Thread: DHS Plan to Limit Officers Power to Arrest Illegals

Homeland Security Revises Immigration Plan, Limits Officers' Power to Arrest Illegals
Saturday, July 11, 2009


The Department of Homeland Security said it was revising a program that authorized local police to enforce federal immigration law — a controversial aspect of U.S. border policy.

Opponents said the program, known as 287g, was intended to identify criminal aliens but instead has led to racial profiling; it allowed local police to identify and arrest illegal immigrants for such minor infractions as a broken tail light. Program supporters said it has been an effective tool for combating illegal immigration.

The new guidelines sharply reduce the ability of local law enforcement to arrest and screen suspected illegal immigrants. They are intended to prevent sheriff and police departments from arresting people "for minor offenses as a guise to initiate removal proceedings," according to Homeland Security. The program will instead focus on more serious criminals.

"In a world of limited resources, our view is that we need to focus first and foremost on people committing crimes in our community who should not be here," said John Morton, Assistant Secretary of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Morton said his agency would sign new contracts with local law enforcement that would bolster federal oversight.

In the past two years, more than 120,000 suspected illegal immigrants were identified through the program, and most ended up in deportation proceedings. By comparison, ICE removed 356,739 illegal immigrants from the U.S. during the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2008 — a 23.5% increase over the 2007 total.

The most active local enforcer has been Joe Arpaio, the sheriff of Arizona's Maricopa County. He said Friday he would continue pursuing illegal immigrants, arguing that state laws allow neighborhood crime sweeps and worksite raids.

"If I'm told not to enforce immigration law except if the alien is a violent criminal, my answer to that is we are still going to do the same thing, 287g or not," said Arpaio. His deputies have identified in jail or picked up on the streets more than 30,000 illegal immigrants in the Phoenix area. "We have been very successful," said the five-term sheriff.

The Department of Justice is investigating whether Arpaio's deputies have used skin color as a pretense to stop Latinos suspected of being illegal immigrants.

Obama's policy change is expected to bolster his standing with Latinos and some Democratic legislators. The administration is seeking to set the stage for a sweeping overhaul of immigration legislation that could put millions of illegal workers on the path to U.S. citizenship.


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,531682,00.html

Obama's policy change is expected to bolster his standing with Latinos

Forget about whats good for America and Americans as long as they scoundrels can get re-elected thats all that matters to them.

"In a world of limited resources, our view is that we need to focus first and foremost on people committing crimes in our community who should not be here," said John Morton, Assistant Secretary of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Well, duh, resources would not be as limited if illegals were scared to come here, dumb V**V! And speaking of resources, did anyone think what this mass of illegals and their anchor babies do to the resources of local governments, hospitals, our food supply, infrastructure and water? But I guess since oversight belongs to other agencies, that is their problem. I guess we will keep sucking up to the chosen people that know best what is wrong with this country, the innocents that are here to rob us blind and produce little citizens.

Here we see the slight of hand that this treasonous bunch of snakes has been planning. Weaken the ability of our mechanisms that work to remove the trash and combine it with an amnesty and utterly destroy America. These rodents in Washington hate America. Well, I have some news for them. If the sheriffs and LEO who participate refuse to go along with their fraud, what are they going to do? Folks, just because there is some idiot policy or law made by the elites does not mean it must be followed. God bless sheriff Joe, he is a strong man and I hope more will follow his example. Screw the government.

Obama's policy change is expected to bolster his standing with Latinos and some Democratic legislators.

I guess the rest of Americans who want illegals deported and our immigration laws enforced do not count!

ICE favors Hispanics from what I have heard from business owners who used to hire illegals. One guy would hire a Canadian for a few days during tourist seasons and ICE would catch them but when the employees are Mexican or Central Americans they would not get them as quick or even at all. There were Russians waitressing while on vacation and they were picked up as well. There are other business owners who have noticed the same and seen Haitians picked up as well on a regular basis.