Thread: A Crime is a Crime is a Crime

My city, Tucson, has seen a huge increase in gang activity. We've always had it, but it is rapidly increasing. They say that over 20 of our murders this year were gang related, a big increase over recent years. The Police Chief just announced that what was a temporary gang task force, will now be made permanent. Who was the first one to cry out in disappointment about this, but the County Attorney, Barbara LaWall. She says this will bring more work for her already taxed office. Boohoo. A crime is a crime is a crime. If your attitude is that there's too much, you get tough and show them you mean business to try and stop future crime, not throw up your hands and say there's just too much so we won't prosecute. This is something her office is really getting in the habit of. She just stopped prosecuting check fraud crimes too because there are so many of them. She also wants to send some of the gang crimes to be prosecuted by the FEDERAL Prosecutor's office, which in Tucson is the busiest one in the nation because of the influx of illegal aliens through the area. What does she think attributes to increased gang activity? She has also refused to prosecute smugglers who are caught in her jurisdiction as well under the State Law that they're trying to pull out from under the feet of Sheriff Arpio and County Atty Andrew Thomas in Phoenix. This woman should never have been re-elected the last time, but no viable candidate came forward to run against her. Hopefully someone will do it the next time.

Originally Posted by mapwife

If your attitude is that there's too much...

Her attitude is not that "there's too much"; no, her real reason comes from the fact that these are "brown" people so they are never really guilty of a crime. She is a Left-wing extremist. If these crimes were being committed by White Anglo-Saxon Americans she would have no problem jumping into action.

I'm seeing the increase in gang activity here in Omaha as well. I grew up in Omaha, then left for years. Now that I'm back I can't believe the number of illegals and gangs here. They are renovating the two houses next to mine. I just hope I don't end up with nine or ten families in each one of them. I may have to sell my house and move to Iowa.

Sounds like she doesn't want to rock the boat or go against the wishes of the federal government.

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

I'm seeing the increase in gang activity here in Omaha as well. I grew up in Omaha, then left for years. Now that I'm back I can't believe the number of illegals and gangs here. They are renovating the two houses next to mine. I just hope I don't end up with nine or ten families in each one of them. I may have to sell my house and move to Iowa.

I saw it happen in Dearborn, Michigan. As large Arab families moved into the neighborhoods there would be large, loud parties of dozens of teenagers in the garages and they would walk around the neighborhoods pounding on cars and making loud comments to their new American neighbors.

U.S. Immigration Law

The U.S. immigration laws require deportation of an illegal alien if the alien:
. has been convicted of an aggravated felony
. has not resided in the United States for a contiguous period of seven years
. was not a lawful permanent resident for a contiguous period of five years
. would not have been admissible to the United States on security grounds

This applies to the majority of illegal aliens found in gangs. In order to prove evidence of residence lawfully, they would need to show a visa or other federal document allowing their entry into the United States or an approved application for permanent residence in the United States. Few if any illegal aliens have such documents and only a handful of gang members.

Section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, USC 1324 states:
A person (including a group of persons, business, organization, or local government) commits a federal felony when she or he:
* assists an alien s/he should reasonably know is illegally in the U.S. or who lacks employment authorization, by transporting, sheltering, or assisting him or her to obtain employment, or
* encourages that alien to remain in the U.S. by referring him or her to an employer or by acting as employer or agent for an employer in any way, or
* knowingly assists illegal aliens due to personal convictions.
City Sanctuary regulations circumvent the law by adopting a don't ask, don't tell policy. A police officer who follows the city regulation to not question a person who he or she suspects is an illegal alien due to probable cause (as in was witness to a previous arrest and subsequent disclosure of illegal alien status or deportation) has placed the officer in violation of Federal Law, and thus that city regulation conflicts with U.S. Immigration law.

It is the responsibility of the U.S. Attorney General, when notified of an entity acting in contravention of U.S. law, to investigate and if necessary bring such organizations before a federal grand jury for possible indictment. Failure of the U.S. Attorney General to do so, is in of itself, a felony.
It is a violation of law for any person to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection in any place, including any building or means of transportation, any alien who is in the United States in violation of law. HARBORING MEANS ANY CONDUCT THAT TENDS TO SUBSTANTIALLY FACILITATE AN ALIEN TO REMAIN IN THE U.S. ILLEGALLY. The sheltering need not be clandestine, and harboring covers aliens arrested outdoors, as well as in a building. This provision includes harboring an alien who entered the U.S. legally but has since lost his legal status.

Any City ordnance, regulation or policy which prohibits officers of a court or law enforcement to inquire as to a persons immigration status clearly conceals and attempts to harbor or shield detection of an illegal alien. Moreover, by allowing that alien to move about freely without questioning, substantially facilitates an alien to remain in the U.S. illegally.It is the responsibility of the U.S. Attorney General to investigate claims of entities that substantially facilitate an alien to remain in the U.S. illegally, and to turn over such evidence as may be gathered to a grand jury for possible indictment. Failure to do so is in of itself a felony.

Public disclosure of the sanctuary policies of Los Angeles, California and New York City, New York by Heather MacDonald in The Illegal Alien Crime Wave, City Journal, Front Page Magazine, 2/14/2004 as well as notation of possible others in Austin, Texas; Boulder, Colorado; Houston, Texas;and Chicago, Illinois should have prompted investigations into the legality of those regulations in those cities. Failure to conduct such investigations would also be a felony.
Failure to investigate for personal gain, especially political gain is reprehensible, immoral, and cowardly. In our opinion, failure to federally prosecute or for that matter or the state to fail to prosecute a city for regulations that substantially facilitate an alien to remain in the U.S. illegally is a felonious offense in state laws for the states in question. It is therefore incumbent upon the U.S. Attorney to investigate State's Attorneys General who have failed to investigate and prosecute cities that substantially facilitate an alien to remain in the U.S. illegally.http://www.milnet.com/mex-nat.html

Originally Posted by millere

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

I'm seeing the increase in gang activity here in Omaha as well. I grew up in Omaha, then left for years. Now that I'm back I can't believe the number of illegals and gangs here. They are renovating the two houses next to mine. I just hope I don't end up with nine or ten families in each one of them. I may have to sell my house and move to Iowa.

I saw it happen in Dearborn, Michigan. As large Arab families moved into the neighborhoods there would be large, loud parties of dozens of teenagers in the garages and they would walk around the neighborhoods pounding on cars and making loud comments to their new American neighbors.

Makes you really wonder as there was a time when Americans would tolerate none of this utter nonsense.