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Bill would make NM sanctuary state (Dems control legislature)
The Albuquerque Journal ^ | January 24, 2017 | Dan McKay

Posted on 01/25/2017 10:19:37 AM PST by CedarDave

Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero, D-Albuquerque, is sponsoring a bill that aims to prohibit state and local law enforcement agencies from enforcing federal immigration laws.

The move is somewhat symbolic, as police departments and sheriff’s offices say they already focus on enforcing local laws ... and county jails in New Mexico generally don’t honor immigration holds requested by federal agents.

A 2011 executive order by Gov. Susana Martinez directs State Police to inquire about immigration status after someone’s been arrested, but Roybal Caballero’s bill doesn’t directly address whether that would still be allowed.

Practical impact aside, the legislation is at odds with the Trump administration. Enforcement of federal immigration law was a centerpiece of his campaign.

Trump has said he wants to end sanctuary cities, block funding to cities that don’t cooperate with federal authorities and build an impenetrable wall along the Mexican border.

That doesn’t bother Rep. Javier Martinez, an Albuquerque Democrat who supports the immigration bill introduced in the state House.

The bill, he said, is important to ensure that crime victims and witnesses are comfortable talking to police.

The bill says state and local law enforcement agencies shall not use state or federal resources “for the purpose of detecting or apprehending persons whose only violation of law is that they are persons of foreign citizenship who have entered or are residing in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws,” unless otherwise legally required to.

Roybal Caballero said the proposal would protect immigrant families and ensure that local law enforcement focuses on violent crime, “rather than tearing families apart.”

“Now that we have a threat to our state’s values in the White House,” she said, “we must do everything we can to keep our families strong and together.”

(Excerpt) Read more at abqjournal.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: aliens; illegalaliens; illegals; sanctuarycities
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New Mexico is either at the top or bottom of every state list. At the top for crime (ABQ is #2 for auto theft), drug and gang crimes per capita, poverty, welfare, etc. At the bottom for education, high school graduation, economic development. Oil and gas revenues provide for fully 1/3 of state funding and the environutters in Santa Fe never tire of trying place more restrictions on the industry to favor renewables. Southeast New Mexico suffers while across the border in Midland/Odessa Texas a re-infused industry grows again with the rise in oil futures.
1 posted on 01/25/2017 10:19:37 AM PST by CedarDave
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To: CedarDave

Not for long...


2 posted on 01/25/2017 10:21:28 AM PST by madison10 (Pray for President Trump and VP Mike Pence Daily)
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To: CedarDave

Cut off all Federal funds and services.


3 posted on 01/25/2017 10:21:54 AM PST by soycd
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To: CedarDave

Any official who is shielding illegal aliens from the laws of this country should be charged criminally with harboring illegal aliens. That is a federal felony.
Jail a few and the rest will straighten up.


4 posted on 01/25/2017 10:22:06 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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5 posted on 01/25/2017 10:22:11 AM PST by CedarDave (Proud member of Hillary's Deplorables class of 2016.)
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To: CedarDave

Just wait until the Federal checks stop coming in.


6 posted on 01/25/2017 10:22:35 AM PST by x1stcav (Leftism is like rust: It corrodes 24 hours a day until eradicated.)
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To: x1stcav

Extend wall around NM


7 posted on 01/25/2017 10:23:36 AM PST by stocksthatgoup (Imagine that!)
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To: CedarDave

“rather than tearing families apart.”
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Let’s not tear families apart, deport them all.

Seems like they are not too concerned about citizens families being torn apart when they lock up citizens for crimes, does it?


8 posted on 01/25/2017 10:23:54 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: CedarDave

When I worked at Sandoval County we interacted very well with the feds, Even contracted to hold their inmates. This could really hurt the county if they lose the contract.


9 posted on 01/25/2017 10:24:01 AM PST by Lee Enfield (I identify as rich, cut me a check.)
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To: soycd

“Cut off all Federal funds and services.”

New Mexico depends highly on Federal Funds. Trump will have a lot of leverage.


