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Thursday, February 23, 2012
Obama Scraps Local Police From Assisting Immigration Agents
An immigration program that allows some local police to act as immigration agents - is coming to an end. The Obama administration is asking the Homeland Security Department to scrap the program. It allowed ICE to sign contracts with local police, giving them the power to check the immigration status of suspects and place immigration holds on them. The program reached its peak under the last Bush administration, when 60 local agencies had signed contracts with ICE. That slowed under President Obama. No new contracts have been signed since 2010. USA Today reports, DHS expects to save $17 million by cancelling some contracts now and allowing the rest to expire. The last contract in the program runs out in November.
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Makes no sense.of the police are dealing with someone they obviously have done something or the police feel the need to speak to them.and if doing so and the police find they are here illegally then they should enforce the law and arrest them immediately .they are cops.that's what they do.enforce the law.I personally feel every cop should arrest them.
Hey if with all this new laws in effect allowing the government to set up shop any where at any time to identify anyone and everyone and arrest would be terrorist .....then why can't they just check any Mexican at any time and place if illegal than lock them up.there is no difference a criminal is a criminal period. They need to do the right thing ....file papers and come legal.and we need to say oh I'm sorry.....OUR BORDERS ARE CLOSED!
So, Obama wants to save 17 million bucks to not go after illegals, but doesn't mind giving billions to solar companies who give their management people big bonuses and declare bankruptcy. Go figure.
Why would our leader not be totally behind enforcing the laws of the land?
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