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...furor over Proposition 187, however, has obscured an anti- immigration campaign that may have just as much impact, but far sooner. Attorney General Janet Reno has decided to try to virtually seal off the 2,076-mile border with Mexico to illegal crossers. The U.S. Border Patrol has long maintained it could accomplish this if given a chance, but the patrol has always been underfunded and understaffed...
Though the timing of Reno's decision was clearly intended to help California Democrats in the November elections, most of whom opposed Proposition 187, it was more than just a campaign promise. The money is already flowing: $236 million has been allocated to the southwestern border for 1995, an increase of 25% from 1994. An additional 1,010 agents will soon be deployed, bringing the total to more than 5,000. Helicopters, night-vision scopes, ground sensors and computers are being brought in at unprecedented levels. When equipment has not been delivered, because of the glacial government procurement process, Reno...
...have been a sign of the Clinton Administration's reaction to the week's conservative election results, but the Justice Department reversed its position in a child-pornography case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. Attorney General Janet Reno said the department now believes that a federal obscenity law can be applied to photos of clothed children if the images are lascivious...
...develop a global plan to combat growing international organized crime -- including more sophisticated police networks and legal systems for younger democracies. "In Europe, in Asia, in Africa and in America, the forces of darkness are at work and no society is spared," he said. But Attorney General Janet Reno and delegates from Britain, Australia and other countries immediately shot the idea down as too ambitious, saying countries should focus on national laws. Still, Russian officials --facing thefts of weapons-grade plutoniumthat have prompted fears about the growing power of organized crime -- said "no government alone" could fight the tide...
Outside of California, were the problem of illegal immigration is less urgent, significant opposition to Prop 187 has developed. Attorney General Janet Reno stated on Oct. 27 that she believes Prop 187 is illegal, and that she personally opposes the initiative. So much for the belief that the attorney general was supposed to be apolitical...