Thread: IN: Sen. Delph Calls Out Officials on Illegal Immigration

Sen. Delph Calls Out Officials on Illegal Immigration

Right Vision News
March 8, 2011
STATE HOUSE

The State Of Indiana has issued following press release:

Sen. Mike Delph (R-Carmel) commended local and federal law enforcement officials on Friday for working together on the major bust of a drug-trafficking ring that included the arrests of eight people, at least five of them illegal immigrants.

But Delph criticized Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry and Indianapolis Public Safety Director Frank Straub for standing shoulder-to-shoulder with federal officials in announcing the drug bust on Thursday, while only three days earlier criticizing legislation authored by Delph to crack down on illegal immigration.

"It is blatantly hypocritical for them to dismiss my bill as a waste of time and resources and a matter for the federal government alone, then two days later take credit for working with federal authorities on a drug bust involving criminals who are here illegally," Delph said.

"This arrest underscores the cost of illegal immigration to our state and its legal residents, and the need for authorities on all levels - including state and local - to work together in fighting it," Delph said.

"These people were selling drugs and carrying assault rifles, and those who do that are usually committing other crimes. I hope Mr. Curry and Mr. Straub now realize that one way to keep drugs and guns off the streets is to keep those who are in Indiana illegally off the streets."

Delph's bill, which has passed the Senate and is now before the House of Representatives, allows law enforcement who stop, detain or arrest anyone for violating a law or ordinance to ask for proof the person is here legally if the officer has reasonable suspicion to believe otherwise.

Senate Bill 590 provides law enforcement with the tools and training necessary to identify individuals in the state illegally and then transfer them to federal custody.

It requires the Indiana State Police to negotiate an agreement with the federal government so state police officers can be trained to enforce federal immigration and customs laws.

Curry was quoted in a Wednesday story by The Indianapolis Star as saying Delph's bill would result in a "significant waste of resources" by duplicating the work of federal authorities. Straub said that the bill's provisions would take up too much of officers' time.

But Curry and Straub still joined federal officials in announcing Thursday's arrest. The central Indiana drug bust yielded three pounds of methamphetamine, $33,950 in cash and 27 guns, including an assault-style SKS rifle.

Officials said the arrests could lead to higher-level suppliers. At least five of those arrested are illegal immigrants from Mexico.

Delph noted that last week, an illegal immigrant from Mexico who was living in Mishawaka, Ind., was among 22 people indicted on federal charges of making and selling more than 15,000 fake identification cards to illegal immigrants.

The ring's members - mostly illegal immigrants from Mexico - also are charged with beating, kidnapping and murdering competitors in Little Rock, Ark.

According to the Indiana Department of Correction, Indiana spends $10 million per year incarcerating illegal immigrants.

"What you have with illegal immigration is an underground world that is allowed to take root with real costs and consequences, and yet Mr. Curry and Mr. Straub say my bill would be a waste of time," Delph said.

"They need to realize that, as was the case in this week's bust, it will take cooperation from authorities at all levels to put an immediate stop to illegal immigration and the very real damage it is doing."

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"This arrest underscores the cost of illegal immigration to our state and its legal residents, and the need for authorities on all levels - including state and local - to work together in fighting it," Delph said

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Yeah....and your state hasn't even been invaded yet! Imagine the "costs," both financially and socially, to states like California, who’s on the verge of collapse because of illegal invaders.

The underworld cartel activity has been going on for so long that it is now firmly entrenched in the U.S.k, some places of course excessively so.

We are on the fast track to becoming another Mexico if we do not get a grip on it soon... and even with that, we'll be fighting to clean up the cartel corruption already here for many years...

Senate Bill 590 provides law enforcement with the tools and training necessary to identify individuals in the state illegally and then transfer them to federal custody.

Bill 590 should be signed into law in every State in this Country.