{"id":736,"date":"2007-04-13T01:57:47","date_gmt":"2007-04-13T01:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.docbug.com\/blog\/archives\/736"},"modified":"2007-04-13T01:57:47","modified_gmt":"2007-04-13T01:57:47","slug":"we-cant-lose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.docbug.com\/blog\/archives\/736","title":{"rendered":"We can&#8217;t lose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Bush on Border Security, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/news\/releases\/2005\/11\/20051128-7.html\">11\/28\/05<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>And one of the best examples of success is the Arizona Border Control Initiative, which the government launched in 2004. In the first year of this initiative &#8212; now, listen to this, listen how hard these people are working here &#8212; agents in Arizona apprehended nearly 500,000 illegal immigrants, a 42-percent increase over the previous year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President Bush on Border Security, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/news\/releases\/2007\/04\/20070409-12.html\">4\/9\/07<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In the months before Operation Jump Start, an average of more than 400 people a day were apprehended trying to cross here. The number has dropped to fewer than 140 a day. In other words, one way that the Border Patrol can tell whether or not we&#8217;re making progress is the number of apprehensions. When you&#8217;re apprehending fewer people, it means fewer are trying to come across&#8230;. We&#8217;re seeing similar results all across the southern border. The number of people apprehended for illegally crossing our southern border is down by nearly 30 percent this year. We&#8217;re making progress. And thanks for your hard work. It&#8217;s hard work, but necessary work.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>(Via <a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/items\/200704110003\">Media Matters<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bush on Border Security, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/news\/releases\/2005\/11\/20051128-7.html\">11\/28\/05<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>And one of the best examples of success is the Arizona Border Control Initiative, which the government launched in 2004. In the first year of this initiative &#8212; now, listen to this, listen how hard these people are working here &#8212; agents in Arizona apprehended nearly 500,000 illegal immigrants, a 42-percent increase over the previous year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President Bush on Border Security, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/news\/releases\/2007\/04\/20070409-12.html\">4\/9\/07<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In the months before Operation Jump Start, an average of more than 400 people a day were apprehended trying to cross here. The number has dropped to fewer than 140 a day. In other words, one way that the Border Patrol can tell whether or not we&#8217;re making progress is the number of apprehensions. When you&#8217;re apprehending fewer people, it means fewer are trying to come across&#8230;. We&#8217;re seeing similar results all across the southern border. The number of people apprehended for illegally crossing our southern border is down by nearly 30 percent this year. We&#8217;re making progress. And thanks for your hard work. 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