Well if Comrade Stevenson finds that tactic to be troubling, I guess he wouldn't like my solution at all.
Free flights home for all invaders.
Posted on 06/29/2007 3:54:31 PM PDT by Baladas
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — The sheriff's department has developed a remarkably effective — and controversial — way of catching illegal immigrants: Deputies in patrol cars pull up to a construction site in force, and watch and see who runs.
Those who take off are chased down and arrested on charges such as trespassing, for cutting through someone else's property, or loitering, for hiding out in someone's yard, or reckless driving, for speeding off in a car.
U.S. immigration authorities are then given the names of those believed to be in this country illegally.
"It's not wrong for them to run, but it's not wrong for us to chase them either," said Sheriff Frank McKeithen, who created his Illegal Alien Task Force in April to target construction sites in this Florida Panhandle county.
Immigrant advocates say the technique is repugnant, and the ACLU says its constitutionality is questionable.
His department has conducted dozens of these raids over the past three months, sometimes using five or six patrol cars, and has reported more than 500 people to immigration officials since November.
The Mexican American Legal Defense Fund is investigating the arrests because "the intimidation factor is of great concern," said Elise Shore, regional counsel for the organization.
Benjamin Stevenson, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union in Florida, said he finds the tactic troubling.
"Why are they sending out six or seven agents to investigate a paper crime, and are they causing them to run in the first place through intimidation?" he asked.
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'A paper crime", puh-leeze. Noone's forcing them to run.
I *love* it! The “Greyhound” technique of law enforcement: chase and catch whoever runs!
Hey, if it works, why not?
The ACLU is probably the greatest enabler of crime the United States has ever seen. The government needs to stop funding them and just take donations and maybe they will spend their money and time more wisely when there actually is a civil rights violation instead of acting like a FOURTH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.
Well if Comrade Stevenson finds that tactic to be troubling, I guess he wouldn't like my solution at all.
Free flights home for all invaders.
It works well. Those that flee do not show up the next day and guess who gets their jobs. Anyone that says that illegals are doing the jobs Americans will not do are idiots. Keep it up Frank!
vob
An American patriot, doing what the feds won’t do.
Having been to Panama City Beach in the last year, there are plenty of Construction going on, with plenty who look like they would run.
Demand a border fence! Build it NOW!! Beef up the border patrol and close our borders!
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“Immigrant advocates say the technique is repugnant”
translation - it works
“, and the ACLU says its constitutionality is questionable.”
translation - it doesnt bar religion, legalize abortion-on-demand or force free lawyers on people, so it cant be in the constitution
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