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Home Front: Politix
NYT: States Take New Tack on Illegal Immigration
2008-06-10
Before you start reading, make sure your perfumed hanky is at the ready.
Three months after the local police inspected more than a dozen businesses searching for illegal immigrants using stolen Social Security numbers, this community in the Florida Panhandle has become more law-abiding, emptier and whiter.

Many of the Hispanic immigrants who came in 2004 to help rebuild after Hurricane Ivan have either fled or gone into hiding. Churches with services in Spanish are half-empty. Businesses are struggling to find workers. And for Hispanic citizens with roots here — the foremen and entrepreneurs who received visits from the police — the losses are especially profound.
Posted by:gorb

#14  In most places (countries) running from a police officer performing his duty is a crime in itself. I'm surprised it isn't in Florida.

Cops don't even chase people who run? Sounds like discrimination against those who aren't fleet of foot.
Posted by: phil_b   2008-06-10 19:05  

#13  If they mentioned anchor babies, then that would cover the chiiiillldddeeerrruuunnn quota.
Posted by: charger   2008-06-10 18:42  

#12  charge, you wouldn't be talking about anchor babies, now, would you? I wouldn't expect NYT to go into that aspect of the situation. But then, I couldn't read through the whole article either. Those liberals sure use a whole lot of words without actually saying much of anything interesting. Maybe they think that's gonna impress poor, dumb people like me who don't have time to read it all because we have to work. I just thought it sounded good when they described that town as being more law-abiding and emptier. It's no fun living in a crowded, crime ridden neighborhood. As for whiter, well, if they think I'm racist just because I don't think everybody in the whole, wide world should be able to walk right into my country they are wrong.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2008-06-10 17:19  

#11  I didn't have the wherewithal to read the whole thing. Did NYT mention the chillllderrrruuunnn anywhere?
Posted by: charger   2008-06-10 15:19  

#10  But Florida courts have repeatedly held that flight alone is not enough to justify a suspicion of criminal activity or arrest. In Bay County, officials said they tried to avoid chasing people now because prosecutors have warned that it undermines their cases.


Why isn't running "probable cause"?
Posted by: Formerly Dan   2008-06-10 15:11  

#9  People are leaving, and many for good. One of temporary daughter's best friends is leaving with her family this summer. The father was working here legally on a green card, and all the family -- we're told -- have visas to be here. But Papa has to return to Mexico to renew his green card, so all are going with him. Td's b.f. is registered to start at the local school in her grandparents' village in the fall. Their lovely, 2500 square foot house is up for sale a few neighborhoods over from mine.

Separately, it is my understanding that the local law enforcement officers, once trained in ICE procedures, are deputized to make arrests on ICE's behalf. Our county sheriff was one of the first to take advantage of the program, after having driven ICE crazy billing them monthly for the cost of housing those arrested for being in his county illegally (not that ICE ever paid). The New York Times journalist did not properly check his background material, or he wouldn't have made the false argument about Sheriff Hall finding a way around the separation between state and federal law enforcement.
Posted by: trailing wife    2008-06-10 14:53  

#8  Old Spook, it is simple. Democrats believe laws are for the little people and that rules are for Republicans. The enlightened Democrats feel they should be allowed to do whatever they want whenever they want and the rest of us should gladly pay the bill.
Posted by: RWV   2008-06-10 14:27  

#7  Three months after the local police inspected more than a dozen businesses searching for illegal immigrants using stolen Social Security numbers, this community in the Florida Panhandle has become more law-abiding, emptier and whiter.

Why are the most racist people in the world the leftys who try to claim that they arent?

I mean really, did someone walk around that town and go "Well Buffy, soesnt this place look different" "Why yes Chad, its WHITER!"

The Time can kiss my ass - race is not the issue, breaking the law is!

I personally do not care if they are from Mexico, Haiti, Ireland or are little green men from Mars. If they are here illegally they are breaking the law and subject to it. And if they are taking social security numbers that do not belong to them, then that is THEFT and the should be jailed for it.
Posted by: OldSpook   2008-06-10 10:20  

#6  IÂ’m not sure how they would work in the bigot or phobia angle but maybe the NYTÂ’s next tear-jerker can be about the poor schlep that had his or hersÂ’ credit destroyed as a result of Identity theft. It may even be informative to detail that in order to provide adequate cover; illegal aliens target US citizens with similar surnames. For instance, the people in this narrative that got busted at “La Hacienda” more likely stole social security numbers from someone named Mr. Perez rather then from someone named Mr. Smith.
Posted by: DepotGuy   2008-06-10 09:27  

#5  It's REAL simple. If you're in my country illegally, GET OUT NOW! That goes DOUBLE for Mexes, since those bastards know damned well how illegals are treated in their country and their Constitution--and it doesn't bother them at all.

They think it's fine for them to keep their country to themselves but for us to want to control our borders is the gringo being racist. Well, screw them, their double standards and the burro they all rode in on. America should treat Mex like the enemy narcokleptocracy it is and its citizens like the invaders they are.

We should unilaterally abrogate NAFTA, break diplomatic relations, boot all their citizens here out (including their anchor babies) and close the border behind them. Then put the Army on the border and put a bullet (or several) in anyone that tries to come across it. Every time I think of Mex I wish the Rio Grande was 500 miles wide.
Posted by: Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707   2008-06-10 08:48  

#4  Man, my heart is breaking. Wait...sorry, it's just that half of a left over chili-dog and warm beer I had for breakfast.
Posted by: One Eyed Trout   2008-06-10 07:55  

#3  This doesn't mention that the local hospital is probably breathing a sigh of relief every time the immigration bus pulls out of town with a fresh load.
There is no such thing as a free ride, if they are making below market wages with no benefits then they are putting a drain on public services. The employers are passing a cost that should be theirs onto the community and they are pocketing the difference. All these jobs got done before the Mex's came, they will get done when they are gone. But not for $4 an hour.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2008-06-10 07:47  

#2  The Donks are going to run on the 'economy' and are going to go silent about illegal workers in country. They know that even some of the dumbest people will be able to connect the inconsistency of giving jobs to foreigners in their districts as the economy/unemployment are being touted as in decline. McCain will help them in that three card monty game since he has no particular love of border enforcement or national sovereignty on that issue. Local government is easier to jerk on the leash by the voters and there you'll start to see some action, particularly as tax revenues start to decrease and the previous largeness handed out is no longer possible without PO'ing the local voters.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2008-06-10 07:36  

#1  sniff, sniff. What a shame. Now I guess that employers will actually have to pay a fair wage for the work that they want done instead of smuggling bodies across the border to work at below market rates.

As I always say: Most of the arguements used to support illegal immigration are the same ones that were used to support slavery: The economy will fail if we abolish it; the little brown folk are so much better off in their less than 100% human/legal status, than they would be otherwise; Only the less than fully human/legal will do these jobs.

etc.
Posted by: Sninert Black9312   2008-06-10 04:22  

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