Thread: Wake Co., NC: Protest held against immigration measure

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Protest held against immigration measure

Sunday, December 14, 2008 | 12:30 PM By Amanda Fitzpatrick

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- More than 100 members of the Southern Human Rights Organizer conference, organized in front of the Wake County Jail Saturday to protest against Wake County's 287-G program.
Jaribu Hill came from Mississippi and says the program is unfair. "287-G is a measure put in place by law enforcement to chill and the measure to chill and curtail the movement of immigrant people," Hill said.
The measure gives local authorities some ability to enforce federal immigration laws. Inside the Wake County jail, they are allowed to check the legal status of every inmate that comes through the doors, using the inmates' fingerprints.
Rosa Saavedra, a Wake County activist says she met a pregnant woman whose family was destroyed because of the new bill.
"I met a lady whose husband was taken away due to this 287-G," she said. "The police took him here, haul him away for a minor traffic violation."
Some argue the program encourages racial profiling. They believe the police target Hispanics and take them to jail for minor traffic violations so they can fingerprint them to find their legal status --later deporting them out of the country.
But Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison disagrees, in an earlier interview he says the 287-G program has kept criminals off the streets.
"We've already caught people that were wanted in other states and other counties," he said. "So to me, when we get a criminal off the street, regardless of how we do it, if we're doing it legally, then it's a plus for us."
Harrison says they've found more than 550 illegal immigrants at the jail since 287-G started in Wake County and with the new technology, that number could increase.

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Ever notice how illegal alien supporters always blame the system? It's always it happened because they got caught, never that the illegal aliens are wrong and breaking the law.

Dixie

What's wrong with deporting people who are here illegally? The punishment fits the crime! This type of propaganda is getting old! Most Americans aren't buying it.

Did they get these people on film / video? Are they illegals, too? Names and faces? Do illegals have a right to riot in the streets? Why didn't the police check the people in the crowd's IDs? Our police are not doing their jobs, get going in Wake Co., NC.

Rosa Saavedra, a Wake County activist says she met a pregnant woman whose family was destroyed because of the new bill.
"I met a lady whose husband was taken away due to this 287-G," she said. "The police took him here, haul him away for a minor traffic violation."

Thats too bad. Arrogance, stupidity, and ignorance doesnt make it okay for illegal aliens to remain here under any circumstances. If you are illegal, get out or get deported. Its that simple.

Taxpayers spend 400 billion dollars annually for illegal alien health care, welfare, food stamps, education, birthright citizenship and other benefits. The cost continues to increase as 5,000 to 10,000 illegally cross the border every week. Americans should not be held morally and fiscally responsible for those who made a conscious and deliberate decision to violate our borders, laws, sovereignty, have children at taxpayer expense while illegally here, take jobs from Americans and fraudulently apply for benefits using stolen social security numbers (a class C felony), ruining American's lives from identity theft. We cannot sustain the rest of humanity with our health care, land, food, water, energy and other LIMITED resources. It is a simple matter of math and economics