10 posted on 01/25/2017 10:26:09 AM PST by Parley Baer
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To: CedarDave

Maybe a new bill in Congress would make NM the first state free of federal funds including social security, military retirements, everything.


11 posted on 01/25/2017 10:26:25 AM PST by Uncle Sam 911
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To: CedarDave

NM is next door to Arizona.

THis is the exact opposite of what occurred during Obama’s presidency. Arizona was sued by the Federal Government after it passed its own laws to actually ENFORCE the Federal laws Obama was ignoring.

But consistency doesn’t mean much to the left, who are hypocrites.


12 posted on 01/25/2017 10:26:38 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: CedarDave

Cut them off, Pres. Trump. We don’t want our tax money going to those who do not obey US laws.


13 posted on 01/25/2017 10:26:48 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: madison10

Why is it OK with liberals, for states to not enforce federal immigration laws, but not OK with liberals for states to not enforce the Supreme Court decision on marriage, for example??

What are liberal criteria for whether states have their own laws and policies vs. states defying federal laws and policies???


14 posted on 01/25/2017 10:29:34 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: soycd
"Cut off all Federal funds and services."

NM has two national labs (Los Alamos and Sandia).

15 posted on 01/25/2017 10:31:19 AM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: CedarDave
After Dred Scott v. Sandford opened the way for enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, Wisconsin refused to enforce the law and refused to provide support for Southern sheriffs who made their way to Wisconsin to recover runaway slaves. The state also threatened to secede from the Union if the federal government attempted to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act within the borders of Wisconsin.

The lines are being drawn for the Second Civil War.

16 posted on 01/25/2017 10:31:24 AM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: CedarDave

This is called sedition and Caballero is what is called a “traitor” or Insurrectionist.


