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Crackdown leads to more deportations
The Washington Post ^
| Sep. 28, 2006
| PETER WHORISKEY
Posted on 09/28/2006 9:26:38 AM PDT by Dubya
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Police here operated for years under what amounts to a "don't ask, don't tell" policy toward illegal immigrants.
As elsewhere in the United States, law enforcement officers did not check the immigration status of people they came into contact with, and in the vast majority of cases, a run-in with the law carried little threat of deportation.
But that accommodation for the burgeoning illegal population ended abruptly in April, when the Mecklenburg County sheriff's office began to enforce immigration law, placing more than 100 people a month into deportation proceedings. Some of them had been charged with violent crimes, others with traffic infractions.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: aliens; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; press2forspanish
Mecklenburg County Sheriff Jim Pendergraph says there should be little sympathy for illegal immigrants caught by his program because they have already broken the law once by being here illegally, and then been arrested on suspicion of another crime.
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posted on
09/28/2006 9:26:38 AM PDT
by
Dubya
To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..
To: Dubya
Kudos to Sheriff Pendergraph.
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posted on
09/28/2006 9:30:22 AM PDT
by
CrawDaddyCA
(Tancredo/Paul 2008)
To: Dubya
Good for the Sheriff. I'll withhold my congratulations to the feds until the deportations exceed the number of illegals streaming across the border.
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posted on
09/28/2006 9:32:07 AM PDT
by
FreePaul
To: Dubya
"Mecklenburg County Sheriff Jim Pendergraph says there should be little sympathy for illegal immigrants caught by his program because they have already broken the law once by being here illegally, and then been arrested on suspicion of another crime."
Well said and well done!
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posted on
09/28/2006 9:33:28 AM PDT
by
siznartuf
(If I Hear "Jobs Americans Won't Do" One More ^%&^%^%# Time)
To: Dubya
Mecklenburg County Sheriff Jim Pendergraph says there should be little sympathy for illegal immigrants caught by his program because they have already broken the law once by being here illegally, and then been arrested on suspicion of another crime.
Actually, being here illegally is only the tip of the iceberg. Most are using forged/fraudulent documentation that allows them to work and obtain housing. Some have obtained driver licenses and voted using their forged documentation.
Don't cry for any of these people. They knew what they were doing when they snuck across our border.
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posted on
09/28/2006 9:33:57 AM PDT
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: Dubya
Mecklenburg County Sheriff Jim Pendergraph says there should be little sympathy for illegal immigrants caught by his program because they have already broken the law once by being here illegally, and then been arrested on suspicion of another crime.Somehow I don't think any of that matters to the racial grievance industry, who don't really care what the effects their pet causes have on the rest of America, as long as their constituency continues to grow.
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posted on
09/28/2006 9:41:47 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Dubya
Glad to see him doing something about it. With the federal goverment failing so miserably on this issue local goverments have to step up to the plate. I'm glad his is.
To: SmoothTalker
Looks like the good sheriff had a long talk with Sheriff Opiah from Phoenix---- the desert has enough room for thousands of tents.
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posted on
09/28/2006 10:15:41 AM PDT
by
edzuk
To: CrawDaddyCA
>Kudos to Sheriff Pendergraph.<
Yes, it is about time. The Sheriff saw his rightful duty and he is doing it! Nearly every violent crime reported lately seems to have been committed by an (illegal?) Latino. Deport every law infringer deep into their own country, pronto!
To: Dubya
placing more than 100 people a month into deportation proceedings. I bet not one of these is in custody, atch and release is alive and well, even if deported, they will just come back accross the border at their leisure.
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posted on
09/28/2006 11:11:19 AM PDT
by
itsahoot
(If the GOP does not do something about immigration, immigration will do something about the GOP)
To: Dubya; gubamyster; CrawDaddyCA; FreePaul; siznartuf; DustyMoment; skeeter; SmoothTalker; edzuk; ...
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posted on
09/28/2006 12:00:33 PM PDT
by
donna
(We have a pattern.)
To: Dubya
In Dade County Fl. your in another south s--t whole country. Even the high school kids have an accent.
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posted on
09/28/2006 12:56:19 PM PDT
by
G-Man 1
To: gubamyster
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posted on
09/28/2006 3:09:57 PM PDT
by
TheLion
To: SmoothTalker
Bush and the Senate are rabidly pro illegal immigration, and have taken many steps to insure it continuing. Catch & Release is alive and well here.
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posted on
09/28/2006 9:41:33 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(Our troops will send all of the worlds terrorists to hell in a handbasket with no virgins!)
To: itsahoot
They are all in custody. The Sheriff finds they are illegal while they are in his jail for committing other crimes.
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posted on
09/29/2006 4:44:09 PM PDT
by
csmusaret
(Urban Sprawl is an oxymoron)
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