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Why Can't Cops Enforce Immigration Laws?
Pajamas Media ^ | December 8 | Jack Dunphy

Posted on 12/08/2008 9:56:19 AM PST by AJKauf

LAPD officers are for the most part prohibited from taking action against illegal aliens under the terms of Special Order 40, a 1979 revision to the department’s regulations. The “Jamiel” of the law’s title refers to Jamiel Shaw, a 17-year-old Los Angeles resident who was shot and killed last March. That a young man should meet such a fate is, sadly, not all that uncommon in some parts of Los Angeles, but what made Jamiel’s murder all the more tragic is the manifest failure of his government, both local and federal, to prevent it from happening.

The man accused of murdering Jamiel and now awaiting trial is Pedro Espinoza, a 19-year-old illegal alien from Mexico. News reports have chronicled Espinoza’s lengthy criminal history as well as his membership in the 18th Street gang, which taken together might be expected to have attracted the attention of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents. Alas, only a day before he allegedly murdered Jamiel Shaw, Espinoza was released from Los Angeles County Jail after serving a sentence for brandishing a handgun at a public park. ...

(Excerpt) Read more at pajamasmedia.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: aliens; crimaliens; enforcement; illegalaliens; immigrantlist; immigration

1 posted on 12/08/2008 9:56:21 AM PST by AJKauf
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To: AJKauf

African Americans in LA and South Central know they are an endangered species. The Latin/Illegal Alien gangs are muscling in on their turf. There really is ethnic cleansing going on in the area.


2 posted on 12/08/2008 10:01:15 AM PST by Frantzie
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3 posted on 12/08/2008 10:03:17 AM PST by gubamyster
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To: AJKauf

“released from Los Angeles County Jail”

With LA County officials knowing he was a border jumper, they should be held partially responsible for ANY future crime committed on U.S. soil by this punk.


4 posted on 12/08/2008 10:08:05 AM PST by ScottinVA (Gloucester County, VA -- Standing for America! 63% for McCain-Palin on 4 Nov)
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To: AJKauf
There are plenty of reports of gang violence south of the border. According to this Daily Telegraph Article:
Since January, more than 1,300 people have been killed in execution-style hits or gunned down in fire fights, which often rage for hours in broad daylight and turn residential neighbourhoods into war zones. If the trend continues, 2008 will top last year's toll of 2,500 deaths in drug-related killings.
You don't hear so much about Americans at the Border. Too bad.

Americans are regularly abused. According to this article entitled US Warns Tourists of 'Small-Unit Combat' at Mexico Border -- Murder and kidnapping of Americans has become routine all along the US Mexican border. According to the State Department sometimes heavily armed attackers wear the uniforms of the Mexican police or military. According to Mexicans their military has even become part of the problem. The US Border Patrol has complained to the Bush administration about Mexican military incursions to no avail.

If there is silence about events at the border. The silence about killings north of the border is deafening. And yet....

More Americans killed by illegal aliens than Iraq war, study says The liberal LA Times is now reporting that Mexico's drug wars are now north of the borders--but soto voce. Think about it. A man or woman killed in Iraq or Iran in the line of duty is a hero. But what is an American killed at home by an illegal alien because the government has failed in its sworn duty to guard the borders. This is a pact between the sovereign and the person has paid taxes and loyalty. The answer is to that question is pretty awful. And it bodes ill for the republic.

But is it true?

Yes, according Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa.When you start digging into the numbers the only ones that can be sourced with the feds are the number of American murdered in 2005: 16692
I have seen federal numbers for illegals held in jail ranging from 19.3% to 27% of the federal prison population.

Here's a sampling of USA cities wanted for murder. What you'll see is that in big USA cities like LA or NYC most of the murderers are Hispanic. Unknown are the % of illegals. In smaller cities the FBI will post the nationalities of the murderers. About 25% of the most wanted are illegals wanted for murder. This number agrees with the percentage of illegals incarcerated in federal prisons. +-25%

Pictures of top 10 most wanted in LA. Up until recent stories about crime in LA posted by the LA Times--the pictures included the nationality of the murderers. They were all foreign nationals and mostly Mexican.

