Posted on 06/21/2006 12:59:39 PM PDT by kellynla
Mitt Romney wants the feds to OK his plan for Massachusetts state police officers to have the authority to arrest illegal immigrants solely on their immigration status.
"It's one more thing you can do to make this a less attractive place for illegal aliens to come to work," the Massachusetts governor said.
"I think that's a good thing," said Representative Marie J. Parente, a Milford Democrat whose community has enacted licensing regulations that make it more difficult for undocumented immigrants to settle there.
"We need to do something," Parente told the Boston Globe. "I think that will be a message, that the state of Massachusetts welcomes you if you're within the law."
The state legislature would have to approve the arrangement Romney is seeking, and the plan has many critics.
Cambridge, Mass. has already declared itself a safe haven for illegals, and Carol Rose, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts claimed: "This will overwhelm the State Police force, it will hinder real law enforcement, real community law enforcement, and it clearly will lead to racial and ethnic profiling. That's not effective law enforcement, or effective immigration policy."
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Oh, my gosh, a democrat on the side for enforcing the laws already on the books!
*thud*
Go, Mitt! Go, Mitt! :-)
ping
We can only hope! ;)
Instead of just scrolling past them all, please take a moment to click the applicable state on the Topics screen when posting news of some local interest.
Mitt Romney is a republican.
When the governor of a state has to get permission from the federal government before he can order state police to enforce laws on the books, you know America is down the tubes.
You can stop worrying about ailing federalism. It's dead. The republic is past. The interstate commerce clause is the new Constitution.
Welcome to the future.
What good will it do?
They will just be released again.
Only good can come of that then!
"I think that's a good thing," said Representative Marie J. Parente, a Milford Democrat
...er, SHE was talking about that part...
Doesn't the US Code already authorize state authorities to arrest illegal aliens?
Something about a run for the presidency, maybe ;)
Because it most liklely is. I hope Mitt would take a principled stand with the bulk of the base but actions are needed not words.
Yeah he want's to get to the white house so he can push his trash minimum wage increase on the nation. In my opinion folks should get paid what their worth, not some quota set by left leaning so-called conservatives.
I thought they could already arrest anyone who was breaking the law. Is there something about *illegal* alien that they don't understand? *roll eyes*
They already have that authority.
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