Thread: Open Borders Movement Flexes Muscle Again

Open Borders Movement Flexes Muscle Again
judicialwatch.org
Mon, 08/29/2011 - 10:30am

Under intense pressure from the increasingly powerful open borders movement, a major U.S. city is abruptly ending a federal law enforcement partnership responsible for dramatically reducing its record-high crime rate.

Known as Operation Community Shield, the program targets violent street gangs by sending special Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to assist local police in areas infested with gang activity. In this case, the northern California city of San Jose enrolled in the program a few months ago because a steep rise in gang violence pushed the homicide rate to the highest level in decades.

The partnership has been extremely successful in California’s third-largest city and there has been a dramatic drop in gang killings, according to a local news report that cites police data. The local-federal alliance has helped crack down on gang violence and led to the arrest of hundreds of dangerous gang members in a matter of weeks. In fact, in the first 5 ½ months of the year San Jose had 14 gang homicides but zero in the two months of Operation Community Shield. The city is the safest it has been in years.

Why in the world would the San Jose Police Department end such a triumphant program? Because the open borders movement, which opposed it from the start, fears that “law-abidingâ€

I suppose just like the Southern Californians in the 1980's had gotten used to illegals being available to do lower paid jobs, the Silicon Valley tycoons have become accustomed to the same.

Related:
San Jose severs ties with ICE after gang crackdown
http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-1260422.html#1260422

fears that “law-abidingâ€