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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 834191" data-attributes="member: 12952">(CNSNews)&nbsp; — Sheriff Larry Dever of Cochise County, Ariz., told a House&nbsp; subcommittee today that in one U.S. attorney’s district in Texas illegal&nbsp; aliens are allowed to be caught crossing the border 7 times before they&nbsp; are charged with a misdeamanor and 14 times before they are charged&nbsp; with a felony.“There are policies in place that establish thresholds for quantities&nbsp; of drugs and numbers of illegal aliens before consideration for&nbsp; prosecution can be entertained,” Dever said in his written testimony&nbsp; before the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. “In at least&nbsp; one Federal District in Texas, if you are caught smuggling less than 750&nbsp; kilos (1,653 pounds) of marijuana, you will not be subjected to&nbsp; prosecution.”“If you are caught smuggling fewer than 6 illegal aliens, you will not be subject to prosecution,”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 834191, member: 12952"] (CNSNews) — Sheriff Larry Dever of Cochise County, Ariz., told a House subcommittee today that in one U.S. attorney’s district in Texas illegal aliens are allowed to be caught crossing the border 7 times before they are charged with a misdeamanor and 14 times before they are charged with a felony. “There are policies in place that establish thresholds for quantities of drugs and numbers of illegal aliens before consideration for prosecution can be entertained,” Dever said in his written testimony before the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. “In at least one Federal District in Texas, if you are caught smuggling less than 750 kilos (1,653 pounds) of marijuana, you will not be subjected to prosecution.” “If you are caught smuggling fewer than 6 illegal aliens, you will not be subject to prosecution,” [/QUOTE]

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