Thread: LAST STOP FOR IMMIGRANTS

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Fear destroys any rapport the community had with police, said Jerry Gonzalez, head of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials.

Uh, fear also destroys entire COUNTRIES, because of the invasion of millions of illegal aliens Americans have to live in fear daily of being raped, robbed, murdered by drunk drivers, pedophiles living in our community and nobody knows their true identity because they are here with no documentation.

"This is having a very negative effect on overall public safety," Gonzalez said.

Um . . . no but millions of illegal aliens sure are.

"People are reluctant to report crimes to the police, or be witnesses in criminal proceedings," Chishti said.

Gee, that's pretty much how ALL CRIMINALS feel about reporting crimes because they risk being caught and arrested for their own criminal acts.

That's why they don't want anyone to notice what they are doing and are crying about being "targeted" for the same things the rest of us are.....because people will find out they are guilty of alot of other crimes. Don't check child safety seats because you'll find out they're driving illegally with no license or insurance etc. Don't do safety checks or license stops or alcohol stops.....coz you'll find out alot more than they want you to know.

Here's what the link says:

LAST STOP FOR IMMIGRANTS

By Mary Lou Pickel
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 07/30/07

> Maria Rivera sits in the Cobb County Jail, facing deportation after a traffic stop. > If the Mableton mother of three, who is here illegally from Mexico, had been pulled over in any other county in Georgia, she likely would have bailed out and gone on with her life. > But Cobb County's jail is at the forefront of local enforcement of immigration laws, going a step further than many states and further than a new Georgia law requires. > Cobb has trained some sheriff's deputies to determine the legal status of all foreign born inmates at the jail, no matter how minor the charge. Cobb jailers now can start deportation proceedings under what's known as a "287-G" agreement with federal immigration authorities.

"The computers are up and running," Cobb County Chief Deputy Sheriff Lynda Coker said. "They can run inquiries on a federal database."

A new state law effective July 1 requires jailers statewide to determine the legal status of inmates charged with felonies or DUI and report illegal immigrants to federal immigration officials, but they can leave it at that.

In Cobb, jailers have been trained by federal immigration officials on how to inspect immigration documents.

"They can initiate the removal proceedings themselves," said Richard Rocha, a spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs and Enforcement, known as ICE. "Any time we can share resources with local law enforcement, it's a plus for public safety," Rocha said.

Proceedings against 42

In the four weeks since the program began, Cobb jailers and ICE have interviewed 86 inmates, placed immigration holds on 68 and started deportation proceedings against 42, Coker said. Deportation paperwork done by sheriff's deputies must be reviewed by an immigration officer before it goes to a judge.

Although it's sheriff's deputies, and not Cobb County Police Department officers, who are now processing deportation paperwork, the program is sending a shiver through the immigrant community.

Fear destroys any rapport the community had with police, said Jerry Gonzalez, head of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials.

"This is having a very negative effect on overall public safety," Gonzalez said.

Muzaffar Chishti, director of the Migration Policy Institute's office at New York University Law School, agrees. The institute is a nonprofit Washington think tank that studies global migration patterns.

"People are reluctant to report crimes to the police, or be witnesses in criminal proceedings," Chishti said.

As for the agreement's effect on immigration patterns, it's hard to say. Since 2001, there's been an annual net increase of 500,000 illegal immigrants entering the country, Muzaffar said.

"There's no evidence these agreements have led to a decrease in illegal immigration," he said.

Coker stresses that Cobb jailers have had a cooperative relationship with immigration authorities for about 10 years and have reported illegal immigrants to them. What is happening in Cobb now, Coker said, is not much different, except sheriff's deputies can now pitch in on the paperwork.

Some Cobb inmates who have been flagged for immigration holds are charged with child molestation or drugs, weapons and alcohol-related offenses, Rocha said.

"With the success of the program, we've been able to identify people who may otherwise not have been flagged," he said.

Nationwide since 2006, local jailers have identified more than 20,000 illegal immigrants through cooperative agreements with the federal government like Cobb's, Rocha said.

Whether and how an inmate is flagged as illegal may differ in each case as it goes through the system. Some jails have dedicated ICE officers to identify illegal immigrants as they are booked. At others, ICE relies on local jailers to notify them if an inmate may be here illegally, Rocha said.

Inmates collected by ICE right away are usually those facing lesser charges, Coker said. Those with more serious charges usually go to trial and serve time if convicted, she said. It's up to ICE to deport them after they serve their time.

Traffic violations

Rivera was flagged because she had been deported before, in March 2006, after crossing the Mexican border illegally, Rocha said.

Rivera crossed again last year and went to Chicago with her husband and three children, said Enrique Farias, her roommate. About six months ago she came to Mableton with her children, Farias said.

His sister cared for the three children a few weeks while their mother was in jail, he said, until an uncle from Chicago came last week took the children home with him.

Rivera was stopped by a Cobb County police officer July 11 on her way to work as a house cleaner, Farias said. She is charged with driving without a license, having no proof of insurance and an expired tag, according to jail records.

Cobb County police Chief George Hatfield said his officer had no choice but to enforce the law with Rivera.

"It's sad if she's got the three children and everything, but she should have thought about that before she got behind the wheel of a car," he said.

TO BE DEPORTED

ROGERS CASTANEDA CHARRY

Country: Colombia Charges: DUI; improper lane change; no license

Status: Deportation ordered

LEONARDO RODRIGUEZ JASSO

Country: Mexico

Charges: No license; expired tag

Status: Deportation ordered

MAY BE DEPORTED

ANA KAREN CABRERA

Country: Mexico

Charges: Criminal trespass

Status: Facing deportation

CHRISTIAN FLORES DIAZ

Country: Mexico

Charges: DUI; speeding; improper lane change

Status: Facing deportation

VIJENDER DUTH DWARAM Country: India

Charges: Criminal trespass

Status: Facing deportation

Sources: Cobb County Sheriff's Department, Immigration and Customs Enforcement


TO BE DEPORTED MAY BE DEPORTED

I'm tired of "we are afraid to report crime to police BS" it is just an excuse to blackmail the police into not arresting regular old border jumping, law breaking aliens !

They can tell a Legal citizen they trust and let them report the crime,this takes the pressure off of police to submit to their whinning and allows the police to still arrest all ilegals if caught.