Thread: Los Angeles Pols Would Protect Illegal-Alien Criminals

Written by R. Cort Kirkwood

Monday, 30 May 2011 12:12
In the latest act of treason from the illegal-alien lobby, Los Angeles city council members have announced they want the city to stop full participation in the federal Secure Communities program, which matches the fingerprints of local arrestees against the database maintained by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security.

The purpose of Secure Communities is to identify illegal aliens so they can be deported after they serve sentences.
According to the Los Angeles Times, council members Bernard C. Parks and Jan Perry are behind the effort to undermine federal enforcement of immigration laws. Los Angeles has been a sanctuary city for 30 years, and now its political leaders are trying to hamper efforts to deport illegal alien criminals.
The pair, along with the immigration lobby, is backing a bill that passed the assembly which limits the fingerprints state and local authorities can share to those of convicted felons.

No Deportations

Thirty years ago, the city adopted Special Order 40, which prohibits aw enforcement officials from contacting someone solely because those officials suspect him of being an illegal alien.

The council members argue the federal program trespasses Special Order 40, the Times reports.

As well because illegal alien criminals who are not felons, but perhaps only “minorâ€

"Thirty years ago, the city adopted Special Order 40, which prohibits Law enforcement officials from contacting someone solely because those officials suspect him of being an illegal alien."

Hell it is the Hers we really really need to get out of here too.
And just how is that Special Order 40 working for you L.A. L.A Land??
Hey I'm 8 hours east and it really sucks here too...

I seriously believe that there are AT LEAST 30 million Illegals In the United states ..... I bet that there are 6 million or more In Los Angeles and SanFrancisco alone ....

Originally Posted by topsecret10

I seriously believe that there are AT LEAST 30 million Illegals In the United states ..... I bet that there are 6 million or more In Los Angeles and SanFrancisco alone ....

That's what Roy Beck says, there's around 36 million!

Originally Posted by stevetheroofer

Originally Posted by topsecret10

I seriously believe that there are AT LEAST 30 million Illegals In the United states ..... I bet that there are 6 million or more In Los Angeles and SanFrancisco alone ....

That's what Roy Beck says, there's around 36 million!

It is bad and getting
worse. Illegals here are already recruiting for tornado ally. Look out my
friends. Theres hordes heading northeast from A.Z, California, and Texas.
Time to get organized for American workers rebuilding.
Not another New Orleans. The illegals flocked their too. No more cesspools
America should be the slogan! American workers need only apply!

Bill would let counties opt out of U.S. immigration enforcement program

Assembly Democrats say the Secure Communities program, which sends fingerprints of local arrestees to the ICE, ensnares low-level offenders. Republicans say the action would undermine federal law.

By Michael J. Mishak, Los Angeles Times

May 31, 2011
Reporting from Sacramento—

California lawmakers have taken steps to opt out of a controversial federal immigration enforcement program, joining a growing number of states that say it harms public safety and undermines local law enforcement.

Under the Secure Communities program, fingerprints of all arrestees booked into local jails and cross-checked with the FBI's criminal database are forwarded to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for screening. Officials said the system, launched in 2008, is intended to identify and deport illegal immigrants convicted of serious crimes such as murder, rape and kidnapping.

Some state lawmakers say the reality has been far different. Citing ICE data, Democrats say that many of those ensnared in the program have never been convicted of crimes or are low-level offenders. The result, they say, has been a chilling effect on immigrant crime victims and witnesses, who stay silent for fear of deportation.

Republicans are opposed to opting out, saying it would undermine federal law.

From the program's inception through March of this year, 55% of those flagged for deportation nationwide had committed misdemeanors and infractions or were arrested but not convicted of crimes, ICE data show. About 30% of those flagged for deportation had been convicted of serious crimes.

ICE spokeswoman Lori Haley defended the program, saying that it had netted 78,000 "deportable aliens" in California, more than 48% of whom had previous felony convictions or at least three misdemeanors. She said the agency is developing a policy to protect crime victims and witnesses.

In a heated debate on the state Assembly floor Thursday, Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) called Secure Communities a "farce" as he lobbied his colleagues to support legislation that would require California's Department of Justice to renegotiate its agreement with the federal government.

The bill would allow counties to opt out of the federal program and ensure that the participants enact protective measures for victims of domestic violence and juveniles. And it would require those counties to develop safeguards against racial profiling and share only the fingerprints of convicted felons.

"There is no shame in protecting people who are vulnerable," Ammiano said.

Republicans argue that allowing some counties to opt out of the program would give violent criminals free rein across the state.

"People will go where they will not get caught," said Assemblyman Stephen Knight (R-Palmdale).

The bill passed the Assembly on a party-line vote, 47 to 26, and moves to the Senate.

Gov. Jerry Brown declined to comment on the legislation. But he supported Secure Communities when he was California's attorney general, a fact that Republicans used in their arguments Thursday. Last year, then-Atty. Gen. Brown denied a request by San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey to opt out of the program.

In a letter to Hennessey, Brown said Secure Communities "serves both public safety and the interest of justice."

"This is not simply a local issue," he said. "Many of the people booked in local jails end up in state prison or go on to commit crimes in other counties or states."

Ammiano and others said Brown and the state were misled by federal officials. They cited a planned investigation of Secure Communities by the Department of Homeland Security's office of the inspector general.

Among other issues, the review will examine how federal officials portrayed the program to states and counties, which say they were initially told they could opt out but were later informed that participation has always been mandatory.

www.latimes.com

Gov. Brown signed the Secure Communities agreement when he was the Attorney General of CA.
He may veto this proposed law.

CA. Gov. Brown is a supporter of Secure Communities,
and as state attorney general ratified the agreement with the federal government.
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-223652.html

RELATED

Opting out of Secure Communities? Not so fast, ICE says
5/31/2011

John Morton, director of federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement, says local jurisdictions don’t have the power to pick and choose.
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-239646.html