Chertoff and Terrorism
Chicago Tributne seems to have taken this original article off their website. Thank goodness for the LA Times.
This is the original article that mentions Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's "Gut Feeling" thing, but i'm betting it's the statements at the end that made it gone:
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-chertoff11jul11,1,6388365.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
Over the next 18 months, as the Bush administration draws to a close, Chertoff said he planned to put security options before Americans.
"The public has to make the choices," he said.
Chertoff predicts dire consequences if border crossings are not tightened with stricter document regulations because of opposition from business interests.
"What do you think is going to happen to your business when a guy comes across the border with a phony document and blows up a target in Buffalo or Detroit?" he asked. "Do you think the American public is then going to allow the border to remain open?"
He said there would be security repercussions from Congress' failure to pass immigration reform. Chertoff had hoped that granting a path to citizenship to illegal immigrants would cut away "the tall grass" hiding criminal elements among the undocumented workers.
But now, Chertoff said, his agency must uphold current laws, and that means a further crackdown on workplaces.
"We are going to do more law enforcement actions," he said.
Conceding the raids are "going to be ugly" and tear parents from their children, Chertoff warned that "the consequences are going to be tough from an economic and humanitarian standpoint."
This is the original article that mentions Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's "Gut Feeling" thing, but i'm betting it's the statements at the end that made it gone:
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-chertoff11jul11,1,6388365.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
Over the next 18 months, as the Bush administration draws to a close, Chertoff said he planned to put security options before Americans.
"The public has to make the choices," he said.
Chertoff predicts dire consequences if border crossings are not tightened with stricter document regulations because of opposition from business interests.
"What do you think is going to happen to your business when a guy comes across the border with a phony document and blows up a target in Buffalo or Detroit?" he asked. "Do you think the American public is then going to allow the border to remain open?"
He said there would be security repercussions from Congress' failure to pass immigration reform. Chertoff had hoped that granting a path to citizenship to illegal immigrants would cut away "the tall grass" hiding criminal elements among the undocumented workers.
But now, Chertoff said, his agency must uphold current laws, and that means a further crackdown on workplaces.
"We are going to do more law enforcement actions," he said.
Conceding the raids are "going to be ugly" and tear parents from their children, Chertoff warned that "the consequences are going to be tough from an economic and humanitarian standpoint."