plan that pays the private prisons. men, women, children, immigration violations, they re put in there for as much as ten months, it costs about a billion a year. this is big money. how might immigration reform affect this system here, the operation streamline, very quickly. the real question is what will it do to the detention? on the one hand it could mean that fewer people are locked up. we continue to criminalize things, things like crossing over the border, you are getting people locked up in federal prisons on criminal charges because of the things like operation streamline. thank you for coming by to talk about it. that wraps up this hour. chris will be back tomorrow. thomas roberts is up next with his hour. what you got there? good morning, everybody. the agenda next hour, the storm being called the snow-quester, it s already shutting down parts of the capital.
fund the operation streamline which means someone who is a repeat crosser is incarcerateed before they are returned. it had great positive effect on people who are repeat crossers. i would be glad to address issues like a temporary worker program and others that are necessary. but first, we have to convince the american people that they are not gonna have to face another flood of people who come into our country illegally, if we act without having the border secure. greta: what do you make of the race up in alaska with senator murkowski and joe miller who it is next and neck? well, it is a testimony to the impact that sarah palin, despite attacks from the left has on the american political scene. i continue to admire and respect all her hard work. she and todd and cindy and i
fund the operation streamline which means someone who is a repeat crosser is incarcerateed before they are returned. it had great positive effect on people who are repeat crossers. i would be glad to address issues like a temporary worker program and others that are necessary. but first, we have to convince the american people that they are not gonna have to face another flood of people who come into our country illegally, if we act without having the border secure. greta: what do you make of the race up in alaska with senator murkowski and joe miller who it is next and neck? well, it is a testimony to the impact that sarah palin, despite attacks from the left has on the american political scene. i continue to admire and respect all her hard work. she and todd and cindy and i
greta: we are caught in the weeds fighting about all the issues, when the problem is arizona wants its borders more secure. most people believe that we need a standard national immigration policy, whatever it is. so while the federal government is suing the state, we re not dealing with any of these problems. i guess secretary napolitano says there is more being done about the borders. we are moving forward. it is not enough. it is true they ve added resources. that doesn t answer the question, is it enough? secondly, there are still policy decisions that have to be made, such as, implement implementing operation streamline on all sections of the border. operation streamline puts people in jail when they cross repeatedly and a great deterrent. once you put people in jail they stop trying to cross in that area. combination of policy changes and some additional resources, 800 border patrol agents in
preemption grounds. greta: we are caught in the weeds fighting about all the issues, when the problem is arizona wants its borders more secure. most people believe that we need a standard national immigration policy, whatever it is. so while the federal government is suing the state, we re not dealing with any of these problems. i guess secretary napolitano says there is more being done about the borders. we are moving forward. it is not enough. it is true they ve added resources. that doesn t answer the question, is it enough? secondly, there are still policy decisions that have to be made, such as, implement implementing operation streamline on all sections of the border. operation streamline puts people in jail when they cross repeatedly and a great deterrent. once you put people in jail they stop trying to cross in that area. combination of policy changes and some additional resources, 800 border patrol agents in