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Police could get more power
The Detroit Free press | June 1, 2004 | NIRAJ WARIKOO

Posted on 06/01/2004 12:29:16 PM PDT by wmichgrad

Enforcing immigration law a duty under bill

http://www.freep.com/news/metro/clear1_20040601.htm


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Michigan; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: clearact; illegalalien; immigration

1 posted on 06/01/2004 12:29:21 PM PDT by wmichgrad
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http://www.freep.com/news/metro/clear1_20040601.htm


2 posted on 06/01/2004 12:29:48 PM PDT by wmichgrad
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Police wouldn't get any more power than they already have. They would get incentives to enforce existing immigration laws which they already have the power to enforce but prefer not to.


3 posted on 06/01/2004 12:48:49 PM PDT by Stirner
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I think that the issue here is not that the police need to be granted the power to enforce immigration law; they already have that, or the power to turn over violators to the INS. The issue is more that municipal police are often discouraged or actively commanded not to do so. Sometimes this is because their commanders want them to concentrate on violent crimes. Sometime the politicians don't want immigration laws enforced (especially in the big cities) for political reasons; they are afraid of losing the Hispanic vote, or the support of the businesses that depend on illegal alien labor.


4 posted on 06/01/2004 1:02:49 PM PDT by RonF
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The police from the city of Brawley have to be the best enforcers of immigration law in California. In the seven years I have been working for the Border Patrol they have always been available to render assistance.


5 posted on 06/01/2004 1:24:27 PM PDT by Ajnin
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