Money well Spent???

http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/immigration/

This is a look at the politics of the U.S. government with regards to immigration. The two paragraphs under here are from the webpage. There are more things it highlights if you want to take a look at the link.

The Administration has effectively ended the policy of "catch and release" and now detains all removable aliens caught trying to cross the border until they can be removed. For years, limited detention space forced the release of many illegal border crossers from nations other than Mexico with nothing more than a Notice to Appear for a hearing before an immigration judge. Many aliens ignored these notices and instead blended into U.S. society. The Administration has effectively ended this policy of "catch and release" and replaced it with a policy of "catch and return," ensuring that all removable aliens caught trying to cross the border illegally are held until they can be removed.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is on track to complete 370 miles of pedestrian fencing along the southwest border by the end of calendar year 2008. As of this month, we have completed a total of 165 miles of pedestrian fence along the southwest border, giving us a total of 290 miles of pedestrian and vehicle fence already in place at the border. We expect to have 670 total miles of pedestrian and vehicle fence by the end of 2008, and have begun obtaining land to make this a reality.

The thing that I do not get is we (the U.S.) are trying to get illegal immigrants out of the country. The reasons that mass media give for why we should kick them out are all economic, but in reality, we are wasting just as much money trying to stop it. It costs money to be able to detain people and to put up fences (which seems like a waste of time to me). I did not post it but they also said that the INS is being doubled in work force which equals more money. We keep putting our economic troubles on these immigrants when I feel as if we waste more money trying to stop this "problem". The immigrants usually pay taxes and do not receive any of it back due to fake social security numbers, so its not like Americans are the only ones who pay taxes. The funny thing is that when it says now they can contain illegals instead of letting them go, because they blend into society to much to catch again. Is not that what we want? For assimilation? Well, I do not have any answers, but I know that everything the government puts out there for ideas seems to fail. These people (illegals) risk their lives crossing hot, cold, and dry areas to reach the United States. What the hell is a fence going to do?