Thread: Asheville Latino advocates want end to immigration status ch

Asheville Latino advocates want end to immigration status checks
Latinos' minor offenses can lead to deportation
citizen-times.com
Written by John Boyle
10:10 PM, Sep. 3, 2011

Federal law intended to help county sheriffs identify illegal immigrants with criminal histories has led to the deportation of more than 400 people from Western North Carolina in less than three years .

More than 350 of those were arrested in Buncombe and Henderson counties alone.

But the program has drawn increasing criticism from Latino community advocates who say enforcement efforts have ensnared people with no criminal backgrounds who have secured jobs and developed community ties.

The message behind the program, Secure Communities, is clear for Nikki Morin, a coordinator with the Center for Participatory Change in Asheville, a grassroots organization that aims to help people transform their communities.

“It says law enforcement is casting a very, very wide net,â€

But the program has drawn increasing criticism from Latino community advocates who say enforcement efforts have ensnared people with no criminal backgrounds who have secured jobs and developed community ties

Evidentally they have broke the laws when they enetered this country or overstayed visas ILLEGALLY! That is against the law and therefore you are a criminal. End of their sob story.

These "latino advocates" will never accept the fact the law should be applied equally to all. They want the rule of law to be disgarded so their fellow illegal invading la raza can remain. As far as i'm concerned, "latino advocates" are a danger to this country so long as they advocate for lawlessness based upon ethnicity.

Who other than the MSM media is even listening to these people?

But the program has drawn increasing criticism from Latino community advocates who say enforcement efforts have ensnared people with no criminal backgrounds who have secured jobs and developed community ties.

If they're illegal securing a job just makes ONE MORE CRIME to add to the list. And their "community ties"? Why do I think this refers to their anchor spawns????

How does it feel to want?People in hell want ice water and we want illegals to leave,so now they know how it feels.They always want what benifits them.

the person is only driving without a license

Give me a break!!!!
Being here illegally and add "driving w/o a license" that is 2 offenses.....
I am getting tired of this sob story!!!!!!

[b] “I wouldn’t use the word ‘target’ in any context, but you certainly see checkpoints set up in poorer neighborhoods on a routine basis,â€