CDR: Re: Congress proposes raiding census records.

[Sampo A Syreeni]

On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, jim bell wrote:

>Not "mexican-american."  The average American's illusion is that when an
>illegal alien is found he's immediately kicked across the border.  Well, the
>first time maybe, but there is now a 2-year sentence for illegal entry for
>repeat offenders.

What's the history of this particular piece of legislation? A naive person
might think there has to be something special about the crime if
jurisdiction can be obtained merely via the presence of an individual.

>Very convenient, because the majority of prison guards
>are probably ex-US Military-types who "need" to be kept in the Federal fold.
>For every couple of beaners they keep, they get to hire another guard.

OK. This would be 'rent-seeking', right? ;)

Sampo Syreeni <decoy at iki.fi>, aka decoy, student/math/Helsinki university