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Police: Crime may rise with illegal-alien law


UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Tucson, Ariz., Police Chief Roberto Villasenor says the new state immigration law is so burdensome that it will overwhelm even federal processing of arrested suspects.

By Pete Yost ASSOCIATED PRESS
9:08 p.m., Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Arizona's new immigration law and similar proposals in other states would lead to an increase in crime, some police chiefs from across the country told Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in an hourlong meeting Wednesday.

The chiefs told the attorney general that having to determine whether a person is in the United States illegally will break down the trust that police have built in communities and will divert law enforcement resources from fighting crime.

If that happens, "we will be unable to do our jobs," said Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck. "Laws like this will actually increase crime, not decrease crime."

Tucson, Ariz., Police Chief Roberto Villasenor said the requirements of the new law are so burdensome that "we doubt the federal government can even handle the numbers of people we will bring to them" on immigration status.

The new law "puts Arizona law enforcement right in the middle" at a time when police budgets are already in crisis, said John Harris, president of the Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police.

On Monday, the FBI reported that both violent crime and property crime dropped dramatically last year, a trend the police chiefs said could be imperiled if immigration is added to law enforcement's responsibilities.

The Obama administration is weighing a possible court challenge to the Arizona law, which empowers police to question anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally. It faces five lawsuits, including two from individual police officers, and two people filed paperwork this week to begin gathering signatures for separate ballot measures opposing the law.

The other police chiefs in the meeting were from Philadelphia, Houston, Minneapolis, San Jose, Salt Lake City and Montgomery County, Md.

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Well then hire more cops, judges and BP agents. The cost savings from cutting all taxpayer funded incentives, jobs, etc from illegal aliens will more than cover the costs.

NO excuses, stop cherrypicking which criminal laws to enforce! ENFORCE AND DEPORT!!!

AS IF the crime isnt high enough already.
damn chief, dont you know that one crime, is one too many

Call for volunteers to be trained and deputized. I'm sure they could get all the part time free manpower they need for this job.

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Arizona's new immigration law and similar proposals in other states would lead to an increase in crime, some police chiefs from across the country told Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in an hourlong meeting Wednesday.

If this is true, then crime is on the rise in all the cities that have 287(g), Criminal Alien Programs (CAP), and Secure Communities.

Do I need to look up some crime stats to prove this statement is BS?

I'm sure the "some police chiefs" mentioned are from sanctuary cities like San Francisco, since the chief doesn't want to participate in Secure Communities Program like the rest of the county. You know, the city whose citizens are gunned down by an illegal who had been criminal convictions but wasn't turned over to ICE.

Dixie

One example for the liars.

CAP was implemented by the Irving Police Department in September 2006.

Irving crime rate falls to all-time low; cleanup initiatives credited

January 30, 2009 in News by Monty | No comments
12:00 AM CST on Thursday, January 29, 2009

By BRANDON FORMBY / The Dallas Morning News
bformby@dallasnews.com

Irving has built a diverse portfolio in its fight against crime.

Some efforts, like the Criminal Alien Program, which turns over arrestees for deportation, have drawn protests and national attention.

...Officials say the controversial changes have done something else: Irving’s 2008 crime rate is the lowest in recorded history, besting an all-time record set just one year earlier....

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