Thread: The Rise of Criminal Aliens

(The second in the BorderLines series "Aliens, Crimes, and Drugs: Making the Connection")
Center for International Policy
Saturday, March 21, 2009

Immigrants have become the main target of the government’s long-running wars on crime and drugs. When President Nixon announced the wars on crime and drugs, he tapped into an incipient backlash movement of largely working and middle-class white Americans who wanted law-and-order solutions to urban crime and increasing illegal drug use. This was the beginning of what has been called the “severity revolutionâ€

I'd say this article constitutes a first. A first in that it seems on its face to be a rather matter of fact statement of some recent historical facts regarding immigration law enforcement in this country presented by a group whose name suggests advocacy for immigrants. No histronics, no sob stories that put a "human face" on the issue. Now, when's the sucker punch going to be thrown?

I went to their home page. Portland, Oregon says it all.

Better late than never glad to see some action and that action should have better publication in english and spanish.. The more who know this the FEWER