[quote=SK in CV]Funny you should choose Arizona as an example.
[quote=CDMA ENG]
That’s not necessarily true. In Arizona, at least, public safety takes priority over immgration policy. Police will not act, or inform, the INS except in situations that involve arrest of the illegal.
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Joe Arpaio, the sheriff in Maricopa county, is notorious for sending out his deputies on immigration sweeps, to the point of pissing off the feds. Not only has he notified the INS of arrests having nothing to do with any crime other than immigration status, he has entire teams of deputies that are specially trained to do just that. The feds (I think it was DHS) actually rescinded some of his authority in immigration cases, because his violations of their rules were so outrageous.
There may be some areas of the country where Jose could feel safe calling the cops, but Maricopa county sure isn’t one of them.[/quote]
True but that is the sheriffs department NOT police. I don’t know about you but 95 percent of this population deals with police and not sheriffs. Sheriffs take care of the “country-side” most of our interactions or needs for police’ing take place within a town or city. But the point remains valid.
And to set this point home I had family that came from Nicarauga fleeing the war (they fought on the wrong side) they outstayed thier visas and were illegal aliens for years and had no problem calling the Mesa PD.
Police do not want to be involved in INS issues due to lack of resources period…
Most illegals know this… and still utilize the system.
