Posted on 02/04/2005 4:26:13 AM PST by billorites
Why would anyone defend illegal aliens? Has to be at least one of the following reasons:
Personal financial gain
Blackmail
Mental defect
Hatred of this country, wanting to stick it to us
Involvement with terrorists
Love of the One World concept
Alexandria, VA: Speaking out for the first time on the question of immigration enforcement, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) today announced its opposition to the Clear Law Enforcement For Criminal Alien Removal (CLEAR) Act and urged Congress to proceed with caution when considering measures that would compel local and state law enforcement agencies to enforce federal immigration laws. The IACP took this action after a careful review of the impact that enforcing immigration law could have on state, tribal and local law enforcement and the communities they serve.“The IACP opposes any plan that would coerce local and state law enforcement agencies to enforce federal immigration laws without their approval,” said IACP President Joseph Estey, Chief of the Hartford, Vermont Police Department. “Many leaders in the law enforcement community have serious concerns about the chilling effect any measure of this nature would have on legal and illegal aliens reporting criminal activity or assisting police in criminal investigations. This lack of cooperation could diminish the ability of law enforcement agencies to police effectively their communities and protect the public they serve.” {blah, blah, blah}...
And speaking of LA, maybe you should have read the story preceding your statistics on that website you linked to:
The LAPD’s ban on immigration enforcement mirrors bans in immigrant-saturated cities around the country, from New York and Chicago to San Diego, Austin, and Houston. These “sanctuary policies” generally prohibit city employees, including the cops, from reporting immigration violations to federal authorities.The enforcement is being thwarted at the local level.
H.R. 3534 (introduced by Rep. Tom Tancredo)
Just one example is the following excerpt:
b) SPECIAL RULE ON CITIZENSHIP AT BIRTH FOR CHILDREN OF H NONIMMIGRANTS- Notwithstanding title III of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.), or any other law, a child born in the United States to a parent who is a nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(H) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (as amended by section 210 of this Act) shall not be a national or citizen of the United States at birth unless the other parent is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.
"The issue is where do you get cheaper workers. Cheap is only that to employers, not to the American taxpayers," Tancredo said.
Whopper of the Week: Rep. Tom Tancredo (term limit lie)
Bump!
The illegal labour story is BS. Essentually, Tancredo hired a contractor to fix his basement, who hired a subcontractor for some work. The subcontractor unwittingly hired an illegal alien.
"opening up more resources to go after terrorists"
No, it will keep open the borders for millions more of ILLEGAL aliens to keep sucking the resources of this country dry.
BTTT for later...
Unwittingly? Why didn't Tom do anything about it? Too busy deporting high school honor students to police his own house?
A big Tancredo BTTT...
You're quoting SLATE for hecks sake.
Both of those articles are quite incomplete hackery.
They are both fact.
He DID recant his term limit pledge.
He DID have illegals do work in his home.
Wonder if PRND21 ever puts up the 'whoppers' his link carries about GWB, Rove, Ridge, etc.etc.??
Yes it is a real good thing...but I sure didn't see anything like that in the legislation currently in Congress. It needs to be there.
>"The enforcement is being thwarted at the local level."<
No doubt that is part of the problem.
Thank you for that info. I'll peruse it.
However, there must be a reason citizens in states like Arizona (and now Arkansas) are enacting legislation like Prop 200:
..and they don't appear to be getting much support from lawmakers at either the state OR federal level.
FReeper "Marine Inspector is a customs and border patrol officer. I'll defer to him:
What say you, Marine Inspector? Is this merely a problem with local officials not wanting to enforce immigration laws, or is the federal govt. complicit as well??
Regards
Sheesh, guess what. That food you ate yesterday, AN ILLEGAL PICKED IT!
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