Posted on 12/18/2014 9:48:19 AM PST by Jim Robinson
TUCSON, ARIZ. (AP) – Tucson police said Wednesday they will no longer fully enforce the state's landmark immigration law that requires local police to check the immigration status of people they encounter while enforcing other laws.
Chief Roberto Villaseñor said his officers will now only check immigration status and call the U.S. Border Patrol when a person has prior serious felony convictions, poses a threat to national security or has gang affiliations.
The criteria was set out for federal immigration authorities in an executive order issued last month by President Barack Obama intended to prioritize offenders for deportation.
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They were not enforcing them before.
“”The criteria was set out for federal immigration authorities in an executive order issued last month by President Barack Obama””
There wasn’t an executive order issued - it was an executive action! And even if it was an EO, why on earth would any law enforcement agency in the country pay any attention to it? Make the feds work for it. What he did doesn’t have any force of law. Tie the feds up in knots trying to police the entire country. Make them earn their paychecks.
There wasn’t an executive order issued - it was an executive action! And even if it was an EO, why on earth would any law enforcement agency in the country pay any attention to it? Make the feds work for it. What he did doesn’t have any force of law. Tie the feds up in knots trying to police the entire country. Make them earn their paychecks.
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Executive Order or Executive Action or Memorandum, whatever it is called: Where can I see a copy? Thanks.
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