Wanted for Murder in New York City.

Chicago wanted for Murder


Philadelphia wanted for murder

San Francisco wanted for Murder


New Orleans wanted for Murder

Pictures of suspects wanted for murder in Washington DC Alas, the Washington DC pictures have recently been taken down.

FBI USA 10 most wanted. (two of 10 are Mexican nationals) Around 40% of the FBI's wanted for murder are Mexican Nationals

There are currently no exact numbers on the number of Americans killed by illegals. Part of the reason is that the government deliberately obscures the number. I talked on the phone with the head of statistics for the US Bureau of Prisons. He said his office wasn't allowed to publish the number of illegal alien murderers. Rather they were forced to put legal and non legal residents in the same category. He said further that most of illegals in the federal prisons were in for drug related charges. Most of the illegals in jail for murder were in the state prisons. I talked to ICE. They put out detailed numbers on illegal child molestors. However, they put out nothing on illegal murderers.

Part of the reason for the silence on the matter is that there is evidence to suggest that most Americans--but by no means all -- being killed by illegals are black--as is the suggestion in this LA Times Article. Also this article from the LA Times. And here. This makes intuitive sense. We see stories regularly of drug gang killings in Mexico but we don't see those same stories in the USA. The reason we don't see those stories is not because its not happening. Rather we don't see the stories about illegals killing blacks because that kind of story is terribly politically incorrect. The populations being displaced in downtown sanctuary cities especially are American blacks. That means that their criminal elements would be pushed aside by Mexican gangs as well. That's also the story that the wanted for murder posters in all the major cities seems to suggest.

Why isn't there an outcry in the black community? Beats me.

Nevertheless, the pattern of non reporting is starting to break. Discovery Channel has a series called Gangland that mentions ethnic cleasing of blacks by Mexican gangs. One woman in San Francisco who had her family killed by an illegal is even demanding the city to drop its sanctuary city status. Illegals themselves have become the targets of kidnappers Mexican style in Arizona where drug money from south of the border is often parked.

Reported Foreign Nationals on Death Row in the U.S.

To look at other USA cities go here http://stlouis.fbi.gov/ and replace stlouis with the city you want.

That said, the true number of criminal aliens is far higher than is revealed by criminal aliens in prisons. Most are simply waived through the courts. DHS Secretary Chertoff, has been quoted as warning that two million people in this country illegally have committed serious crimes. Here is more info from Judicial Watch.

However the number of illegals on death row is far lower. Sadly, so many small towns and villages across America have sent their warriors off to war half way across the world only to see communities fill up with illegal aliens. The Center For Immigration Studies has provided a detailed account of the illegal alien gang problem

Oh there's one other cost of illegals that has gone generally unnoticed. Calling the Old Media: Five Million Illegals Have Illegal Mortgages in U.S.A.!

MALKIN: Illegal immigrant factor

Once again its helpful to provide some maps and stats: Look at the map where those who owe more than the house is worth. Notice any similarities to the unemployment picture and concentrations of illegals

Sadly Illegal Immigrants To Get Next Bailout


5 posted on 12/08/2008 10:18:24 AM PST by ckilmer (Phi)
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To: AJKauf
Once upon a time many years ago (in the 50’s) I was a municipal police officer and taught that a city police officer had authority to made arrests on local, state, and federal warrants.

I know that FBI agents only have authority to make arrests in federal cases.

If that still holds true today, the local policeman has more authority than any other law enforcement officer.

So what's the problem with the locals??

6 posted on 12/08/2008 10:57:39 AM PST by elpadre (nation)
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To: AJKauf

Cops can’t enforce emmigration laws because soon they will be too busy confiscating newly criminalized citizens’ guns.


