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| Can Mason, Ohio crack down on illegal immigration? |
| 2007-01-23 |
| City Council here agreed Monday to let its safety committee investigate if the city can create local ordinances to crack down on illegal immigration. At the same time, the city Police Department and the Warren County Sheriff's Office announced they may seek federal immigration training for their officers. The moves come after a Mason resident was stabbed to death outside a Mason bar by at least one illegal immigrant. It was first homicide since 2000 in this outer suburb of Cincinnati. Barnhill's father, William Barnhill, helped found Citizens for Legal Communities, a Warren County group seeking to strengthen local immigration enforcement. The group's primary concern is the increase in violent crime it says illegal immigrants bring to the community - and the lack of enforcement power for local authorities. Monday night, the group asked council to consider creating several immigration ordinances including: Making it illegal to harbor, rent or lease residential properties and hotel space for use as an accommodation for an illegal immigrant. The group also encouraged council members to petition state legislators for immigration reform. It wants local law enforcement to have authority to prosecute illegal immigrants. There appears to be a growing trend in communities across the country to enact or consider local laws to deter immigrants from living or working there. The practice has spurred several lawsuits by the American Civil Liberties Union and immigrant groups. In neighboring Butler County, Sheriff Richard Jones last month announced ten of his deputies will be the first in the Midwest to receive training from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The training would allow deputies to enforce federal immigration laws - something the ACLU and the Butler County Community Alliance worry will spur racial profiling. Warren County Sheriff Tom Ariss and Mason Police Chief Ron Ferrell said they want to follow Jones' lead. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #12 Joe nails it again! You da man! SOCIALISM=ANTI-SOCIAL |
| Posted by: Phineter Thraviger 2007-01-23 23:02 |
| #11 "Vigilantism may break out" > TV NEWS INTERVIEWEES > *"Our elected leaders care about their wealth and power, not protecting America or winning a war"; "I'm buying lots of guns and survival equipment"; " Americans want to win this war but our politicians doesn't, and they don't want to tell us why they don't". AS SAID TIMES BEFORE, WORSE TO WORSE THE LEFTIES BIGGEST JUSTIFICATION FOR SOCIALISM AND TOTALITARIANISM ARE THEMSELVES. Winston Churchill [paraphrased]> THE PRICE OF FREEDOM IS ETERNAL VIGILANCE, DILIGENCE, AND PERSEVERANCE. NET POSTERS > "EVIL Never Stops". Socialism > status quo > but guess what, NOT EVEN MANY SOCIALISTS WANT TO LIVE UNDER SOCIALISM! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-01-23 21:29 |
| #10 That's ok, Jan. I've noticed that any mention of Tabby's job or company causes an immediate sidetrack of the conversation. Chocolate'll do that! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-01-23 17:33 |
| #9 off topic sorry; but TW you reminded me of those cute hershey kiss shaped street lights while driving through Hershey PA. Very cute. The kids loved them. ;) |
| Posted by: Jan 2007-01-23 13:04 |
| #8 Hazelton, PA (home of a Hershey chocolate factory where one of my best friends is the quality control engineer) is in court over this very issue right now. Every time an illegal commits a crime, another community becomes activated -- and the illegals are nicely split between those who just want to make a living and those who are running amuck. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-01-23 12:50 |
| #7 It's happening everywhere. Denver being the sanctuary city encouraging illegals drives me nuts. The Immigrants want Freedom, the Illegal Aliens want to Freeload. (This I believe was well said by SPOD in an earlier post.) The sooner this is realized and acted upon the better. I'm afraid that it will be too late. Help us obi wan kenobi..... Actually, I hope that Tom Tancredo can bring this issue to the table to hopefully make a difference. |
| Posted by: Jan 2007-01-23 12:07 |
| #6 This may be the way to finally shut down the ACLU and all it's MeCHA type cronies for good. That's 2-3 communities in Ohio, and several here in metro Atlanta (not even "Redneck" Georgia) have done the same. Glenmore, you would be right if the locals try and arrest them JUST for being here illegally. But, there are SO many other crimes going on with these criminals that ARE a "local issue." Thus, their ordinance to go after those that rent or lease properties to illegals, to those who employ illegals, etc. Thus, they're going after apartment complexes, employers, etc., instead of the illegal immigrant him/herself. |
| Posted by: BA 2007-01-23 11:43 |
| #5 Yup. Either the Feds can stop ignoring the problem and enforce the law, or vigilantism will break out. And that will get ugly quick, it always does. |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-01-23 10:24 |
| #4 Thus, the VIGILANTES strike!! |
| Posted by: ARMYGUY 2007-01-23 09:39 |
| #3 There will be no crackdown on illegals. The Republicans want cheap labor for their cronies, and the Democrats want to make them all citizens, after which they will all vote Democrat. It's a lose-lose situation, and I see the feds using their power to keep local communities from doing anything about it. |
| Posted by: gromky 2007-01-23 09:20 |
| #2 successfully challenged, but the pent-up anger at the grassroots level will only grow with more inaction at the Federal level. Some congressional heads need to roll, and the President forced to crack down |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-01-23 08:13 |
| #1 I'm no lawyer, but it strikes me that immigration is under the jurisdiction of the Federal government - one of those rare areas actually given it in the Constitution (Article 1, Section 8, (the Congress shall have power ... To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization".) I expect local attempts to usurp this power will be successfully challenged in the courts. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-01-23 07:28 |