"yes, we're actively opposed to any law that says that we're suppoosed to do the job we are paid for."
isn't that what he said?
Yeah they want to wait until some psycho kills an innocent women or couple in their own home. since when is Law Enforcement in a community a pick and choose practice.(In Theory) For the Police Chiefs to turn a blind eye to the criminal activity associated with illegals is just plain stupid. And irresponsible to the communities they serve.
...and we must wonder WHY the same group doesn't oppose enforcement of all the laws on the books that are in direct contradiction to the Second Ammendment!
Police chiefs are not law enforcement officers. They are politicians doing what politicians always do. They want all of the authority and none of the responsibility. Police chief organizations seem to bring out the worst attributes of police chiefs.
"Politically Correct Liberal Suckups Whe Want To Be Elected To Higher Office."
This is very disturbing in that local law enforcement is essential to "soft border" enforcement. Any effective immigration policy will rely heavily on local action. For example, if an immigrant over-stays a student visa, that information should automatically result in the issuance of an arrest warrant and entered into the national criminal database. More likely than not that illegal alien will encounter local law enforcement (bar fight, traffic ticket, etc.) who would run a check, see the warrant, and be able to arrest the individual on the immigration charge and on the probable cause for the stop/detention.
I don't for a minute believe that the Chiefs of Police want the situation that might be dumped in their laps and make them the ultimate bad actors here.
International Association? Is there an American Association?
Might have some constitutional problems. I don't think the federal government can comandeer local government officials to enforce federal laws. I seem to remember some stink a few years back when a local sheriff wouldn't conduct background checks per federal law, and it went all the way to the Supreme Court, and the sheriff won.
I'm usually pretty good with names, but I've forgotten it now. Any help?
So now the police chiefs are deciding which federal laws they will enforce.
Since there is no confiscation that is worth while in immigration they'd rather pick on people they can kill with impunity who might have something left over worth stealing.
That would be American Citizens.
I've found that many political arms of these groups are quite liberal, but they don't always speak for their members. There is an articulate, informed black gentleman named Terry Anderson who has been fighting this illegal migration for years. The Los Angles Sheriff's union has purchased ads for his radio show to show support. http://www.theterryandersonshow.com/
They'd rather be down at the Krispy Kreme or Dunkin Donuts pigging out.
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Let's see......... their job is LAW ENFORCEMENT. They don't want to do that job. Fire them, and find people WHO DO understand the job description. Is this so hard?
Frankly, they should be jailed for criminal negligence. Crimes committed by illegals under condoning eye of public servants can only lead to vigilante justice in time. That time has come in border towns. It's coming to your town too if these individuals don't get their mind right, and we the people do not demand that they do their jobs. Why have a police department if they pick and choose what they feel like doing that day?
It is clear that there are no efforts being made to get LEO to work with FED.
Justifications for this attitude are more numerous than the illegal count, but that is changing as more and more jump the borders.
If the Fed were to create large numbers of enforcement agents to counter this, the complaint would be too much Federal interference, and that has already occurred.
All of my arguments in favor of the idea that work permits and employer data bases has a good chance at controlling this situation from the demand side become more pertinent as these barriers to enforcement become clear.
More warehouse space to store these people will be circumvented by ACLU types.
Enforcement actions like roundups and apprehensions are being derailed by LEO and courts are resistant to setting up a processing "triage" type of fast justice for their own judicial "rights" worries.
We are now at a total impasse.
The only thing left is to jack up the license plates and replace the entire vehicle.
We have no choices or options left that have not been tried and subsequently failed for a myriad of reasons.
Let's hope that cooler heads prevail and some common sense reforms are put in place to eliminate the causes of illegal immigration as soon as possible.
The status quo is DOA. We cannot afford to continue this stupid argument that "all we need to do is enforce the laws we currently have".
That statement is simply and obviously not true.
Oh, but that's different, y'see, because in that case it was our ox being gored...