Posted on 02/16/2014 12:37:10 PM PST by moonshinner_09
The proposed construction of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Santa Maria is being fervently and openly opposed there by Latino groups that are threatening lawsuits, strikes and continued public protests to prevent the building of the facility.
These groups fear that a local ICE presence will facilitate the apprehension and deportation of the many illegal immigrants who reside in the area. In other words, they fear that immigration law will be enforced. The protesters are letting everyone know that they will not stand for it. Its like mice, which have invaded your home, protesting the introduction of a cat. In reaction to the ICE facility protests, one high-ranking Santa Maria official publicly stated that the city is against roundups of illegal immigrants. City officials are concerned that enforcing immigration law will strain relations with the local Latino community, thus hindering police efforts to reduce street crime.
Never mind that there would be much less street crime if immigration law had been enforced in the first place, and that continuing nonenforcement will only increase street crime. But then, common sense is rarely a government strength.
How did it come about that the United States has an estimated 13 million illegal aliens residing in the nation, many of them here for years, openly living like legal residents? How does the most powerful nation on earth permit for decades a steady stream of foreign invaders to trample across its southern border and stay?
(Excerpt) Read more at noozhawk.com ...
“Our Tacit Acceptance of Illegal Immigration Only Invites More’’. No kidding. Boy this guy isn’t slow on the uptake is he?
Ah protests—you’ve seen one you’ve seen them all.
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