Posted on 11/09/2005 11:14:08 AM PST by 11th_VA
PARIS (Reuters) - French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has ordered the expulsion of all foreigners convicted of involvement in two weeks of urban riots.
Sarkozy, who has previously thrown radical Muslim preachers out of the country for breaching French laws, told the National Assembly lower house of parliament on Wednesday that 122 foreigners had been convicted of playing a role in the unrest.
"I have asked prefects that foreigners here legally or illegally, who have been convicted (over the unrest) be expelled without delay from our territory," he said of the top government officials who oversee France's 96 administrative districts.
The order would also include those who have a residency permit, Sarkozy said.
"For when one has the honor of having a residency permit, the least one can say is that one shouldn't be going around getting arrested for provoking urban violence," he said.
Sarkozy did not give the nationalities of any of the foreigners whose expulsion he had ordered, and did not say how many would be expelled.
He has made a name for himself with tough law and order policies which have helped make him a frontrunner to lead the center right into a presidential elections in 2007.
But opponents, including within his own ruling Union for a Popular Majority, say his strong language over troublemakers in tough neighborhoods helped stoke the two-week-old wave of violence in poor suburbs around the country.
The latest opinion poll shows support for Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, his bitter rival and another possible contender for 2007, has overtaken that for Sarkozy.
A Legit response, shoulda been said 12 days ago though... at least it was said, let's see how well they enforce it.
Actually we're supposed to, but enforcement is... spotty.
so much for the frogs lecturing us on human rights, eh..
Well actually, we do deport foreign criminals, both legal and illegal, provided they commit a felony. The illegal felons are about the only illegals with a chance of being deported.
His fate will decide who wins.
Bigots. Muslumaphobes. Poor haters. Racists! The best thing to do is euthanasise them all so they can die beautifully, peacefully, and with dignity. (s)
(Please free to add left wing talking points as they come to you)
Hope the islamic creeps don't come to the US.
They should be finger printed, retina and iris scanned, and DNA profiled before being deported.
The order would also include those who have a residency permit, Sarkozy said.
"For when one has the honor of having a residency permit, the least one can say is that one shouldn't be going around getting arrested for provoking urban violence,"
We should be doing this; but instead, we have thousands of foreign "students" who overstay their visas and never go home again.
We'd better keep a close eye out for Air France airliners. Maybe we should divert their flights to Mexico for a few months.
Well, maybe there is hope for Europe.
A good start.
Na. There's no hope. This is just a French fluke. They'll be apologizing and throwing money at them by the end of the week.
""I have asked prefects that foreigners here legally or illegally, who have been convicted (over the unrest) be expelled without delay from our territory," he said of the top government officials who oversee France's 96 administrative districts."
If this guy doesn't make it in France, of course we'll have to watch what he DOES, but maybe he'll be available to run in NY in 06.
We could do worse. Oh, that's right, we have.
Re: France to expel foreign rioters
Well if that is the case, then why is all the reporting to the effect that it is just being done by French "youths"?
According to a Lou Dobbs report last week, there are 3.6 MILLION visa overstays in this country and we have no idea where they are.
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