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*City Looks To Deport Criminal Illegal Immigrants Via Program* (NASHVILLE, TN)
Utah Immigration Attorney (regarding Nashville, TN) ^ | 17 August 2007 | Utah Immigration Attorney (about Nashville, TN)

Posted on 08/16/2007 7:07:43 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo

City Looks To Deport Criminal Illegal Immigrants Via Program

After a recent spate of violent crimes allegedly committed by illegal or suspected illegal immigrants, Nashville has asked to become one of five American cities empowered to deport its own criminal illegal immigrants.

On Aug. 15, Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall—with the full support of Metro Chief of Police Ronal Serpas and District Attorney Torry Johnson—filed paperwork to take part in a little-known federal government initiative called the Delegation of Authority Program or section 287 (g) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act.

The 287 (g) program gives local law enforcement agencies the “training and subsequent authorization to identify, process and, when appropriate, detain immigration offenders they encounter during their regular, daily law-enforcement activity,” according to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security fact sheet.

Local implementation of 287 (g) would not authorize the police or sheriff’s deputies to conduct active sweeps of suspected immigrants, nor would it allow any Metro agency to deport aliens who happen to be identified as illegal.

What it would do, according to Hall and others familiar with the program, is allow Sheriff’s Office personnel to screen anyone who is arrested and placed in jail, and who is suspected of being an illegal immigrant, to determine if those persons previously have been deported or are otherwise subject to any federal immigration enforcement action. Presently, sheriff’s deputies must feed information on arrested suspected illegal immigrants to a federal database in Vermont and wait for an answer that may or may not come.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Tennessee; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 287g; aliens; amnesty; backlash; borders; crimmigrants; crimmigration; deportation; enforcement; ice; illegal; illegalaliens; immigrantlist; immigration; indocumentados; nashville; sisepuedes; tennessee; undocumented
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Fire is spreading nationwide, folks.

This one, now, in TENNESSEE.

People have had enough of crime and general lawlessness.

1 posted on 08/16/2007 7:07:48 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
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To: Tennessee Nana

ping


2 posted on 08/16/2007 7:09:51 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Visit this thread 1-hour from now. In that time, an average of 416.6 more ILLEGALS will be in the US)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Hasta la vista, pack your bags invaders, it a long ride back to filty corrupt Mexijo!


3 posted on 08/16/2007 7:12:14 PM PDT by Buffettfan (3rd Battalion, 6th Marines - 1971 - 1974)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Along Nolensville Road, in Nashville, Tennessee.

An American girl was just killed down there just the other day, by an illegal alien. A "crimmigrant".

4 posted on 08/16/2007 7:13:57 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Visit this thread 1-hour from now. In that time, an average of 416.6 more ILLEGALS will be in the US)
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To: AmericanInTokyo
What it would do, according to Hall and others familiar with the program, is allow Sheriff’s Office personnel to screen anyone who is arrested and placed in jail, and who is suspected of being an illegal immigrant, to determine if those persons previously have been deported or are otherwise subject to any federal immigration enforcement action.

Here's one federal enforcement action illegals are subject to:


Federal Immigration and Nationality Act

Section 8 USC 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv)(b)(iii) Recruitment and Employment of Illegal Aliens Encouraging and Harboring Illegal Aliens Enforcement RICO —Citizen Recourse Tax Crimes Comment

Section 8 USC 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv)(b)(iii) "Any person who . . . encourages or induces an illegal alien to . . . reside . . . knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such . . . residence is . . . in violation of law, shall be punished as provided . . . for each illegal alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs . . . fined under title 18 . . . imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both."

Section 274 felonies under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, INA 274A(a)(1)(A):

A person (including a group of persons, business, organization, or local government) commits a federal felony when she or he:

· assists an illegal alien s/he should reasonably know is illegally in the U.S. or who lacks employment authorization, by transporting, sheltering, or assisting him or her to obtain employment, or · encourages that illegal alien to remain in the U.S. by referring him or her to an employer or by acting as employer or agent for an employer in any way, or · knowingly assists illegal aliens due to personal convictions. ·

Penalties upon conviction include criminal fines, imprisonment, and forfeiture of vehicles and real property used to commit the crime. Anyone employing or contracting with an illegal alien without verifying his or her work authorization status is guilty of a misdemeanor. Aliens and employers violating immigration laws are subject to arrest, detention, and seizure of their vehicles or property. In addition, individuals or entities who engage in racketeering enterprises that commit (or conspire to commit) immigration-related felonies are subject to private civil suits for treble damages and injunctive relief.

