[SerpentDove]

While I said I'm not an expert (and I am not) I will say that here where I live, if a policeman dicovers that someone is an illegal alien, he is prohibited from contacting INS or arresting the person.

They have to let them go on their way.

That, to me, makes no sense. What is the reasoning behind this? I'm no expert, but I almost think it is reasonable that the person should be put on a bus with a sack lunch and a soda pop and sent back to Mexico.

???

At least that seems reasonable to me, but maybe that is cruel and horrible and only Nazis would do that.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Well, that doesn't make any sense to me either, and that's something viable that we COULD impact as a forum.

If a person is found to be here illegaly by any law enforcement agency, they should be able to somehow get this person to the proper authorities.

And while I don't condone the idea of police officers acting like immigration agents, they should be able to at the very least, contact the INS.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Makes no sense to me either, especially if that's the law on the books as written. Kinda throws the "enforce the laws already on the books instead of enforcing new ones" argument out the window.