Posted on 06/24/2010 9:26:53 PM PDT by Qbert
The Obama administration has tapped an outspoken critic of immigration enforcement on the local level to oversee and promote partnerships between federal and local officials.
Harold Hurtt, a former police chief in Houston and Phoenix, has been hired as the director for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Office of State and Local Coordination. Starting July 6, Hurtt will supervise outreach and communication between ICE, local law enforcement agencies, tribal leaders and representatives from non-governmental organizations.
"Chief Hurtt is a respected member of the law enforcement community and understands the concerns of local law enforcement leaders," said John Morton, the Homeland Security assistant secretary for ICE. "His experience and skills will be an invaluable asset to the ICEs outreach and coordination efforts."
But as a police chief, Hurtt was a supporter of "sanctuary city" policies, by which illegal immigrants who don't commit crimes can live without fear of exposure or detainment because police don't check for immigration papers.
He also, during his tenure as Houston police chief, criticized ICE's key program that draws on local law enforcement's support.
"There's no way you can head up an office if you don't believe in what the office is supposed to do," Curtis Collier of U.S. Border Watch, told the Houston Chronicle. "Immigration and Customs Enforcement's primary mission is to protect the American people. If this guy believes any of these programs should not be enforced, he's certainly going to be a very weak advocate for them."
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i honestly wish I could put that on my car.
(g) Performance of immigration officer functions by State officers and employees(1) Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, the Attorney General may enter into a written agreement with a State, or any political subdivision of a State, pursuant to which an officer or employee of the State or subdivision, who is determined by the Attorney General to be qualified to perform a function of an immigration officer in relation to the investigation, apprehension, or detention of aliens in the United States (including the transportation of such aliens across State lines to detention centers), may carry out such function at the expense of the State or political subdivision and to the extent consistent with State and local law.
This quisling will now be responsible for the very partnership in immigration enforcement that he opposed for his entire police career.
The Obama regime's dismantling of America continues.
WTF is that about?
They have already said that they might not do the job assigned to them. I just don't understand how ICE can get away with that.
Who really gives an Eff?
They are so far outnumbered it doesn;t matter. we just have to unify in the face of Barry Soetoro's plan to divide and conquer the majority.
We need t keep egging Soetoro until he flies off the handle and people get to see who he really is.
I think it’s time to start talking about a real conservative resistance.
Obama needs to be impeached, tried for treason and sent to Gitmo to rot with his muslim buddies.
Piker!
I sure hope someone is making notes and keeping track of all these inflitrators imbedded within the beaurocracy. They too will need the boot or maybe something significanly more permanent, when the lib/dems lose power.
Personally, I like his stuff.
I like his stuff too, but throwing in a sample with every post begins to look fairly commercial after a while.
Like I said before, if it were my website, I'd create an area of the site where people were free to hawk their goods and services. There are ways to do it without being obnoxious to the reader (not saying his postings are).
In a related story, Obama appointed a fox to guard the local hen house...
Oceander, I’ve got no hard feelings at all. If it were my place, I’d tell you to have at it. I believe that capitalism and free markets make the world go ‘round.
It’s not just Obama’s defiance of the American majority here but his total failure to provide a single reason or explanation of WHY he overrides public opinion on everything from Health Insurance to Immigration. His silence makes him all the more sinister as a force for evil.
Is he really an agent for another government placed in office to destroy America?
It’s like putting Rosie O’Donnell on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. A complete joke. But the joke’s on you, America.
he may be right.
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Let’s face it, he is right.
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