7 posted on 12/08/2008 11:13:23 AM PST by NaughtiusMaximus (I refuse allegiance to any foreign born alleged president.)
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To: AJKauf

Selective law enforcement


8 posted on 12/08/2008 11:37:48 AM PST by onedoug
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To: elpadre
why would there be a warrant out for someone who's only infraction might be being in this country illegally?

i will tell you this. where i work, when an illegal is arrested for a crime and the feds are notified, 999 out of 1,000 times the feds choose to take no action.

it is at that point that the local guys responsibility ends.

9 posted on 12/08/2008 11:41:46 AM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: AJKauf

Local jurisdictions can and have passed laws to enforce federal laws. In the case of immigration, the local law enforcement agency must get certified in order to enforce immigration laws. Once certified, they can enforce.

However, most local jurisdictions won’t since it is cost prohibitive. IOWs, the process does not create revenue.


10 posted on 12/08/2008 11:45:13 AM PST by takenoprisoner
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Unfortunately....the Bush Administration has been pro-illegal/anti-American regarding illegals....and things will not get much better with Obama....nor would they have been better electing McCain...another pro-illegal/anti-American Republican

I wonder where the NAACP and other black group are at? If these were white English speaking people killing blacks in the inner city....there would be a race war now...

I guess La Raza (The Race) and other Hispanic klan-like groups have much more influence than we thought


11 posted on 12/08/2008 11:51:39 AM PST by UCFRoadWarrior (2010: A RINO Purge Odyssey)
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To: AJKauf; gubamyster; All

Jamiel’s Law: The Shaws Did It!
By Walter Moore, Candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles, WalterMooreForMayor.com
December 5, 2008

I just got off the phone with Althea Shaw, who told me that, shortly before 5:00 p.m. today, she and her family filed over 76,000 signatures to put Jamiel’s Law on the petition!

That is a HUGE accomplishment. With a budget of nothing, the Shaw Family worked and worked and worked to get over 76,000 people to unite to put Jamiel’s Law on the ballot. If you have ever approached a stranger coming out of Von’s with a clipboard in your hands, you know how amazing an accomplishment this was.

The Shaws have just proved that we, the people, have the power.

And they have sent an important political message to the Mayor, the City Council, and every politician in America: We, the people, are fed up with “sanctuary city” policies that protect illegal alien gang members instead of law-abiding citizens, and we will repeal laws and replace politicians who stand in our way.

Please join me in congratulating the Shaw family for their terrific accomplishment. While you’re at it, why not urge Althea Shaw to run for the State Senate seat that Mark Ridley-Thomas just vacated? Isn’t she exactly the kind of person we want representing us in Sacramento?

You can tell the Shaws how much you appreciate their hard work by e-mailing them at: JamielsLaw@live.com. Please take a minute to do so. They need to know how much we appreciate how hard they worked to protect our families from experiencing the kind of heartbreaking loss they have suffered.

And then get ready for the Shaws’ next move to help save our city, county, state and nation: I’m going to draft a version of Jamiel’s Law for the County of Los Angeles, and the Shaws are going to ask the County Board of Supervisors to adopt it.


12 posted on 12/08/2008 3:16:15 PM PST by AuntB (The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925)
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To: ckilmer

BUMP


13 posted on 12/08/2008 8:31:31 PM PST by Dante3
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To: ckilmer

I called a radio station to comment on what the DJ was talking about and was told I just won a free weekend in Cancun. I asked what I did to deserve that.

He didn’t get it and I had to tell him to pass that “prize” onto the next caller.

No way in hell.


14 posted on 12/08/2008 8:59:46 PM PST by NewRomeTacitus (All hail the memory of Jackelope Breeder!)
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To: AuntB

Did so and thanks again, AuntB, for the great work you do here and towncriernews.com

AuntB(thetowncrier@gmail.com)


15 posted on 12/08/2008 9:09:46 PM PST by NewRomeTacitus (All hail the memory of Jackelope Breeder!)
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To: NewRomeTacitus

Thank you, NRT. It’s always good to see you!


16 posted on 12/09/2008 8:58:51 AM PST by AuntB (The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925)
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