Green Eggs And Ham
There are all sorts of reasons I enjoy living in Southern California. One of them is that it means I don't live in Phoenix, Arizona where Maricopa Country Sheriff Joe Arpaio hands out his own peculiar brand of frontier justice which emphasizes order over law.
That's why I was delighted by the news that the Department of Homeland Security had issued a rather mild slapdown on Sheriff Arpaio. His response was totally in character.
The sheriff, Joe Arpaio, whose high-profile sweeps have been cited in the fevered debate over the need for an overhaul of immigration laws, said he had sought a renewed agreement with the Department of Homeland Security to allow both field arrests and immigration checks at his jails. But a high-level department official presented a document a couple of weeks ago allowing only for jail checks, Mr. Arpaio said.
That prompted an angry, rambling outburst from the sheriff Tuesday at a news conference at which he called Homeland Security officials “liars” and vowed to press on with his campaign, using state laws, against illegal immigrants. He said he would drive those caught on the streets to the border if federal officers refused to take them into custody.
Here's the deal. Under a law passed in 1996, local police officials were given the power to make field arrests of those in violation of federal immigration laws and to make immigration checks at the jails. The idea was that local officials could help out the federal government by identifying and detaining those here illegally for the federal government. The justification for this outsourcing was that those caught were the kinds of immigrants the US didn't want or need, violent criminals but that's not exactly how it worked out. Some police departments began conducting their own immigration sweeps, usually on the basis of racial profiling. Sheriff Arpaio's department was part of that thuggery. The Government Accountability Office noticed the abuse:
A report this year by Congress’ watchdog, the Government Accountability Office, found that the program had not been closely supervised and that it had often led to the arrest of minor offenders instead of the criminals it was intended to pursue.
The system that evolved from 287(g) is lousy with such abuse. Just as important, however, is that the system is bone-headed policing as well. Witnesses or victims are not likely to cooperate with the local police if there's a chance they themselves are going to be arrested and deported.
But Sheriff Arpaio doesn't care. He sees the program as a "crime deterrent" because some immigrants are leaving Arizona on their own:
“It has to do with public perception,” he said, noting reports that some illegal immigrants are leaving the area in part because of his deputies. “I think the bad guys apparently are leaving because they know they are here illegally. This is a crime deterrent program, too.”
There you have it: illegal immigrants are "bad guys."
That's why I was delighted by the news that the Department of Homeland Security had issued a rather mild slapdown on Sheriff Arpaio. His response was totally in character.
The sheriff, Joe Arpaio, whose high-profile sweeps have been cited in the fevered debate over the need for an overhaul of immigration laws, said he had sought a renewed agreement with the Department of Homeland Security to allow both field arrests and immigration checks at his jails. But a high-level department official presented a document a couple of weeks ago allowing only for jail checks, Mr. Arpaio said.
That prompted an angry, rambling outburst from the sheriff Tuesday at a news conference at which he called Homeland Security officials “liars” and vowed to press on with his campaign, using state laws, against illegal immigrants. He said he would drive those caught on the streets to the border if federal officers refused to take them into custody.
Here's the deal. Under a law passed in 1996, local police officials were given the power to make field arrests of those in violation of federal immigration laws and to make immigration checks at the jails. The idea was that local officials could help out the federal government by identifying and detaining those here illegally for the federal government. The justification for this outsourcing was that those caught were the kinds of immigrants the US didn't want or need, violent criminals but that's not exactly how it worked out. Some police departments began conducting their own immigration sweeps, usually on the basis of racial profiling. Sheriff Arpaio's department was part of that thuggery. The Government Accountability Office noticed the abuse:
A report this year by Congress’ watchdog, the Government Accountability Office, found that the program had not been closely supervised and that it had often led to the arrest of minor offenders instead of the criminals it was intended to pursue.
The system that evolved from 287(g) is lousy with such abuse. Just as important, however, is that the system is bone-headed policing as well. Witnesses or victims are not likely to cooperate with the local police if there's a chance they themselves are going to be arrested and deported.
But Sheriff Arpaio doesn't care. He sees the program as a "crime deterrent" because some immigrants are leaving Arizona on their own:
“It has to do with public perception,” he said, noting reports that some illegal immigrants are leaving the area in part because of his deputies. “I think the bad guys apparently are leaving because they know they are here illegally. This is a crime deterrent program, too.”
There you have it: illegal immigrants are "bad guys."
Labels: Immigration
posted by Diane at 4:27 AM
1 Comments:
This Sheriff doesn't pander for campaign contributions from the business communities, globalists or Internationalists? So because he doesn't comply with their demands, as they do, they desire him out of office? He is an ongoing danger and worst nightmare to the corporate agenda for illegal discount workers. Now he has a free hand to arrest and not no longer restrained by 287 G federal law, but can use the powers of state laws detain illegal aliens and the criminal elements amongst them. We need more Joe's tent cities and his inmate cuisine of bologna sandwiches, since being subjected to this type of incarceration will deter the most ardent inmate? Nationwide we need more inflexible officers of the law, who will not prostrate to the open border lunatics? Not the soft clean hands of manipulated cops who don't make waves, as they are contemplating looking towards an easy road to retirement. SEEING THAT OUR OWN ELECTED GOVERNMENT, REFUSES TO ENFORCE THE 1986 LAWS (IRCA), THERE OATHS TO PROTECT US FROM OUR ENEMIES FOREIGN & DOMESTIC. THEN COURAGEOUS POLICE OFFICERS MUST CARRY OUT DUTIES OF WHICH AMERICAN'S VOTED FOR?
However the corrupt lawmakers around the nation, have not been able to undermine E-Verify? AS YET? YES! Legal Immigration matters? We should announce to the world that newcomers are welcome, if they come through the front door? We only need those immigrants with specialized skills, such as computer engineers, scientists, doctors and those with highly recommended credentials as developed nations? America has a sovereign right who we choose to settle here? What we don't need is pregnant women slipping across our border, for instant citizenship of their child or destitute illegal aliens whose cannot exist without taxpayer welfare, chain family migration? We don't need in these country illegal recipients who need free health care, education when we already ignore our own people who live in poverty? We need to enforce the 1986 immigration reform law (IRCA), not cripple it for the sake of parasite businesses that live of the slavery of millions of foreign national workers. Seeing that the business world are screaming for more Guest Workers, they should take on the responsibility of paying for their health care and education, instead of dropping sick illegal labor of at the emergency room. to, leave the hospital bill for taxpayers. Instead of expecting the American people to pay for the enormous burden, they should pay separate expenditures for every illegal foreign national and their families.
We need to execute now, a complete war immigration chest containing mandated E-Verify for every worker--NOT REPRESSED--, or 287 G, local police arrest of foreign workers, the Rep.Duncan Hunter original national fence, instead of chopping it down to single line. We need enforcement of our laws, with harsh penalties for violating them. We need politicians we can trust, instead of those elected such as Sen.Reid, Speaker Pelosi, Feinstein and a whole list, who can be graded as Anti-American worker, anti-sovereignty, pro-illegal immigration and compromising the Rule of Law. Submerge them in your anger and frustration at 202-224-3121 Find out the buried truth at NUMBERSUSA, JUDICIAL WATCH & CAPSWEB, for overpopulation facts.
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