Posted on 01/07/2005 8:59:06 AM PST by nanak
In today's Los Angeles, when a police officer sees a gang member on the street who is in our nation illegally, a 1979 city directive prevents him from apprehending that illegal alien because of his immigration status alone - even if he has knowledge that the subject has been previously deported because of a violent crime. And even though it is a felony to re-enter the U.S. after deportation.
Manhattan Institute fellow Heather MacDonald reports that in Los Angeles, 95 percent of all outstanding warrants for homicide are for illegal aliens and as of January 2004, there were more than 1,200 such warrants.
Similar policies that prohibit or do not require law enforcement officers to report to the Customs and Immigration Enforcement bureau (formerly the INS) the presence of known felonious illegal aliens are in place in Houston, Chicago, San Francisco and other American cities. Such regulations are generally known as "Sanctuary laws" and demonstrate the growing power of the Mexican government and the well-funded illegal alien lobby in our nation.
In Los Angeles, that sanctuary rule is known as "Special Order 40." Despite being prohibited under the Immigration Reform Act of 1996, it is a policy that is strictly enforced. So much for the rule of law.
Gangs that were previously known mainly in California, such as "Mara Salvatrucha" and the "18th Street Gang" now represent a serious and growing problem in the metro Atlanta area and the Southeast. Officials report that the majority of these gang members are in our nation illegally, many with previous records of violent crimes.
The alarming increase in the number of gangs and the crimes they commit here is a direct result of our encouraging and assisting what Georgia state Sen. Sam Zamarripa (D-DeKalb) evasively labels as "immigrants" with "incomplete documentation" to settle in our region by rewarding them with special treatment.
In today's Georgia, Atlanta policy affects the entire state. It is therefore important to know that in May 2004, Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin approved an agreement with the government of Mexico that recognizes the Mexican Consulate-issued Matricula Consular ID as valid for city business and services. Illegal aliens are the only ones with a need for that easily forged and obtained ID (ask to see one of my three.) The process of that approval lasted more than a year, during which time there was little - if any - information made available to the public.
Mayor Franklin remarked on a local call-in radio show in December that she did so "on advice of her police chief" and that she felt it was "a help." One wonders to whom.
In December, Congress quietly failed to provide funding for the border security provisions it approved in the Intelligence Bill. It further refused to keep the strongest recommendations of the 9/11 Commission that would have aided in U.S. interior security by standardizing driver's licenses and adapting more efficient deportation procedures. The topic may be reconsidered in the 109th Congress to begin in January, we are told.
Meanwhile, thousands of desperate people cross our intentionally unsecured borders every day with full knowledge that many of the laws Americans are expected to obey in America do not apply to them. For many, their destination is Georgia and the Atlanta area.
If you build it, they will come.
To most of us, it is clear that if we are to defend the rule of law and our children's future America, an effort at immigration-law enforcement must begin at home, on the state and local level.
If you tear it down, they will leave.
In today's Atlanta, the mayor is openly encouraging lawbreakers "just looking for a better life" to come and remain here. It does not seem unreasonable for Georgians to wonder if the City of Atlanta is considering the implementation of a Special Order 40-type "sanctuary law" for its police force - or if one is already in place.
For those of us who do not want "Georgiafornia" - say it ain't so, Madam Mayor.
Por favor.
D.A. King of Marietta is founder of The American Resistance Foundation, a nationwide coalition of citizens that actively opposes illegal immigration.
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In their defense they are only up here doing the crimes that nobody here wants to do. And besides that they keep the cops out of the donut shop.
"Manhattan Institute fellow Heather MacDonald reports that in Los Angeles, 95 percent of all outstanding warrants for homicide are for illegal aliens and as of January 2004, there were more than 1,200 such warrants. "
Yesterday on her radio show, Laura Ingraham described Heather McDonald as one of the best reporters today, and one of her favorites. She is often on Laura’s show.
http://www.city-journal.org/html/14_1_the_illegal_alien.html
The Illegal-Alien Crime Wave
Heather Mac Donald
Mara Salvatrucha Street Gang (Al Queda's Friends)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1263555/posts
Hey 'nak; tell me what happened.
Yes, I'd like to know. His home page shows "banned or suspended".
~~"When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly who they were. It was us vs. them, and it was clear who them was. Today, we are not so sure who the they are, but we know they're there."
—Iowa Western Community College, Jan 21, 2000
George Burns
Uh, Georgiafornia doesn't really make much sense. :)
Politicians at all levels refuse to listen to the majority!
The borders must be closed. ALL immigration must be stopped completely while our goobermint cleans up this mess.
Additionally, we need to sever diplomatic relations with Mexico in order to shock that decayed nation's miserable government.
It may be costly, but trade with Mexico has to be put on hold until that corrupt government does what the US wants it to do.
Mexico must stop encouraging (by publishing handbooks that tells its citizens who haven't already fled to el norte exactly how to do it) their "citizens" how to get into the US illegally.
Most importantly the American citizens need to grab their politicians by the lapels, get up in their faces and tell them we've had enough!
Deport!
Further, Michelle Malkin has it exactly right when she compares the containment of the Japanese at the outbreak of WWII to the terrorist threat to our nation today.
All muslims are either active in actual terrorist activity or they are contributing to those that are.
We're in deep trouble and our goobermint is busy searching grandpa at the airport.
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