Posted on 10/06/2007 7:28:15 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
Federal agents detained six suspected illegal immigrants Thursday morning in the first multiple arrest of Latinos publicized by the Maury County Sheriff’s Department since it was sued in federal court.
The arrests were spurred by a complaint from a Maury County construction business owner who said the men used false documents to obtain employment, Sheriff Enoch George said. He declined to release the business’ name.
“Hopefully, what this will do is encourage other businesses if they’ve got illegals working for them to give us a call,” George said.
But Catalina Nieto, a spokeswoman for the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, said she thinks the sheriff is attempting to bully small business owners into breaking federal employment laws and enticing them to racially profile workers. Members of the coalition held a rally in August to protest George’s efforts to combat illegal immigration in Maury County.
“We think this is basically an immigrant witch hunt that encourages suspicion of any worker who looks or sounds different,” Nieto said.
The arrests were made about 10:30 a.m. by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, authorities said. Deputies sent a squad car to accompany immigration agents during the arrest. The men were being held at the Maury County Jail Thursday.
Authorities said they have continued to follow up on citizen complaints and detain suspected illegal immigrants since a federal lawsuit was filed July 5 alleging immigration agents and deputies deprived illegal immigrants of their constitutional rights by conducting unauthorized searches.
Capt. Nathan Johns said seven suspected illegal immigrants working at a construction site in northern Maury County were detained about a week ago by immigration agents after the Sheriff’s Department received complaints from citizens. Efforts to confirm this Thursday evening with a federal spokeswoman were unsuccessful.
“We are going to follow up on those complaints just like we follow up on all complaints,” Johns said. “If we find that information to be true, we pass it on to the federal authorities.”
At least 90 suspected illegal immigrants have been detained this year in Maury County. In July, a Nashville immigration attorney sued the department and the U.S. government in federal court. The suit alleges deputies and federal immigration agents illegally entered the homes of illegal immigrants without warrants and detained them unlawfully.
In an affidavit filed with the court, special agent Jonathan A. Hendrix said the illegal immigrants consented to the searches.
Skyler Swisher may be contacted at sswisher@c-dh.net or (931) 388-6464 ext. 3023. Staff writers Samantha Ballard and William Bowers contributed to this report.
Way to go...he wont let the illegal aliens intimidate him into not doing his job...
PING
Good news!
BTTT for Great News...;0)
Keep movin’, movin’, movin’,
Though they’re disapprovin’,
Keep them doggies movin’ Rawhide!
Don’t try to understand ‘em,
Just rope and throw and grab ‘em,
Soon we’ll be living high and wide.
Move ‘em on, head ‘em up,
Head ‘em up, move ‘em out,
Move ‘em on, head ‘em out Rawhide!
Set ‘em out, ride ‘em in
Ride ‘em in, let ‘em out,
Cut ‘em out, ride ‘em in Rawhide.
BFD
DO THE MATH! The government admits to 12 million illegals. This means that there are probably twice that many. So 12 - 24 million illegals. Let's use Mexicans as an example. Most people acknowledge that about 85% of the illegals are Mexicans, so that means that there are 10.2 - 20.4 million illegal mexicans in this country.
In 1986 Reagan (who doesn't deserve the worship that some of the posters on this site seem to exude) SIGNED an amnesty. So no illegals in 1986. Since then about 2,000,000 legal Mexican visas have been issued. So subtracting that we get 8.2 - 18.4 million illegal MEXICANS in this country. Now the fraction captured by this is 6/8,200,000 - 6/18,400,000 or if you like percentages then 0.00007317073% - 0.00003260870% of the problem. This is nothing to get excited over. Until the welfare incentives are removed as in NO free health care, NO free housing, NO food stamps, NO free babysitting (government schools) and NO bebés del ancla are implemented the people who belong here are going to be financially raped via taxes (and physically in some cases as well) by the endless stream of cockroaches scuttling across the border
Gee. I’m so surprised about this news. /s
And law enforcement, all around the country, is being told by ICE they don't want to get phone calls from law enforcement concerning illegals who are in this country, unless they are committing some "crime" besides being here illegally, and getting paid under the table, illegally.
Why, just a week or so ago, ICE was informed that an illegal had been arrested, was working illegally at a restaurant as a waitress, and ICE told law enforcement here: let her go.
Ain't that just grand?!
KICK EM'OUT!!!...;0( 
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
golly gee willickers....never wudda guessed dat one. : )
bump
BTTT
;0)
hehehe
Boy howdy...better be careful there, Count; the islamofascists may call a jihadi on ya. : )
ahhhhhhhhhh.....where’s the Duke when you need him????
I loved that man!
Chugga Chugga Chew Chew!!!
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