It is being widely reported that D.C. police will soon be making an arrest in the Chandra Levy murder case.  Levy was the Washington D.C. intern who was murdered in Rock Creek Park in April of 2001.

Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier contacted Ms. Levy’s family on Friday to inform them that officials would be pressing charges, probably in the next several days.

Guandique is an illegal alien who had been offered a form of amnesty by the U.S. government.

Entered Illegally

In a statement released in response to questions from HUMAN EVENTS, the Eastern Region Office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service said: "Our records indicate that Mr. Guandique entered the United States illegally but was eligible for an immigration benefit because of the designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of El Salvador. He filed for that benefit and received work authorization while that application was pending. The application has subsequently been denied because Guandique failed to submit fingerprints."

President Bush decided to grant TPS status to illegal aliens from El Salvador on March 2 of last year after meeting with Salvadoran President Francisco Flores. According to a 1990 immigration law, the attorney general can certify illegal aliens as eligible for this status whenever he determines "they are temporarily unable to return to their.homelands" because of a war or natural disaster. In January and February 2001 there were earthquakes in El Salvador that killed hundreds of people. Bush determined that TPS status should be extended to Salvadoran illegal immigrants as a means of providing additional financial aid to the stricken country. "This will allow them to continue to work here and to remit some of their wages back home to support El Salvador's recovery efforts," Bush said at the time.

A few days after the President's decision, Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft issued regulations indicating that any Salvadoran who had been in the United States before February 13, 2001 could apply by September 9, 2002 to stay in the U.S. under TPS. While their TPS application were pending, they could apply for permission to legally work in the United States. Ashcroft estimated there were 150,000 potential applicants for the program.

Guandique was one of them-and, although the INS will not say when he applied, it must have been within weeks of beginning his crime spree.

NOT, may I say, one of George's finer moments!  We've heard this story over and over before.  And I hope I don't have to draw you a picture.  This is reason #1,348,  .  .  .  (oh hell, I'd lost count)  .  .  .  why blanket amnesty is a bad idea and why we need border security in the form of the mother of ALL fences.  The subject of amnesty and border security will soon be brought up again.  It is not likely that border security will be a priority of the Obama administration.  Be ready to voice your views!