Posted on 05/17/2016 3:57:24 PM PDT by BBell
New Orleans is one of two cities in Louisiana identified by some as a so called "Sanctuary City." The other is Lafayette.
A Sanctuary City is defined as a city with policies or laws that limit the extent to which law enforcement and other government employees will go to assist the federal government on immigration matters.
NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison says immigration is a federal matter and it should be enforced by federal authorities.
"Many chiefs around the country, I stand with them and they stand with us that immigration is not a local police department issue to enforce," Harrison said. "
A 2012 consent decree called for sweeping policy changes within the NOPD.
It barred officers from questioning victims and witnesses of crime about their immigration status.
"When citizens or visitors call us and we respond to those calls, we're not asking them about their immigration status," Harrison said. "We are enforcing the law and providing the public service they ask us to provide when the call us."
A bill now moving through the legislature would prohibit Louisiana cities from receiving state dollars for construction projects if they don't enforce federal immigration laws.
It has the backing of state Attorney General Jeff Landry.
(Excerpt) Read more at wwltv.com ...
Good for them! That money should go to creating jobs for Americans not Mexicans. But people down in Louisiana should stand up and demand its strict enforcement.
Penalties are, or at least to be, a consequence of breaking the law.
You idiot, asking them their legal status IS enforcing the law. No, you're doing a disservice to your US citizen public.
Good! That’s the whole point of the bill. Lawless liberal policies should have consequences.
Class is dismissed.
Consent decree? If the Fed courts are telling them to do one thing, it’s insanity to expect to legislate otherwise isn’t it?
Ed
that Governor will never sign it, he’s a democrat.
So if I rob a bank in NOLA, and the police catch me, I can just say that bank robberies are a federal responsibility then, right?
When you give an addict drugs he needs more
“Many chiefs around the country, I stand with them and they stand with us that immigration is not a local police department issue to enforce,” Harrison said. “
Its easier to fill the body bags after the carnage.
He’s a Democrat but I believe that this will be a popular enough bill that he will sign it. We will see.
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