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11/24/2007: "Border patrol enforcement begins enforcing law seriously"

The frank courtroom exchange has become a daily occurrence since Oct. 30, when the Border Patrol launched Operation Streamline-Laredo, a zero-tolerance campaign that prosecutes, jails and deports nearly every adult illegal immigrant that border agents catch.

The controversial operation has jammed local jails to capacity, strained the staff of the federal public defender's office and sparked charges that immigrants' due process rights are being violated. But it has been applauded by those favoring strict enforcement of immigration laws.

[ We didn't need radical change after all: stop hiring illegals, and start enforcing laws, and stuff works out OK. Wow. ]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5315873.html