17 posted on 01/25/2017 10:31:46 AM PST by ZULU (Particular circumstances can never be used to justify an act that is intrinsically evil.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Jail a few and the rest will straighten up.?? JAIL a few THOUSAND, in fact JAIL ALL OF THEM, there are not making a simple mistake in judgement, this is Planned and Coordinated, meticulously thought out and PUBLISHED. LIFE IN PRISON and 100$ Civil Asset Forfeiture for ALL Public Servants guilty of violating this law would be the just solution. 8 U.S. Code § 1324 - Bringing in and harboring certain aliens Current through Pub. L. 114-38. (See Public Laws for the current Congress.) US Code Notes Authorities (CFR) prev | next (a) Criminal penalties (1) (A) Any person who— (i) knowing that a person is an alien, brings to or attempts to bring to the United States in any manner whatsoever such person at a place other than a designated port of entry or place other than as designated by the Commissioner, regardless of whether such alien has received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States and regardless of any future official action which may be taken with respect to such alien; (ii) knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, transports, or moves or attempts to transport or move such alien within the United States by means of transportation or otherwise, in furtherance of such violation of law; (iii) knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, conceals, harbors, or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, such alien in any place, including any building or any means of transportation; (iv) encourages or induces an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such coming to, entry, or residence is or will be in violation of law; or (v) (I) engages in any conspiracy to commit any of the preceding acts, or (II) aids or abets the commission of any of the preceding acts, shall be punished as provided in subparagraph (B). (B) A person who violates subparagraph (A) shall, for each alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs— (i) in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(i) or (v)(I) or in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(ii), (iii), or (iv) in which the offense was done for the purpose of commercial advantage or private financial gain, be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both; (ii) in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(ii), (iii), (iv), or (v)(II), be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both; (iii) in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) during and in relation to which the person causes serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365 of title 18) to, or places in jeopardy the life of, any person, be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both; and (iv) in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) resulting in the death of any person, be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, fined under title 18, or both. (C) It is not a violation of clauses [1] (ii) or (iii) of subparagraph (A), or of clause (iv) of subparagraph (A) except where a person encourages or induces an alien to come to or enter the United States, for a religious denomination having a bona fide nonprofit, religious organization in the United States, or the agents or officers of such denomination or organization, to encourage, invite, call, allow, or enable an alien who is present in the United States to perform the vocation of a minister or missionary for the denomination or organization in the United States as a volunteer who is not compensated as an employee, notwithstanding the provision of room, board, travel, medical assistance, and other basic living expenses, provided the minister or missionary has been a member of the denomination for at least one year. (2) Any person who, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States, brings to or attempts to bring to the United States in any manner whatsoever, such alien, regardless of any official action which may later be taken with respect to such alien shall, for each alien in respect to whom a violation of this paragraph occurs— (A) be fined in accordance with title 18 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; or (B) in the case of— (i) an offense committed with the intent or with reason to believe that the alien unlawfully brought into the United States will commit an offense against the United States or any State punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year, (ii) an offense done for the purpose of commercial advantage or private financial gain, or (iii) an offense in which the alien is not upon arrival immediately brought and presented to an appropriate immigration officer at a designated port of entry, be fined under title 18 and shall be imprisoned, in the case of a first or second violation of subparagraph (B)(iii), not more than 10 years, in the case of a first or second violation of subparagraph (B)(i) or (B)(ii), not less than 3 nor more than 10 years, and for any other violation, not less than 5 nor more than 15 years. (3) (A) Any person who, during any 12-month period, knowingly hires for employment at least 10 individuals with actual knowledge that the individuals are aliens described in subparagraph (B) shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both. (B) An alien described in this subparagraph is an alien who— (i) is an unauthorized alien (as defined in section 1324a(h)(3) of this title), and (ii) has been brought into the United States in violation of this subsection. (4) In the case of a person who has brought aliens into the United States in violation of this subsection, the sentence otherwise provided for may be increased by up to 10 years if— (A) the offense was part of an ongoing commercial organization or enterprise; (B) aliens were transported in groups of 10 or more; and (C) (i) aliens were transported in a manner that endangered their lives; or (ii) the aliens presented a life-threatening health risk to people in the United States. (b) Seizure and forfeiture (1) In general Any conveyance, including any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft, that has been or is being used in the commission of a violation of subsection (a), the gross proceeds of such violation, and any property traceable to such conveyance or proceeds, shall be seized and subject to forfeiture. (2) Applicable procedures Seizures and forfeitures under this subsection shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 46 of title 18 relating to civil forfeitures, including section 981(d) of such title, except that such duties as are imposed upon the Secretary of the Treasury under the customs laws described in that section shall be performed by such officers, agents, and other persons as may be designated for that purpose by the Attorney General. (3) Prima facie evidence in determinations of violationsIn determining whether a violation of subsection (a) has occurred, any of the following shall be prima facie evidence that an alien involved in the alleged violation had not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States or that such alien had come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law: (A) Records of any judicial or administrative proceeding in which that alien’s status was an issue and in which it was determined that the alien had not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States or that such alien had come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law. (B) Official records of the Service or of the Department of State showing that the alien had not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States or that such alien had come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law. (C) Testimony, by an immigration officer having personal knowledge of the facts concerning that alien’s status, that the alien had not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States or that such alien had come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law. (c) Authority to arrest No officer or person shall have authority to make any arrests for a violation of any provision of this section except officers and employees of the Service designated by the Attorney General, either individually or as a member of a class, and all other officers whose duty it is to enforce criminal laws. (d) Admissibility of videotaped witness testimony Notwithstanding any provision of the Federal Rules of Evidence, the videotaped (or otherwise audiovisually preserved) deposition of a witness to a violation of subsection (a) who has been deported or otherwise expelled from the United States, or is otherwise unable to testify, may be admitted into evidence in an action brought for that violation if the witness was available for cross examination and the deposition otherwise complies with the Federal Rules of Evidence. (e) Outreach program The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall develop and implement an outreach program to educate the public in the United States and abroad about the penalties for bringing in and harboring aliens in violation of this section.
18 posted on 01/25/2017 10:32:31 AM PST by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: eyeamok

oops it didnt come out right


19 posted on 01/25/2017 10:33:07 AM PST by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: CedarDave

—and , unfortunately has had corrupt government since the days of Tom Catron and Stephen Elkins-—


20 posted on 01/25/2017 10:33:15 AM PST by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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