Thread: INS rebuffs citizen assistance

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One exasperated citizen remarked after being repeatedly told that his local INS office would not be levying fines or deporting apprehended illegal aliens, "It appears that the local INS has metamorphosed from an agency enforcing U.S. borders or employment related immigration laws into an illegal-immigrant service agency. Clearly, the local INS is deeply involved in wide-scale harboring of illegal aliens."

INS rebuffs citizen assistance

When citizens first encounter the widespread breaking of immigration laws in their community, they tend to assume that the federal government has an agency that will want to know. But the INS seems to make no effort to enlist the help of the citizenry in its duties. A Minnesota citizen commented to me: "Did you know there is no number in the phone book for reporting lawbreaking to the INS? All the listed numbers are for 'benefits.' None of them are for law enforcement." A North Carolina citizen said every time he calls the INS main phone number, he gets a recording. He has yet to find a way to talk to even an operator.

Not surprisingly, many citizens don't even try to get help; they just assume that nothing will happen. "Illegal aliens have taken over our neighborhood," said a resident near downtown Washington DC. "We know these people are illegal. It is obvious. They have turned our area into a drug war zone and taken over. We've lost everything, and nobody does anything." But she admitted that she had never even thought of calling the INS for help.

Citizens and local law enforcement agencies all over the country would help the INS to identify the immigration lawbreakers if they were only given a chance and a little encouragement. Instead, citizens are either rebuffed or told by sympathetic INS officers that the "orders from above" won't allow them to enforce the law. From Las Vegas, Raleigh, Prescott, Los Angeles, Minneapolis and many points in between, we were told by citizens that INS agents had told them variously:

"Not permitted to bother any alien at their domicile, any recreation play ground or place of worship." "Not permitted to make vehicle stops when reasonably sure that the occupants might be illegal aliens, based on many years of experience and training." "No illegal alien discovered at highly publicized companies has been terminated, deported nor the firm fined because the INS is working on other arrangements."

An Arizona woman living 35 miles from the Mexican border told me she witnesses, "[daily] hordes of illegal aliens heading north, both in vehicles and on foot, sometimes in groups of more than a hundred. The border Patrol agents in the field, at least for the most part, are doing the best they can. The problem lies with our governmental hierarchy that won't let them do their job because of policies fueled by payoffs from businesses that want the cheap labor. The border Patrol "grunts" out here are many times told to "not see" groups of illegals, which as a result, continue unhindered into the land of milk and honey to take jobs from American citizens.

"The message we are sending into Mexico is insanely contradictory; on the one hand we put an armed force on the border to stop anyone from illegally entering the country and on the other hand, we have hundreds of businesses actively recruiting these same people. I spoke only last week to a friend who does business in Mexico who told me he sees representatives from American companies openly recruiting."

One exasperated citizen remarked after being repeatedly told that his local INS office would not be levying fines or deporting apprehended illegal aliens, "It appears that the local INS has metamorphosed from an agency enforcing U.S. borders or employment related immigration laws into an illegal-immigrant service agency. Clearly, the local INS is deeply involved in wide-scale harboring of illegal aliens."

Excerpted from Testimony to the U.S. Congress, May 15, 2001, by Roy Beck, executive director of NumbersUSA.com

Illegals not only break Federal laws when they come the United States, they also break local laws once they reach their destinations. Many illegal immigrants drive automobiles without drivers' licenses, current vehicle registration, and mandatory insurance. These same unlawful actions by American citizens result in arrest, fines, and even imprisonment. Local law enforcement agencies ignore illegal immigrants when they commit these unlawful acts.

Illegal immigrants use multiple aliases; one cannot be sure what their real name is. I was once arrested, falsely, for using a nickname. The trumped-up charge was using an alias to avoid prosecution. I was not running from the law because I didn't have any outstanding warrants against me but, still, I was thrown in jail during a 3-day holiday weekend. The young woman who made the false accusations about me never appeared in court and, finally, after 4 court appearances on my part, the judge dismissed the charges against me.

hueygunner

hueygunner,

WELCOME to ALIPAC! .. and one thing you can be sure of, use of a nickname here is very legal and there will be no false allegations against you for using one.

Have a good day!

Sincerely,
watchman

Instead, citizens are either rebuffed or told by sympathetic INS officers that the "orders from above" won't allow them to enforce the law. From Las Vegas, Raleigh, Prescott, Los Angeles, Minneapolis and many points in between, we were told by citizens that INS agents had told them variously:
There is ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, NO EXCUSE FOR THIS.

And people wonder why we are mad.

My question is: WHO is the 'above' that the INS is citing? If we don't know, we can't bring pressure on that person/agency/bureaucracy...someone point us in the right direction. We need to sue someone.

RR