Recruitment and Employment of Illegal Aliens

It is unlawful to hire an alien, to recruit an alien, or to refer an illegal alien for a fee, knowing the illegal alien is unauthorized to work in the United States. It is equally unlawful to continue to employ an illegal alien knowing that the illegal alien is unauthorized to work.

It is unlawful to hire any individual for employment in the United States without complying with employment eligibility verification requirements. Requirements include examination of identity documents and completion of Form I-9 for every employee hired. Employers must retain all I-9s, and, with three days' advance notice, the forms must be made available for inspection. Employment includes any service or labor performed for any type of remuneration within the United States, with the exception of sporadic domestic service by an individual in a private home. "Day laborers" or other casual workers engaged in any compensated activity (with the above exception) are employees for purposes of immigration law. An employer includes an agent or anyone acting directly or indirectly in the interest of the employer. For purposes of verification of authorization to work, employer also means an independent contractor, or a contractor other than the person using the illegal alien labor.

The use of temporary or short-term contracts cannot be used to circumvent the employment authorization verification requirements. If employment is to be for less than the usual three days allowed for completing the I-9 Form requirement, the form must be completed immediately at the time of hire.

An employer has constructive knowledge that an employee is an illegal unauthorized worker if a reasonable person would infer it from the facts. Constructive knowledge constituting a violation of federal law has been found where (1) the I-9 employment eligibility form has not been properly completed, including supporting documentation, (2) the employer has learned from other individuals, media reports, or any source of information available to the employer that the alien is unauthorized to work, or (3) the employer acts with reckless disregard for the legal consequences of permitting a third party to provide or introduce an illegal alien into the employer's work force. Knowledge cannot be inferred solely on the basis of an individual's accent or foreign appearance.

Actual specific knowledge is not required. For example, a newspaper article stating that ballrooms depend on an illegal alien work force of dance hostesses was held by the courts to be a reasonable ground for suspicion that unlawful conduct had occurred.

It is illegal for nonprofit or religious organizations to knowingly assist an employer to violate employment sanctions, regardless of claims that their convictions require them to assist illegal aliens. Harboring or aiding illegal aliens is not protected by the First Amendment. It is a felony to establish a commercial enterprise for the purpose of evading any provision of federal immigration law. Violators may be fined or imprisoned for up to five years.

Encouraging and Harboring Illegal Aliens

It is a violation of law for any person to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection in any place, including any building or means of transportation, any illegal alien who is in the United States in violation of law. Harboring means any conduct that tends to substantially facilitate an alien to remain in the U.S. illegally. The sheltering need not be clandestine, and harboring covers aliens arrested outdoors, as well as in a building. This provision includes harboring an alien who entered the U.S. legally but has since lost his legal status.

An employer can be convicted of the felony of harboring illegal aliens who are his employees if he takes actions in reckless disregard of their illegal status, such as ordering them to obtain false documents, altering records, obstructing INS inspections, or taking other actions that facilitate the alien's illegal employment. Any person who within any 12-month period hires ten or more individuals with actual knowledge that they are illegal aliens or unauthorized workers is guilty of felony harboring. It is also a felony to encourage or induce an alien to come to or reside in the U.S. knowing or recklessly disregarding the fact that the alien's entry or residence is in violation of the law. This crime applies to any person, rather than just employers of illegal aliens. Courts have ruled that "encouraging" includes counseling illegal aliens to continue working in the U.S. or assisting them to complete applications with false statements or obvious errors. The fact that the alien is a refugee fleeing persecution is not a defense to this felony, since U.S. law and the UN Protocol on Refugees both require that a refugee must report to immigration authorities without delay upon entry to the U.S.

The penalty for felony harboring is a fine and imprisonment for up to five years. The penalty for felony alien smuggling is a fine and up to ten years' imprisonment. Where the crime causes serious bodily injury or places the life of any person in jeopardy, the penalty is a fine and up to twenty years' imprisonment. If the criminal smuggling or harboring results in the death of any person, the penalty can include life imprisonment. Convictions for aiding, abetting, or conspiracy to commit alien smuggling or harboring, carry the same penalties. Courts can impose consecutive prison sentences for each alien smuggled or harbored. A court may order a convicted smuggler to pay restitution if the illegal alien smuggled qualifies as a victim under the Victim and Witness Protection Act. Conspiracy to commit crimes of sheltering, harboring, or employing illegal aliens is a separate federal offense punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 or five years' imprisonment.

