Thread: Rogers makes study trip to U.S.-Mexico border

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Dec 17, 2006

Rogers makes study trip to U.S.-Mexico border

By Ashley Fuller
Marietta Daily Journal Staff Writer

State Sen. Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock) said he will keep working on illegal immigration when the Georgia General Assembly starts up next month.

Rogers visited the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona earlier this month to learn more about how illegal immigrants make it into the country. Rogers went with state House members Martin Scott (R-Rossville), Tom Graves (R-Ranger) and Barry Loudermilk (R-Cassville).

The legislators visited Cochise County, Ariz., which Rogers said is described as "ground zero" for illegal immigration. They focused on a 25- to 30-mile stretch along the border between the towns of Naco and Douglas.

"This is a high-traffic area for illegal aliens coming into the United States," he said.

Some areas of the border were protected by a wall, while other stretches were protected by fences and barbed wire, he said. Some sections of fencing did not appear to Rogers to be enough to deter border crossing.

"There were holes in the fences and areas where you could slide underneath," he said. "Some fences did not seem to be designed to keep people out, but simply designed to mark the boundary."

He also spoke with a retired border patrol officer, who told the legislators the border patrol's job is made difficult by the fact that American employers act as a magnet for illegal immigration.

Rogers was able to address the issue, which has been signed into law, in a bill that he sponsored during the previous legislative session. Senate Bill 529, which sanctions employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants, will go into effect next summer.

Rogers said he will focus this upcoming session on cracking down on identification fraud and the use of stolen identification, an issue he says goes hand-in-hand with illegal immigration.

Increasing penalties for people who manufacture and distribute false identification and crack down on people using fake identification are his top goals, Rogers added.

Rogers said he also will work to increase the number of document experts in the state who are stationed at motor vehicle offices and check documents to make sure they are authentic. He said there only are about 10 to 15 of those experts on staff statewide.

"We are going to dramatically increase that number," he said. "We could probably use 10 in Cherokee County alone."

Cherokee County Sheriff Roger Garrison said identity theft is a general problem in the county, but not specific to the Hispanic population.

Garrison said the best solution related to illegal immigrants who do so would be for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to begin deporting them.

He said he is not in favor of implementing section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which allows local law enforcement agencies to have officers trained and authorized to identify, process and detain immigration offenders. The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners last month requested Garrison look into the program.

"There is no time frame from ICE as to when they will be deported once they are identified," he said. "They will continue to sit in jail and have their health care and meals and board paid for. I think that is wrong."

They Don't Know These Things? Are they that misinformed, or just good at acting dumb?

Rogers visited the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona earlier this month to learn more about how illegal immigrants make it into the country.

Guess, he's never heard of smugglers, coyotes, minivans crashing killing dozens, tractor trailers in the sun baking illegals to death.


"This is a high-traffic area for illegal aliens coming into the United States," he said.

Duh......

He also spoke with a retired border patrol officer, who told the legislators the border patrol's job is made difficult by the fact that American employers act as a magnet for illegal immigration.

Not to mention all countries south of the border cannot/ DO NOT want to go to the trouble of giving their people jobs. I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS IDEA ANY MORE. WE ARE NOT PULLING THEM AS MUCH AS MEXICO, HONUDRAS, GUATEMALA, EL SALVADOR, ET. AL. ARE PUSHING THEM UP HERE.


He said he is not in favor of implementing section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which allows local law enforcement agencies to have officers trained and authorized to identify, process and detain immigration offenders.

WHY NOT?

MISSING IS ALSO ANY MENTION OF A GUARDED WALL.

Do you remember those old black and white movies where the cops are chasing the bad guy and they are all running around like chickens with their heads cut off, bumping into each other and falling over? That is kind of how I see our law enforcement today. The government ties their hands, gives them plenty of red tape, punishes them for stepping on each other's toes and then criminalizes them when they do their job. Once the criminal makes it to court, they are either slapped on the wrist or detained for an insultingly short amount of time and then releases so the whole process can start again. Everything in the US seems to be for show. We don't accomplish anything anymore. 287(g) should be mandatory for all states. And why are we providing luxury accomodations for these people. No criminal should have better conditions in jail than they have in their native country. For Pete's sake, even jail is a benefit for these people.

Originally Posted by Neese

Do you remember those old black and white movies where the cops are chasing the bad guy and they are all running around like chickens with their heads cut off, bumping into each other and falling over? That is kind of how I see our law enforcement today. The government ties their hands, gives them plenty of red tape, punishes them for stepping on each other's toes and then criminalizes them when they do their job. Once the criminal makes it to court, they are either slapped on the wrist or detained for an insultingly short amount of time and then releases so the whole process can start again. Everything in the US seems to be for show. We don't accomplish anything anymore. 287(g) should be mandatory for all states. And why are we providing luxury accomodations for these people. No criminal should have better conditions in jail than they have in their native country. For Pete's sake, even jail is a benefit for these people.

Reminds me of what Tacitus said "The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state." We have so many laws now no one knows the law and is afraid to enforce the law without breaking the law. A myriad of utter confusion when it is so simple. Deport these criminal invaders, prosecute those who supported them including politicians, and get a wall built and armed and let the world know that America is America again!