Posted on 03/28/2007 5:56:32 AM PDT by Liz
Step to halt illegal immigrants splits town.....Morristown's council last night endorsed the mayor's effort to have the town's police deputized as federal immigration officers. "We are looking for lawbreakers......We're trying to take criminals off the streets, we're trying to take criminals out of the country." Mayor Donald Cresitello has asked the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to train and deputize up to 10 police officers so they can charge suspects with immigration violations and order them to appear in federal court, which could ultimately lead to deportation.....among the nation's first municipal forces to gain such powers. Only 10 law enforcement agencies now participate in the federal program: Florida and Alabama state police, and eight correctional institutions. About 20 municipalities have applied, according to ICE.
"Our Morristown community will be even more racially divided than it already is," said Xiomara Guevara, of the Organization for Hispanic Affairs. But supporters of the town's action turned out in force, too, arguing the town needs to crack down on illegal immigration. "I've heard a lot of comments how we're a nation of immigrants. The fact is, we're also a nation of laws," said Gayle Kesselman, who co-chairs NJ Citizens for Immigration Control.... "This program will be used to deport violent criminals, not to conduct sweeps.....We're talking about violent criminals that shouldn't be here in the first place."
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This reinforces the reality that anti-immigrant is a rare consenus issue, that Americans on both sides of the aisle are one voice for stopping illegal immigration. Let's hope this initaitive is the start of something big and that patriotic Americans push to deputize municipal and state law enforcement all over the Nation.
Let's hope this initaitive is the start of something big and that patriotic Americans push to deputize municipal and state law enforcement all over the Nation.
This is an inspired program imho. It attempts to end the current stand off between feds and local law enforcement which is one cause of the current problems.
OUTSTANDING!
Puts to rest the ridiculous excuse now being used that local and state L/E can't go after illegals b/c it is a federal immigration issue. This idea will spread like wildfire.
Mayor told critics of the initative to "get out of town, too." He enumerated the gravity of the problems caused by illegal immigration: invading people's homes and passing out, drunk and disorderly, on their lawns, burdening the town with overcrowded homes, unsafe conditions and higher costs, such as a sharp increase in the number of schoolchildren who qualify for free lunches.
Not to mention higher insurance costs, health care costs, taxes, utility bills and so on, that Americans are forced to pay to support these leeches who don't pay their bills. Illegals live off the labors of law-abiding Americans.
If it spreads far enough, the fed thugs won't be able to stop it!
B T T T
When the federal government will not fulfill its obligations to protect America, the states are right to step in and fill the void.
You got that right.
How treasonous this is when Americans cannot depend on their own gov't to protect them against invading hordes.
Forbes is on Cavuto backing Rudy. I just cancelled my subscripion.
Nice work on your part.
Although it is amusing how many losers Rudeo is attaching to his party.
Freudian maybe? Subliminal wishful thinking?
The GOP should run a candidate who can fill that bill.
Not Rudy!
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Rudeos's ads say: Excerpt---"We need strong leadership to stay on offense in the war against terrorists. We need..... fiscal discipline - to keep the economy growing."
Rudeo's words are unnerving.....should set off troubling alarms.
Let's hope Giussolini and his handlers are not considering doing anything deterimental or harmful to Americans for political purposes.
Maybe creating an "international incident" or a "financial crisis" to showcase Giussolini's obsession with "taking-charge" in a crisis.
Nice take-----we gotta get that on a tee shirt.
Forbes unfortunately represents those who only care about money. Some of whom are pro illegal.
Rudy is as power hungry as Hillary.
How will Ruolfo factor Forbes' stance into his own "newfound" position as an anti-illegal?
Probably by saying he was for it before he was against it---the Kerry-cake-and-eat-it-too position.
Power-hungry is right. Talk about precipitating a financial crisis for political purposes. The Clintons got their pal Marc Rich ready to go. Rich has financial tentacles all over the globe.
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