Thread: Sheriff Arpaio: Keeping Silent Won't Help IAs

Sheriff: Keeping Silent Won't Help Illegal Immigrants
February 25th, 2008 @ 6:50am
by Mike Sauceda/KTAR

At least three community groups are advising illegal immigrants to keep silent when they are questioned about their citizenship status.

The meetings come as Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and Phoenix Police crack down on asking suspects about their immigration status when they are stopped.

The groups have held forums and advised immigrants they can avoid deportation by not saying anything.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said that tactic is not going to work.

``If they don't want to answer and they have violated the law, they're going directly to jail and then we will investigate them in the jail to see if they are illegal," Arpaio said on News/Radio 92-3 KTAR's Jay Lawrence Show.

Arpaio added, ``There's been talk on Hispanic shows -- to not cooperate, to not talk to my deputies -- but you know what? We locked up 40 more illegal immigrants in the last 10 days, so we're still able to do our job."

The immigrants' rights groups holding the meetings say they are not trying to teach illegal immigrants how to break the law
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Thank you Sheriff Joe!

Common sense rocks!

The immigrants' rights groups holding the meetings say they are not trying to teach illegal immigrants how to break the law.

Actually, yes they are doing exactly that. People who prey on illegals will have a field day with illegal aliens now. If illegal aliens keep silent, they make it worse for themselves.

Go Joe

They absolutely make it worse for themselves. Believe it or not, there are still plenty of cops out there who are sympathetic to the plight of illegal invaders. They will often let these law breakers go with a citation or even a warning. If these so called "experts" were smart, they would advise the illegal invaders to cooperate completely with any law enforcement officer when asked to do so.

However, if you want to imped their investigation and refuse to answer questions , rest assured, you WILL be arrested and you WILL go to jail. Everytime!

So I hope these morons continue to offer such advice. We will benefit in the long run since the illegal invaders will likely be arrested , jailed, which leads to a greater likelihood for deportation.