Thread: Illegal Immigration Becoming A Growing Problem In Greenwood

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Illegal Immigration Becoming A Growing Problem In Greenwood



The ArkLaTex may be hundreds of miles from the mexican border, but it seems illegal immigration is an issue that's at our doorstep. And police in at least one local town are frustrated.

Greenwood is no border town, yet police say it is a doorway of sorts that suspected illegal immigrants are using all the time to gain access to other parts of the country. And they say there isn't much they can do to stop it.

What looks like an ordinary traffic stop is often anything but routine for Greenwood police. They say a man they stopped earlier this week is one of a growing number of suspected smugglers making their way through town. They are smugglers with human cargo. In this case, ten suspected undocumented immigrants. Police say vans like the one they stopped this week travel through Greenwood almost daily...using the highways to make secret journeys from Houston to the East coast. And even though officers are able to intervene, they say they often have to let them go because they can't get any help from federal immigration agents. Chief J. D. Dunn says, T hey will advise at that time what their resources are. If they're able to do anything with them. They're in the same situation that we're in. They have limited resources and determined by what they can provide for us at that time determines what we have to do." G reenwood police say all of this takes away from the limited resources they have. Instead of patrolling their streets, they say they end up spending a lot of time working these cases that lead to a dead end.

I lived in Arkansas before I moved back to California after 35 years. I saw caravans of Mexicans driving south on the interstate with cars and what looked like car parts.

Since moving back to California, to the small town of Ridgecrest, it has been a real eye opener, especially after thier rallys. Thier rallys have opened eyes, eyes of Americans that were not aware of the problem. The illegals proceeded to inform us americans of the problems. Now, lets see how the Americans will stand up for legalization, or continue to keep thier heads in the sand. (I had seen it before, being retired from construction for 2 years, we cannot compete with the illegals). I was a contractor since 1984, I wouldnot compete anymore. One bidding sub said, don't you have an interperter!!!!!

My sister is manager of a quick mart here, she ID's for potential minor for beer. She ID'd a mexican, he had a mexican ID. She said she would only accept an AMERICAN ID. He had none, so she asked for his green card. Guess what, he put the been down and left.