Guest guest Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 >what does :Immagration Idea and Support Needed have to with 911 stuff?< I tend to agree, but immigration laws are more and more becoming a local enforcement problem, and some of that will naturally branch out and cause problems for Dispatchers and 9-1-1 Centers. More and more jails will begin screening all foreign-born arrestees for federal immigration violations. More and more communities will pass immigration-related ordinances, and all of this will be a huge challenge, and raise many problems for law enforcement. Example: son County TN screens all foreign-born arrestees for federal immigration violations. Over the Memorial day weekend 299 persons were physically arrested and brought to Metro jail for booking. Preliminary figures from the Sheriff’s Office show that 66 of those individuals—or 22 percent of the total—were born outside the United States. While the ratio of foreign-born persons arrested is usually around 10 percent, over the Memorial Day weekend it jumped to 22 percent. And the majority of those arrested came into contact with police initially over traffic violations. If there is a steady and lasting rise in the number of foreign-born persons arrested as a percentage of the entire arrestee population there will be charges of racial profiling... Cities across the U.S. are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars defending themselves against lawsuits and other challenges to ordinances enacted to keep out illegal immigrants. More than 90 cities or counties around the country have proposed, passed or rejected laws prohibiting landlords from leasing to illegal immigrants, penalizing businesses that employ undocumented workers or training police to enforce immigration laws. Approval of these anti-illegal immigration ordinances has generated criticism, demonstrations and lawsuits in Valley Park, Mo.; Riverside, N.J.; Escondido, Calif.; Hazleton, Pa., and the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch. In one way or another... you're eventually going to be dealing with immigration law... Weintraut No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.0/851 - Release Date: 6/16/2007 12:50 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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