When you reward illegal behavior with such things as in-state tuition or sanctuary cities, you get more of it. There are only 6,000 ICE agents. It is essential that state and local enforcement cooperate with the Feds in the enforcement of our immigration laws just like they do with kidnapping, bank robbery, counterfeiting, etc. The Secure Communities and 287 g programs are supposed to foster that cooperation.
Perry has not been a supporter of E-Verify even for state employees. We need to cut off the job magnet. Perry is just pandering to Hispanics who comprise 37.6% of the population of Texas and the Chamber of Commerce. Illegals make up 9% of the work force.
When you secure the border you can then take care of the rest of the problem. Until the border is secure the other problems will only be exacerbated.
That's very true and the only way immigration laws will ever be enforced effectively is with the involvement of local, county and state law enforcement, cooperating with a federal government that intends to enforce the law.
The Feds will never hire enough personnel to enforce immigration law nationwide and they shouldn't. It has to involve law enforcement at all levels. And politicians who oppose that simply oppose enforcing immigration law.
We don’t have sanctuary cities in Texas like those in Alaska, etc. Some local sheriffs and police depts have policies that impede officers from checking immigration status until people are arrested.
In the meantime, the Feds have made it harder and more expensive for those departments that do wish to check citizenship. The Governor, in “Fed Up!,” refers to this article on the dilution of the 287g program by Obama http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/03/time-to-stop-the-rush-for-amnesty-immigration-reform
They now force local law enforcement agencies who wish to participate, to press all charges, to only check those who are arrested for serious crimes, and question the ability and professionalism of local LE agencies.
As to e-verify, the State uses a different system, but they do check immigration status of all employees. Remember that Newt Gingrich says the current E-verify is unreliable.
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