Thread: Sheriff Richard Jones vs John McCain on illegal immigration

Jerry Seper
Washington Times

An Ohio sheriff who has been an outspoken critic of efforts by Congress to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants wants some answers from Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

In half-page ads in the Cincinnati Enquirer on Thursday and one scheduled for Saturday, Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones is asking the presumptive Republican presidential nominee:

"Sen. McCain: Why haven’t we heard from you on immigration? Are you avoiding this American issue? We are all EARS."

Sheriff Jones, a Republican who’s become known nationally for cracking down on illegal immigration in Butler County, said he’s using money from his campaign to pay for the ads that coincide with a fundraising visit by Mr. McCain.

He has vigorously proposed tougher immigration legislation, saying existing laws are either not strong enough or are not being enforced, and has called on the federal government to reimburse his county for the cost of jailing criminal aliens.

McCain campaign spokesman Paul Lindsay said Mr. McCain, "Will secure the borders first as president, but he also believes that we need a comprehensive solution to the issue of illegal immigration."

Mr. McCain joined forces last year with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, on a failed immigration plan that Sheriff Jones and others sharply criticized. Opponents described the Kennedy-McCain plan as "amnesty" and it proved a detriment to the senator early in his presidential bid.

Mr. McCain was scheduled to visit Butler County, a Republican-heavy area key to victory in Ohio, Thursday evening for a $250-a-person fundraiser at the Four Bridges Country Club in Liberty Township.

Sheriff Butler told The Washington Times this year that the immigration bill failed in the Senate because it did not solve the problem of first securing the nation’s border.

"The U.S. Senate’s job is to protect and serve the citizens of this country. At times it seems as though they have forgotten whence they came," he said. "Make no mistake about the fact that the immigration system is beyond broken.

"The problem is, our border must first be secured," he said. "This Senate bill was mostly about big money and lobbyists trying to force the issue on elected officials throughout this great country."

Sheriff Jones, who also asked the Mexican government to reimburse him in his fight against Mexican-based drug rings in his county, thinks the Senate’s failure to pass the bill was reason enough for states to target illegal aliens themselves and called on state officials to enact legislation to deal with what he called a "continuing illegal-immigration crisis."

He began advocating immigration reform for nearly three years when illegal immigrants started swamping the Butler County jail. He openly derided the cost of housing the inmates and targeted the employers who hired them, openly expanding his campaign to include the cost to taxpayers for illegals who use the county’s schools, hospitals, courts and law enforcement.

"Just in this county alone, the cost to the taxpayers is $1 million," he said. "Add to that the cost to the citizens throughout the United States and that taxpayer burden is in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

"The law is the law. We must enforce the law we have. The only additional change in the law should be that our local law enforcement should have the authority to enforce the federal immigration law without having to obtain federal permission," he said

I like Sheriff Jones. Let's see Sheriff Joe for president and Jones as his veep.

McCain campaign spokesman Paul Lindsay said Mr. McCain, "Will secure the borders first as president, but he also believes that we need a comprehensive solution to the issue of illegal immigration."

McCain...worse than we think and couldn't care less what we think!

I grew up in Miamisburg, Ohio. Miamisburg is just a few miles North of the County that Sheriff Jones represents. It's interesting to live in Portland, Oregon and travel back to the Dayton/Cincinnati area.

Portland encourages illegals to take advantage of everything the taxpayers have to offer, Dayton/Cincinnati actually enforce laws and discourages illegals stealing American jobs.

Portland is completely over run with illegal aliens. Dayton/Cincinnati is not.

Landscapers, roofers, drywallers and framers in Portland are nearly all illegal aliens. In Dayton/Cincinnati, mostly Americans are doing those jobs.

In Portland, the nightly news is almost completely dominated by stories about illegal aliens committing crimes.

In Dayton Cincinnati, such news stories are rare.

In Portland, even the suburban schools systems stink and are over run with anchor babies and the children of lawbreaking, tax dollar stealing illegal aliens.

In Dayton and Cincinnati, many of the schools have their problems but many of the suburban schools are some of the best in the country. Very few illegal alien children are in the schools in Southern Ohio.

Recently, a local (Oregon) pro-illegal alien group put out a 43 page report on the supposed ill effects to the state if we actually start enforcing SSN matches for jobs. They say, much like Chicken Little, the sky is falling. They completely ignore in this report all of the negative effects illegals have on schools, hospitals, government programs and public safety.

http://www.oregoncanwork.org

If illegal aliens are so necessary to the economy, why is it Dayton and Cincinnati can get yardwork, drywalling, framing and roofing done without many illegal aliens?

In Portland, it's claimed that Americans won't do these jobs and they HAVE to hire illegals. I don't buy it. Although there are differences between Dayton/Cincinnati and Portland, Oregon, I honestly believe that the only reason that illegals are doing all of the aformentioned jobs is that Americans aren't given a chance at getting them.

If you live in a place where illegals haven't completely taken over the jobs and the crime statistics, count your blessings and don't let dirty businesses and dirty politicians turn your city in to Portland, Oregon. If you do, the job that may go to an illegal alien could be yours.

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