I feel safe -- don't you?

WaPo reports on the Schofield case, which is an egregious example of how "broken" the immigration infrastructure in this country is. Having followed the story for a while now -- and having seen this morning's Washington Examiner article on today's expected events in the case -- it boggles the mind to see that, as I searched Google for news stories on the case just a couple of minutes ago, the only major MSM outlet (not counting TV stations as "major" sources online) covering the story is WaPo, which is sad when one considers that this paper has consistently been on the "wrong" side of this debate -- both in its "news" stories and in its editorial pages.

I mean, come on, people! Look at Tuesday's Examiner (my emphasis added):

Years after immigration agent and Fairfax resident Robert Schofield was disciplined for having an affair with an Asian prostitute who was working as a government informant, he was given senior responsibility for handing out visas and citizenship documents in the Washington area.

The day after he started his new job, law enforcement sources and colleagues say, a line of beautiful Asian women formed outside his new office.

So it came as little surprise to insiders this summer when Schofield, 57, was arrested and charged with taking more than $8.1 million in bribes to sell phony green cards and citizenships to more than 200 immigrants, mostly from China and Thailand.

“That guy should have gone to jail a long time ago,” said Jim Goldman, a former INS director in Miami.

Let's see:

• Last I checked, the Chinese are not really our friends in the international community;
• We have too many illegal aliens -- be they illegal border crossers or visa overstays or whatever -- as it is without having corrupt officials letting in questionable folks in via fraud; and
• I can't get over the corruption and just flat-out sleaze aspect of this. Case in point (again, from the Tues. Examiner story[and, again, my emphasis added]):

Even before Schofield’s arrest, it was known that he had a weak spot for Asian women — often using binoculars to watch them from his office window. In the early 1990s, The Examiner’s sources said he was demoted after his affair with the prostitute came to light, a relationship that derailed a major federal investigation.

He later absconded to Bangkok and ran up tens of thousands of dollars on his government credit cards. It was only an apparent fluke at a San Francisco airport that led authorities to take concerted action against Schofield, court records and internal documents show. A phony visa was spotted, a suspect blurted Schofield’s name and private numbers and a full decade of alleged wrongdoing unraveled.

One word:

UGH!