Posted on 08/15/2007 5:31:08 AM PDT by Calpernia
At a news conference on Tuesday, Newark Police Director Gary McCarthy said the immigration status of a chief suspect in the murders of three college students behind an elementary school August 4 is "irrelevant."
"What's relevant to me is that they're murderers, and what's relevant is that a heinous crime has occurred," said McCarthy.
Jose Carranza, 28, one of three suspects so far charged in the execution-style killings, is an illegal alien from Peru. However, despite his many encounters with the legal system, his immigration status wasn't determined. Had federal immigration officials known Carranza was arrested in connection with child rape allegations first in January and then again in May, they could have immediately moved to detain the accused at his bail hearings. But federal officials were never notified. Carranza posted $150,000 bail and was freed in late May.
McCarthy contended there were no guarantees the feds would have acted. "They might have and they might not have," he said. Before he could be asked another question by reporters, Newark Mayor Cory Booker interjected. "It is no way the obligation of the city police department to bo going around doing the work of [Immigration and Customs Enforcement]." Booker added that talk focusing on Carranza's imigration status could have a chilling effect on immigrants in his city. He said immigrants, both legal and illegal, are routinely picked on by criminals.
Booker and McCarthy revealed no specific information about the ongoing hunt for three more suspects, two of whom are juveniles. The 24-year-old being sought, Rodolfo Godinez of Newark, was a fugitive on the night of the murders and has been for four years. He became a fugitive in July 2003 after failing to appear in Superior Court on charges that he robbed and attacked three people in Irvington a year earlier, according to court records obtained by the Star-Ledger.
The news conference was called so Mayor Booker could unveil a street surveillance program he says will reduce crime in the city's most dangerous neighborhoods. The multimillion dollar program will saturate high-crime areas with cameras and gunshot detection technology. The total number is expected to reach more than 120 when all are in place by next summer.
(NOTE Some Panel members are already on the government payroll. Others will probably collect government funds for meeting expenses, etc.)
NEWS RELEASE The New Jersey Advisory Panel will consist of 27 members. The Governor will appoint 18 public members from various arenas. There will be two legislatives members, one each from the African-American and Latino legislative caucuses. There will be seven Commissioners or their designees who will serve as ex-officio members. The lawmaker members are Sen. Ron Rice and Assm. Joe Vas. The chairman will be the public advocate, Ronald Chen.
EXECUTIVE ORDER: 'The Attorney General, the Commissioners of Children and Families, Education, Health and Senior Services, Human Service , and Labor and Workforce Development, and the Public Advocate or their designees shall serve as ex-officio members of the Advisory Panel.'
The public members -- who according to the executive order 'shall be broadly representative of the following subjects and constituencies: civil rights, commerce, community-based organizations, education, faith-based organizations, immigration advocacy, labor, and service providers' are:
Janice Fine, Ph.D (Roosevelt, Monmouth County)
Mayor Michael J. Wildes, Esq. (Englewood, Bergen County)
Elsie Foster-Dublin (Highland Park, Middlesex County)
Albert L. Gutierrez, CHE, MBA, R.T. (Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County)
Joseph S. Colalillo (Stockton, Hunterdon County)
Charles Goldstein, Esq. (Edison, Middlesex County)
Martin Perez, Esq. (New Brunswick, Middlesex County)
Samer E. Khalaf (Paramus, Bergen County)
Monsignor William Reilly (Garfield, Bergen County)
Nina M. Stack (Lambertville, Hunterdon County)
Gulshan Chhabra (Watchung, Somerset County)
Undersheriff Ralph Rivera, Jr. (Ridgefield Park, Bergen County)
David McCann (Montclair, Essex County)
Christian Estevez (Plainfield, Union County)
Nelson Carrasquillo (Clayton, Gloucester County)
Elsa Candelario, L.C.S.W., M.S.W. (Mount Laurel, Burlington County)
Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh, Ph.D., P.E., P.P. (West Windsor, Mercer County)
Juan Cartagena, Esq. (Jersey City, Hudson County)
That’s called Ethnic Cleansing.
(NOTE Some Panel members are already on the government payroll. Others will probably collect government funds for meeting expenses, etc.)
NEWS RELEASE The New Jersey Advisory Panel will consist of 27 members. The Governor will appoint 18 public members from various arenas. There will be two legislatives members, one each from the African-American and Latino legislative caucuses. There will be seven Commissioners or their designees who will serve as ex-officio members. The lawmaker members are Sen. Ron Rice and Assm. Joe Vas. The chairman will be the public advocate, Ronald Chen.
EXECUTIVE ORDER: 'The Attorney General, the Commissioners of Children and Families, Education, Health and Senior Services, Human Service , and Labor and Workforce Development, and the Public Advocate or their designees shall serve as ex-officio members of the Advisory Panel.'