Enforcement

A person or entity having knowledge of a violation or potential violation of employer sanctions provisions may submit a signed written complaint to the INS office with jurisdiction over the business or residence of the potential violator, whether an employer, employee, or agent. The complaint must include the names and addresses of both the complainant and the violator, and detailed factual allegations, including date, time, and place of the potential violation, and the specific conduct alleged to be a violation of employer sanctions. By regulation, the INS will only investigate third-party complaints that have a reasonable probability of validity. Designated INS officers and employees, and all other officers whose duty it is to enforce criminal laws, may make an arrest for violation of smuggling or harboring illegal aliens.

State and local law enforcement officials have the general power to investigate and arrest violators of federal immigration statutes without prior INS knowledge or approval, as long as they are authorized to do so by state law. There is no extant federal limitation on this authority. The 1996 immigration control legislation passed by Congress was intended to encourage states and local agencies to participate in the process of enforcing federal immigration laws. Immigration officers and local law enforcement officers may detain an individual for a brief warrantless interrogation where circumstances create a reasonable suspicion that the individual is illegally present in the U.S. Specific facts constituting a reasonable suspicion include evasive, nervous, or erratic behavior; dress or speech indicating foreign citizenship; and presence in an area known to contain a concentration of illegal aliens. Hispanic appearance alone is not sufficient. Immigration officers and police must have a valid warrant or valid employer's consent to enter workplaces or residences. Any vehicle used to transport or harbor illegal aliens, or used as a substantial part of an activity that encourages illegal aliens to come to or reside in the U.S. may be seized by an immigration officer and is subject to forfeiture. The forfeiture power covers any conveyances used within the U.S.

RICO —Citizen Recourse

Private persons and entities may initiate civil suits to obtain injunctions and treble damages against enterprises that conspire to or actually violate federal alien smuggling, harboring, or document fraud statutes, under the Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO). The pattern of racketeering activity is defined as commission of two or more of the listed crimes. A RICO enterprise can be any individual legal entity, or a group of individuals who are not a legal entity but are associated in fact, and can include nonprofit associations.

Tax Crimes

Employers who aid or abet the preparation of false tax returns by failing to pay income or Social Security taxes for illegal alien employees, or who knowingly make payments using false names or Social Security numbers, are subject to IRS criminal and civil sanctions. U.S. nationals who have suffered intentional discrimination because of citizenship or national origin by an employer with more than three employees may file a complaint within 180 days of the discriminatory act with the Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices, U.S. Department of Justice. In addition to the federal statutes summarized, state laws and local ordinances controlling fair labor practices, workers compensation, zoning, safe housing and rental property, nuisance, licensing, street vending, and solicitations by contractors may also apply to activities that involve illegal aliens.

Comment:

A comment and a published quote by Robert Gaffney, Attorney and County Executive of Suffolk County, LI, NY:

The statutory foundation of United States immigration law has always been the jurisdiction of the federal government, Congress and the federal courts. The preeminent laws concerning the employment of illegal aliens are found in the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. §~ 1101-1503), as amended by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 CIRCA).

The law states it is a crime to assist an illegal alien who lacks employment authorization by referring him to an employer, or by acting as his or her employer, or as an agent for an employer. 8 U.S.C.S. § 1324a(a)(1)(A) (Lexis 1997). Furthermore, it is unlawful to hire an individual for employment without complying with the employment eligibility requirements for every person hired. 8 U.S.C.S. § 1324a(a)(l)(B) (Lexis 1997). Moreover, conduct tending substantially to facilitate illegal aliens remaining in the United States illegally, where there is knowledge or a reckless disregard of an illegal alien s unlawful status, is a crime, with escalating penalties, encompassed within the provisions of 1324. 8 U.S.C.S. § 1324(a)(l)(A)(iii) (Lexis 1997); United States v. Kim. 193 F-3d 567 (2d Cir. 1999), are considered employees for purposes of immigration law.
5 posted on 08/16/2007 7:14:43 PM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
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An American girl was just killed down there just the other day

Wasn't she the good looking black girl that had a scholarship starting this fall?

6 posted on 08/16/2007 7:17:45 PM PDT by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: AmericanInTokyo
...and wait for an answer that may or may not come.

And if an answer does not come?

