Oregon sheriff bills Mexico for jailing illegal immigrants

Houston Chronicle/L A Times ^ | May 13, 2006 | TOMAS ALEX TIZON

[SwinneySwitch]

"Says Trumbo: "The old joke among the immigration agents who shuttled these guys back to Mexico was, 'I hope we make it back to Pendleton before they do.' "

Paging Presidente Bush!

[Paladin2]

Have Fox send the equivalent in oil.

[Farmer Dean]

No patrol officers between 2am and 8 am?I bet the burglars love that county!

[kingu]

It's ok, Mr. Sheriff. Give it some time, and those won't be illegals, they'll be paper-pending residents. Tell your friends and neighbors to get ready for more taxes to pay for it, since you won't be able to shuttle them out of your county anymore.

[cripplecreek]

'I hope we make it back to Pendleton before they do.'

I saw that in action once. A neighboring factory was raided and 29 illegals were shipped back to Mexico. In 7 days most were back at work. I suspect the factory knew they were illegal the second time they hired them.

[hometoroost]

"The implication is that Hispanics are the cause of the crime problems here," Latin says. "It suggests that if Hispanics were all taken away, we would suddenly be crime-free. That's just silly."

Nothing I read in what he sent indicated that. Typical lefty - don't let the truth get in the way of calling someone a racist. Especially when you're losing an argument.

[trubluolyguy]

I fully expect some OBL will be calling for this sheriffs badge for having the audacity to write a letter to that paragon of virtue, Vicente Fox.

[Americanwolfsbrother]

Maybe Sheriff Joe should send Mexico a bill; so can Sheriff Dever, Sheriff Dupnik, and Sheriff Ogden should send a bill to Vicente. Wait better yet send the bills to Jorge and tell him to take it out of Mexico's allowan... er aid.AWB

[SwinneySwitch]

Fox and Coyote Ping!

[Doctor Raoul]

"The implication is that Hispanics are the cause of the crime problems here," Latin says. "It suggests that if Hispanics were all taken away, we would suddenly be crime-free. That's just silly."

There are 360 illegals that say you're full of crap Shelly...

[samadams2000]

Theres not 11 million. Id triple that number. Visit San Jose if you need confirmation. Game over.

[Lurker]

One man arrested on burglary charges, Juan Flores-Romero, has been in the Umatilla County jail 20 times. Flores-Romero, 62, was deported in almost every instance.

That's 19 Felony charges that could have been laid against this person. At two years in prison per count he should be in a Federal pen for the next 38 years.

But....we all know that won't happen because:

we can't deport these people that would be impossible that poll is flawed the people who conducted it are nuts and probably Dems or agents of Zogby those people just come here to build buildings and grow food what's your problem do you want Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House and Harry Reid as President of the Senate when did you become a Bush Hater a wall will cost too much money and it won't work you people are just a bunch of Mexican hating racists don't you know that lettuce will cost $40.00 a head if all those people go home most of those people just want to work hard and do the jobs Americans won't do didn't you hear the President say he was against illegal immigration this country was built by immigrants so who are you to deny them the chance to come here for a better life my parents and grandparents were all immigrants why can't you just leave these poor day laborers alone all they want to do is paint houses or build houses or live in houses or be around houses or be above houses but not below houses unless those houses have a finished basement finished basements are nice I like finished basements never mind about the basements don't you know those people pay taxes just like the rest of us they're not breaking any laws ok so they are breaking the law but just little itty bitty laws not great big laws that are serious laws just the laws that we passed when we were kidding or drunk so don't worry about those laws it's only a felony the second time they come here the first time its a misdemeaner so cut them some slack ok Michelle Malkin hates President Bush she's a nutcase who's never been right about anything ok she is really hot but she's still nuts Peggy Noonan is nuts too we used to like her but now she's criticized the President so she goes in the nuts column who really really wants to see Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House because she really wants to see Bush impeached and don't you know that Pat Buchanan is nuts too well we always knew that just thought I'd toss that in there even though he really hasn't said much about this illegal immigration thing maybe Peggy and Michelle have a secret plot to get Bush impeached so the Dems can crown them the first two women President and VP no way that would never happen and how could you possibly suspect the Chamber of Commerce they're just hardworking businessmen and women trying to make a buck who cares if they hire a few illegals what's the big deal I don't see why everyone here gets so worked up about it I mean like I said it's only little bitty laws they break not like the really important tax laws ok so they break tax laws but that doesn't really matter etc etc etc...

L

[Borax Queen]

bttt!

[nicmarlo]

The department spends much of its $6.5 million annual budget on apprehending and jailing illegal immigrants.

So wrong!!!

[Starve The Beast]

Out of ideas and low on cash one cold morning, the man with the biggest badge in town put his meaty fingers on a keyboard and tapped out a letter to the leader of Mexico.

"Meaty" fingers? Wha...?

[trubluolyguy]

ROFLMAO!

I am trying to "be good" until after the President speaks on Monday but I don't care who you are THAT WAS FUNNY! You captured all the FROBL's arguments just beautifully and by the way, I'm stealing that, you may see it again. I will of course not take credit for it though, pinging you as needed.

[Myrddin]

The same thing was attempted last year by a prison administrator in western Idaho. Mostly grandstanding. The Mexican government hasn't sent a penny.

[martin_fierro]

According to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City website, the United States paid the following to Mexico in foreign aid from 2001-2004:

Foreign Aid from USAID (in millions of dollars)

Category	FY 2001 (Actual)	FY 2002 (Actual)	FY 2003 (Actual)	FY 2004 (Actual)	FY 2005 (Request)
Development Assistance	7.885	8.116	13.224	17.895	14.777
Child Survival and Health Porgrams Fund	5.987	9.500	5.205	3.700	3.230
Economic Support Funds	6.178	10.000	11.685	11.432	13.392
TOTAL	20.050	27.616	30.114	33.027	31.399

Seems to me that the U.S. should be deducting the amounts it costs us to incarcerate/deport these illegals from that foreign aid.

[Lurker]

I don't think I missed anything but if you spot something you let me know and I'll take care of it.

Feel free to use it, just send the royalty checks to my Freepmail address.

Regards,

L