[boomop1]

Bout time the illegals are bankrupting the state.

[nuffsenuff]

The ACLU should be mobilizing as we speak... those ratty asses.

[Grampa Dave]

If approved, the new rules would be a shift from a 1979 policy that prevents officers from inquiring about a person's immigration status to encourage illegal immigrants who had witnessed or been victims of crimes to cooperate with police without fear of deportation.

One of the other crippling gifts that Jimmy Carter left America was the decriminalization of illegal Aliens.

[ambrose]

This will be quickly reverse if Antonio V wins...

[FreePaul]

Officers would be able to arrest felons if it's determined they are illegal immigrants, ...

What? I thought that felons could be arrested regardless of their immigration status. But then this is California.

[John Jorsett]

Notice that they're limiting this to "felons." If you're a "law abiding" illegal, no problemo.

[kellynla]

Here's more on the story from the Left Angeles Times no less. LOL
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1374487/posts

[ExpandNATO]

Heather McDonald's reaction to this so-called change is on Michelle Malkin's Immmigration Blog. Basically, the proposed change changes nothing, a non-change.

Now imagine that that same cop sees an illegal alien member of the 18th Street gang hanging out on Cesar Chavez Blvd. The 18th Streeter has already been deported back to Mexico following conviction for murder. Upon deportation, he was forbidden from ever returning to the U.S. His mere presence in L.A. now is a federal felony punishable by 20 years in jail. Can the cop arrest him?"

"Absolutely not—not under the old special order 40, nor under the proposed revision. According to the contemplated new rules, that cop first has to call his supervisor; that supervisor has to call federal immigration officials at ICE; ICE officials have to go before a federal judge to get an arrest warrant; then with warrant in hand, the cop may finally arrest the felonious 18th Streeter. Oops. He’s gone."