Swiss voters approve foreigner deportation plan

AP ^ | 11/28/2010

[neutrino]

Smart people, the Swiss.

[MichaelP]

It's like the western world woke up one morning and said "WAIT A MINUTE!!" The momentum must continue...

Mike

[upchuck]

Related, different source.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2634086/posts

[BobL]

...and so the fun starts. This will be interesting to watch. The European Elites do not expect the masses to object to ANY of their plans. This will get interesting.

[marron]

This shouldn’t even be a question. A felony should mean automatic deportation.

[Michael.SF.]

Smart people, the Swiss.

Well, that may go for 52.9% of them, but the rest are blathering idiots.

[achilles2000]

“Smart people, the Swiss.”

Perhaps, but the 47% who voted “no” are certifiably crazy...of course, our politicians are worse.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Remember, Switzerland is not in the European Union, it is just surrounded by it.

[Yaelle]

Yesssssssss!

Bravo, tout le monde!

[FES0844]

And, his entire family should accompany him.

[RichInOC]

“Know vat ve gonna do nowwwww?...Unpimp ze country!”

[Soothesayer]

They avoided the Nazi invasions but how will they fare when surrounded by 3-4 billion Muslims?

[BenKenobi]

They survived Nazis, they’ll survive anything.

[bjorn14]

The Swiss essentially bought off the Nazis by saying we’ll hide your warttime booty if you let us remain neutral.

[bjorn14]

Wow first no minarets now no criminal foreigners.

[truth_seeker]

“The Swiss essentially bought off the Nazis by saying we’ll hide your wartime booty if you let us remain neutral.”

Considering the wartime map, based on results, they seem like a wise bunch.

Much allied intelligence was conducted from inside Switzerland.

[WellyP]

I like this but should the new law have wording something to the effect, “knowingly commits a felony”?

[ChildOfThe60s]

How does this:

automatic expulsion of foreigners found guilty of crimes such as murder, rape, drug dealing or benefit fraud.

Mean this?

European Union — with which Switzerland has signed a bilateral treaty guaranteeing freedom of movement — would probably object to its citizens being automatically deported without the chance of judicial review, he (Kohen) said.

Apparently Mr. Kohen doesn't consider being found guilty *in a court of law* to be "judicial review".

Delusional.

[BenKenobi]

What’s the EU going to do? Invade?

Not gonna happen. They should just deport everyone who’s committed the equivalent of a felony and let the EU sort everything out.