The public members -- who according to the executive order 'shall be broadly representative of the following subjects and constituencies: civil rights, commerce, community-based organizations, education, faith-based organizations, immigration advocacy, labor, and service providers' are:
Janice Fine, Ph.D (Roosevelt, Monmouth County)
Mayor Michael J. Wildes, Esq. (Englewood, Bergen County)
Elsie Foster-Dublin (Highland Park, Middlesex County)
Albert L. Gutierrez, CHE, MBA, R.T. (Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County)
Joseph S. Colalillo (Stockton, Hunterdon County)
Charles Goldstein, Esq. (Edison, Middlesex County)
Martin Perez, Esq. (New Brunswick, Middlesex County)
Samer E. Khalaf (Paramus, Bergen County)
Monsignor William Reilly (Garfield, Bergen County)
Nina M. Stack (Lambertville, Hunterdon County)
Gulshan Chhabra (Watchung, Somerset County)
Undersheriff Ralph Rivera, Jr. (Ridgefield Park, Bergen County)
David McCann (Montclair, Essex County)
Christian Estevez (Plainfield, Union County)
Nelson Carrasquillo (Clayton, Gloucester County)
Elsa Candelario, L.C.S.W., M.S.W. (Mount Laurel, Burlington County)
Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh, Ph.D., P.E., P.P. (West Windsor, Mercer County)
Juan Cartagena, Esq. (Jersey City, Hudson County)
Newark Police Director McCarthy says there are no guarantees that the feds would have picked Carranzo up if they were notified when he was arrested twice prior to this incident.
Is the notification process so difficult it wasn’t worth the time to even try?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1605287/posts
Huge Throng of Illegal Immigrants in NJ Wait Word on New Laws
See post 1 for:
New Jersey Immigration Policy Network
Jerry Rivers seems to be saying that a lot. Maybe if he keeps repeating it, he’ll realize how silly he sounds.
>>>Is the notification process so difficult it wasn’t worth the time to even try?
Of more financially affective NOT to notify, see The Praxis Project Grant funding.
The interesting thing about Florida is there are all kinds of animals that would appreciate snacking on scum like this, thereby destroying any evidence. Alligators, crabs, sharks, even a few big cats.
Not that I ever thought about it.
It’s no different that the “broken window” syndrome. If a person breaks the law to get in this country, then they are apt to break others.
These government types are nauseating.
The heart-broken families of the slaying victims are NOT going to get straight answers from the assorted morons and imbeciles at the levers of New Jersey’s legal and legislative system.
Newark government is in league with the alien hordes-—these illegal animals are raping, murdering and looting and pillaging-—and the politicians stand around and count illegal votes.
This is organized crime John Gotti could only dream of——New Jersey government in league with illegal aliens.
The pols are on their knees, fellating illegals as a way to advance their crass political ambitions.
A rat pack of New Jersey elected and appointed government officials-—with fuzz-faced Gov leading the pack-— aid and abet law-breaking with complete impunity.
I will read it. Thanks for the info.
Sorry, I meant Peruvian national - same nonsense, different country.
These numbers are laughable.
Fast facts from Seton Hall University Institute on Work and the Pew Hispanic Center:
• Roughly 500,000 illegal immigrants are believed to be living in New Jersey.
• About 12 million illegal immigrants are estimated to be living in the United States.
• More than half of all illegal immigrants are said to have entered the country lawfully, but overstayed visas.
Public employees on the government payroll failure to perform is a felony. As follows:
Public employees on the government payroll, and their co-conspirators, may have committed actionable offenses under Penal Law .135.60 COERCION IN THE SECOND DEGREE (a Class A misdemeanor).
PENAL LAW 135.60 (Committed on or after September 1, 1967) is Coercion in the Second Degree.
When an individual uses or abuses his/her position as a public servant by performing some act within or related to his or her official duties, or by failing or refusing to perform an official duty, in such manner as to affect some person adversely.
Perform any (other) act which would not in itself materially benefit the actor but which is calculated to harm another person materially with respect to his or her health, safety, business, calling, career, financial condition, reputation or personal relationships.
The term(s), ("crime"), ("public servant") used in this definition has its own special meaning in our law.
PUBLIC SERVANT means any public officer or employee of the state or of any political subdivision thereof or of any governmental instrumentality within the state, or any person exercising the functions of any such public officer or employee.
The term public servant includes a person who has been elected or designated to become a public servant.
Don’t suppose this guy ever heard the phrase “breaking and entering”?
Or has jersey deteriorated to the point that burglary is no longer prosecuted.
If a demographer were to do a study on livability of cities, with correlation of such stats as economic level, legal status/race, crime, job opportunity, etc. (which of course would get as much publication as a report by a global-warming sceptic) there would be direct graphic visualizations of decaying cities being repopulated with mostly Hispanic immigrants. Anyone with the ability to find better/safer housing does move to better/safer housing.
Rather than acknowledge this fact and turn our dead cities into parkland and office towers, Democrat mayors recruit a new class of resident. For any bureaucrat, ‘numbers’ are the name of the game for getting funds, for bragging that their city isn’t really dying, etc.
It is past time to have real public exposition of the facts of our dangerous cities. I read recently that some Mexican immigrants are leaving LA for better/safer places to live in middle America!
The World just gets crazier and crazier.
The Police Director gets a gold star from the PC police.
I have to get out of this state, NJ is irrelavant and is on a path of socialism right behind Cali.
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