Thread: MN: When should police check immigrant status?

When should police check immigrant status?
By CURT BROWN and PAM LOUWAGIE


The woman witnesses say drove her van into a school bus, killing four children in Cottonwood, Minn., last week, apparently had two earlier traffic encounters with law enforcement. Both times officers issued tickets and gave her a ride home without checking her immigration status.

Olga M. Franco’s ability to remain in Minnesota, using a phony name and ID card, has prompted outrage from the U.S. Congress to blogs.

But police chiefs in southwestern Minnesota offer a practical and ethical explanation: They say they don’t detain minor offenders because immigration officials haven’t come to pick up them up in the past. And they don’t want to engage in racial profiling.

“Should a police officer hold everyone who is stopped without a license to substantiate that they are or are not who they say they are?â€

I can't believe they let Diaz-Pineda walk after these 4 children were murdered.

People in MN should be marching in the streets.

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Outrageous!!!

[quote]When we encounter people for petty offenses, we have no reason to inquire about it,â€

It seems that the parents of these children have a suit against this city for "reckless disregard for the community's safety and for the death of their children."

I would love to see a really good lawyer get his/her hands on this one.

I think you may have your facts screwed up. She walked after she was picked under a previous infraction. I'm from Minn. and as far as I know she is still in jail facing 4 counts of vehicular homicide. They were given specific instructoins from ICE that after we done with her not to let her go. She was going to have face charges with ICE.

stratus37: In the above, they are making the point they let another (not Olga Franco) 'go' after being ticketed in circumstances almost identical to Olga Franco's - in short, they are drawing a comparison using 2 different people.

eg:

Illegal immigrant walks

Earlier this week in Marshall, Pedro Diaz-Pineda paid a $332 fine for running a stop light and giving police a fake name. During the traffic stop last week, Diaz-Pineda told authorities he was here illegally from Honduras.

Welcome stratus37. Glad to have you at Alipac. Ya, I was confused at first on that too. Then I had to re-read it. The police should be sued over this one incident as far as I'm concerned. After this tragedy and they let someone else go, if this guy hurts or kills someone, this city is is BIG TROUBLE.

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Good!

Behind you on this one W!!