's pattern of non-actions appears to be full retreat if not a complete surrender in the war against drugs.
Most immigrants come here to work hard and play by the rules.
But a significant number commit crimes against American citizens and legal permanent residents. The problem is enormous. A quarter of all federal prisoners today are non-citizens, and the percentage increases every year. The Justice Department tells us that 60 percent of all released prisoners are arrested again for new crimes within three years. This threat can be significantly reduced by removing non-citizen criminals from the United States.