[trebb]

"State and local police shouldn't get involved in enforcing or regulating immigration laws," said attorney Randall Drew, who represents four of the defendants. "If power plants in the Midwest are producing pollution, we don't send local police to investigate the matter. EPA is the federal agency in charge of investigating it. There are proper procedures and agencies in charge of enforcing immigration laws."

What a stupid argument - the local police are enforcing local laws, it just happens that the perps are illegal aliens. Since when does being illegal in one area immunize one from laws in another area? The polution argument is a real hoot - the illegal activity isn't happening in another state, it's happening right in the jurisdiction of the police enforcing it. Hopefully the judge has even one iota of a brain cell.

[B4Ranch]

Your Honor

Have you ever wished someone had a stroke? I have, and I'm hoping that the EMT's don't arrive expeditiously in your case.

Do your job!

[MamaTexan]

Since when does being illegal in one area immunize one from laws in another area?

Because outside Constitutionally enumerated areas, the federal government and the states have concurrent, not OVERLAPING jurisdictions.

And, because illegals are 'residents'....not *citizens* , they are protected by law.

[judgeandjury]

"If power plants in the Midwest are producing pollution, we don't send local police to investigate the matter. EPA is the federal agency in charge of investigating it. There are proper procedures and agencies in charge of enforcing immigration laws."

If a bank robbery, which is a federal crime, is in progress in any city in the United States, who is usually the first to respond to it? That city's police department. Since bank robbery is a federal crime, perhaps the local police department shouldn't bother responding to a bank robbery in progress and should instead call the FBI and wait for them to respond to it.