Thread: "Immigrant Sanctuary Movement" --aztlan.net

We have to remember that the Catholic Church is the only church that is also a state. As such, its inteference in the laws and law enforcement in this sovereign nation should be monitored carefully. We have to remember that Vatican City is in effect the only foreign nation that collects taxes on American soil through its enforced tithe. It has an economic interest in undermining our laws, and so should be treated not as a religion, but rather as what it is: a for-profit foreign power whose interests are often in opposition with those of this nation.

Crocket, you do have a knack for putting things into the proper perspective.

We have to remember that the Catholic Church is the only church that is also a state. As such, its inteference in the laws and law enforcement in this sovereign nation should be monitored carefully. We have to remember that Vatican City is in effect the only foreign nation that collects taxes on American soil through its enforced tithe. It has an economic interest in undermining our laws, and so should be treated not as a religion, but rather as what it is: a for-profit foreign power whose interests are often in opposition with those of this nation.

It has an economic interest in undermining our laws

Exactly - It some ways no different then many of our own politicians.

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.

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Sanctuary

For decades, some churches and supporters have tried to provide sanctuary to illegal immigrants, realizing and sympathizing with the plight of some immigrants into the U.S. Unable or unwilling to distinguish between legal and illegal immigrants, many of these institutions have found themselves on the wrong side of the law with the obvious results. Many have now become hubs for a kind of underground railroad for illegal immigrants, and as such, they also became criminal enterprises that aid and abett highly violent criminals who also happen to be illegal aliens.

This state of affairs has become a serious problem. Liberal minded city governments in the U.S. have written laws contrary to federal law, preventing local law enforcement and even court systems from using immigration status in their work. In Los Angeles, for instance, Special Order 40 (enacted in 1979) prevents officers and local court officials from asking about immigration status of a suspect. If an officer spots someone that they know has been recently deported, they are prohibited by this regulation to question or arrest the suspect. And the officer is prohibited from notifying the federal agency tasked with detaining and deporting illegal aliens, the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE - formerly the INS). All of this is in direct conflict with the Immigration Reform Act of 1996 which specifically prohibits any city or state government from interfering in the illegal immigration enforcement process.

In what many would call insanity, there have been no cases so far where the U.S. Government has challenged the local regulations. L.A. is of course not the only city. For instance, in "May 2004, Atlanta Gerogia's Mayor Shirley Franklin approved an agreement with the government of Mexico that recognizes the Mexican Consulate-issued Matricula Consular ID as valid for city business and services" 3

Of course the cities pay for their ignorance and liberal insanity. "Manhattan Institute fellow Heather MacDonald reports that in Los Angeles, 95 percent of all outstanding warrants for homicide are for illegal aliens and as of January 2004, there were more than 1,200 such warrants.".. 3

The problems in these sanctuary cities is worming its way into federal government. The U.S. Senator from Georgia Sam Zamarripa (D-DeKalb) calls illegal aliens "immigrants" with "incomplete documentation", the ultimate politically correct description of illegal aliens. . 3
The Marietta Journal (Atlanta, Georgia) states, "In December, Congress quietly failed to provide funding for the border security provisions it approved in the Intelligence Bill. It further refused to keep the strongest recommendations of the 9/11 Commission that would have aided in U.S. interior security by standardizing driver's licenses and adapting more efficient deportation procedures" . 3

Cities that participate in sanctuary policies rank amongst the highest with illegal immigrant crime, jail and prison populations. These are Austin, Texas; Boulder, Colorado; Chicago, Illinois; Houston, Texas; Los Angeles, California; New York City, N.Y., San Francisco, California; and Washington, D.C. There may be others, the trend seems to be an epidemic, one which promises death and destruction in every city that sanctuary is provided.

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Originally Posted by dyehard39

U.S. Immigration Law

The U.S. immigration laws require deportation of an illegal alien if the alien:
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