7 posted on 08/16/2007 7:19:34 PM PDT by YellowRoseofTx
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To: Man50D
can you link or exerpt and link in the future, man? would sure appreciate it, thanks!
8 posted on 08/16/2007 7:20:46 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Visit this thread 1-hour from now. In that time, an average of 416.6 more ILLEGALS will be in the US)
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Thanks for the PINGY

We are having a Townhall/Open forum meeting about our local illegal alien problem on Aug 30..

I’ve arranged to use the County Commisioners Room in our courthouse that night and all our county residents are invited to comment or ask questions..

For too many months I asked our city and county officials for a forum and got nowhere..On July 31 our city mayor told me that 287g was too expensive and Nashville had dropped it..Big fibber..

and that we could get sued like Maury County..to which I answered that when someone got murdered or killed on our roads by illegal aliens there would be lawsuits..

We had a big nest of MS-13 gang members in our county and a horrible murder last Aug by at least 3 of them..They started to kill the poor guy here and took him to the next county to dispose of his body thinking he was dead..he was still alive so they finished the job there and left him in a burning car...

If I hear “its job of the Federal Govt” one more time I will scream...


9 posted on 08/16/2007 7:23:40 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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Then deport them. Ignore the Feds. This is state business; the heart of the people. Deport them.


10 posted on 08/16/2007 7:24:14 PM PDT by freekitty
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To: org.whodat
Yes, Joycelyn, an American, was recently killed down there in that part of Nashville, by an illegal alien from sur de la frontera:

R.I.P.

11 posted on 08/16/2007 7:25:26 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Visit this thread 1-hour from now. In that time, an average of 416.6 more ILLEGALS will be in the US)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

AIT

Do you have the story about the girl murdered in Nashville?


12 posted on 08/16/2007 7:25:30 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: AmericanInTokyo

One of our City Councilmen recently said he wants to look into services that could be cut off to illegals. The illegals have been protesting ever since.
Of course I live in California and the rest of the council members started yakking about hardship and bias and blah blah blah.

I pray the firestorm reaches California soon.


13 posted on 08/16/2007 7:25:44 PM PDT by sheana
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To: Tennessee Nana
The "It is the Feds job" line is what is heard in countless county council, city council, supervisors meetings everywhere around the US on the local level, spit out by liberals and illegal-enablers alike.

I have heard it all over the place.

I for one, Nana, don't blame you for your anger if they try that stunt on you, too!

14 posted on 08/16/2007 7:28:12 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Visit this thread 1-hour from now. In that time, an average of 416.6 more ILLEGALS will be in the US)
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Yes, here is the story about her death at the hands of a drunk driving, illegal (criminal on two counts!):

http://blog.vdare.com/archives/2007/06/19/another-dui-death-in-nashville

15 posted on 08/16/2007 7:30:26 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Visit this thread 1-hour from now. In that time, an average of 416.6 more ILLEGALS will be in the US)
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Thanks. Must be the only view of Nolensville Rd that does not have a billboard/sign in Spanish on it.

I remember when this problem started in Nashville. Gaylord was building (another) addition to Opryland Hotel and bought a nearby motel to house the illegals they were hiring to work on the project. The Tennessean reported on it like there was nothing wrong at all with Gaylord hiring illegals. I was puzzled at the time. I'm still puzzled, but now I'm outraged as well.

16 posted on 08/16/2007 7:31:42 PM PDT by Martin Tell ("It is the right, good old way you are in: keep in it.")
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To: sheana

We can fan it your way!


17 posted on 08/16/2007 7:32:00 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Visit this thread 1-hour from now. In that time, an average of 416.6 more ILLEGALS will be in the US)
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To: Martin Tell
Thanks for the local view!

I am just a lil old guy with a keyboard over here on the other side of the planet!

18 posted on 08/16/2007 7:33:13 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Visit this thread 1-hour from now. In that time, an average of 416.6 more ILLEGALS will be in the US)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Oh Joycelyn Gardiner..Yes that was about 2 months ago..

I thought you meant there had been another one


19 posted on 08/16/2007 7:38:37 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: AmericanInTokyo
I understand. I was a (Euro) expat myself during the Clinton years. Unlike the Holly-trash I really did leave the US when there was a “leader” I could not take. Hope I don’t have to leave again; the family getting a bit old to move around.
20 posted on 08/16/2007 7:40:48 PM PDT by Martin Tell ("It is the right, good old way you are in: keep in it.")
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