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[Elkiejg]

said Pramila Jayapal, director of the Hate Free Zone Campaign of Washington. "One of our biggest concerns is that policies like this could lead to increased racial profiling.

I am so sick and tired of this attitude. What about 9-11 did these idiots miss????

[dennisw]

We pay their salaries and they balk at enforcing some important laws???

[Wonder Warthog]

"Local officers near the Canadian border back up federal agents but make no arrests."

"My current policy is that if we run into an illegal alien, we detain them for the Border Patrol," Whatcom County Sheriff Dale Brandland said. "We don't actively pursue illegal aliens."

The above two comments pretty much summarize the problem. I suspect that all Ashcroft wants local gov't to do is for ALL of them to adopt the policy in the second comment--i.e. if they stop someone for something (traffic violation, whatever) to run their I.D. thru the INS computers in addition to the FBI database, and, if they are found to be in violation of immigration status, to "detain them for the Border Patrol". I "do" think that the FedGov should re-imburse the local govt for any expenses incurred for this activity, otherwise it is an "unfunded mandate".

[G-Bear]

How about we decrease the size of the INS, and just have the remaining people keep the records of who's in the country. Then take the money saved, and offer bounties on illegals. Then we'd have the local LEO's competing to catch the illegals!

[Chi-Town Lady]

They way I see it is that if local law enforcement arrest the illegals today they will have less to worry about later thereby reducing EVERYONE's workload !