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Do you think roadside checkpoints in Escondido are a good idea?
Choice Votes Percentage of 228 Votes
Yes 165 72%
No 63 28%
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Do you think roadside checkpoints in Escondido are a good idea?

Yes 167 73%
No 63 27%

Choice Votes Percentage of 244 Votes

Yes 180 74%

No 64 26%

Escondido Proposes New Effort To Stop Illegal Immigration

Roadside Checkpoints To Look For Illegal Immigrants

ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- In another effort to stop illegal immigration, the Escondido City Council proposed a policy in which U.S Border Patrol agents would work with local police at roadside checkpoints, it was reported Thursday.

Anyone suspected of a driving violation could be pulled aside, where Border Patrol agents would determine if the suspects were in the country legally. If not, they would be detained and deported, The San Diego Union- Tribune reported.

The city became a lightning rod for open-border activists last year when it passed an ordinance aimed at punishing landlords who rent to illegals.

Escondido police Chief Jim Maher said a draft of the latest proposal is being prepared, and a report will be submitted to the council in a few weeks. It is being written at the urging of Councilman Sam Abed, who broached the subject with former Chief Duane White last year, the newspaper reported.

During a council workshop Wednesday, Maher expressed misgivings about the proposal, the Union-Tribune reported.

"My concern is that the (illegal immigrant) community would see us as an extension of the Border Patrol and would never want anything to do with us," he said.

Maher told the Union-Tribune he is worried that illegals wouldn't want to cooperate with the police in any situation, including filing reports or acting as witnesses, out of fear of deportation.

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Do you think roadside checkpoints in Escondido are a good idea?
Choice Votes Percentage of 250 Votes
Yes 185 74%
No 65 26%

Do you think roadside checkpoints in Escondido are a good idea?

Percentage of 269 Votes

Yes 204 76%

No 65 24%