On Mar 4, 9:59 am, Ted
hotmail.com> wrote:> On Mar 4, 6:54 am, James Fenimore
yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>> Prince William County, Va., is declaring war on crime-breakers who
>> have NO LEGAL BUSINESS being there.
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>> TIRED of seeing chickens kept in filthy backyards, TIRED of smelling
>> rotting, uncovered garbage on the sidewalks, TIRED of paying for
>> medical treatment and other tax-supported services for law-breaking
>> illegals, TIRED of seeing a dozen or more grimy-faced illegals
>> parading to and from single houses meant for four legal citizens,
>> TIRED of watching illegals without valid licenses or insurance driving
>> at breakneck speed -- often drunk or drugged -- down its roads and
>> highways and crashing into unsuspecting human beings, TIRED of hordes
>> of fast-breeding south-of-the-border types refusing to speak or learn
>> English -- Prince William's law-abiding residents, and their
>> legislators, are TIRED, fed up and want action taken against these
>> value-less intruders.
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>> And ACTION started yesterday!
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>> Latinos Looking Over Shoulder
>> Pr. William Begins Checking Suspects' Immigration Status
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>> By Pamela Constable and Nick Miroff
>> Washington Post Staff Writers
>> Tuesday, March 4, 2008; A01
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>> Work-van drivers signaled long before their turns to avoid being
>> pulled over for a traffic violation. Day laborers skipped their early
>> morning coffee at 7-Eleven, and merengue tunes played to empty tables
>> at Latino lunch counters across Prince William County yesterday.
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>> It was the first day of a county ordinance that allows police to check
>> people's immigration status for even minor legal infractions.
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>> Police officials pledged to enforce the law fairly and to not stop and
>> question individuals based on their racial or ethnic appearance, but
>> many Hispanic residents said they feared they would be stopped without
>> reason and deported for such violations as driving without a valid
>> license or having a broken taillight.
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>> "Already the rumors are starting," said Rene Cabrera, a legal resident
>> from El Salvador who works at a market in Manassas. "My friend saw
>> four patrol cars outside a shopping mall and thought it was a raid.
>> Instead of going to the store, he stayed in his car and drove away. I
>> really worry this can create chaos."
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>> Immigrant advocate groups, speaking at a community meeting Sunday in
>> Woodbridge and on local Spanish-language radio stations, have been
>> advising immigrants without legal papers to keep a low profile and
>> obey all traffic rules. If stopped by police, the groups said, they
>> should be polite and show some identification but otherwise remain
>> silent until they can see a lawyer.
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>> "We are telling people to drive perfectly, not to spit or jaywalk, and
>> not to carry anything in a brown paper bag," said Nancy Lyhall, a
>> volunteer with the local pro-immigrant group Mexicans Without Borders.
>> "They should be the model of model citizens."
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>> County Police Chief Charlie T. Deane, speaking to reporters yesterday,
>> said that his officers would "continue to enforce the law in a fair,
>> lawful and reasonable manner" and that they have been trained "very
>> carefully" to conduct immigration checks. The new measures are
>> expected to cost $26 million over five years, and Deane has asked
>> county officials for an additional $3 million to install video cameras
>> in every patrol car and monitor them to ensure proper procedures are
>> followed.
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>> "Those who are suspected of breaking the law -- even traffic
>> violations -- will be screened if the officer has probable cause to
>> believe the suspect is in the country illegally," Deane said. If the
>> driver lacks a valid U.S. license, it's much more likely now that
>> police will notify federal immigration officials. "The officer will
>> have to make the determination on a case-by-case basis," he said.
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>> Legal and illegal immigrants yesterday expressed the belief -- some
>> with sadness, others with indignation -- that the law is part of a
>> larger effort to drive Hispanics out of the county. Santos Perdomo,
>> 38, a legal resident who owns a business and two houses in Prince
>> William, said he had always donated to the county police charity fund.
>> Now, he said, he no longer feels like giving.
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>> "Even though I am legal, I feel rejected," he said. "This law has
>> ruined all the good feelings. When I came here 12 years ago, my
>> neighbors sent me pies. Now they look at me differently."
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>> Perdomo said that many Hispanics are leaving the county but that he
>> plans to stay. "I don't want to teach my children to be bitter," he
>> said.
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>> Juan Hernandez, 32, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala who works as a
>> carpenter in Manassas, said he has stopped driving and now only walks,
>> as fast as he can, between his apartment and his job site.
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>> "I have three kids back home, so I have to keep working," he said,
>> munching on an enchilada at an otherwise empty Central American cafe.
>> "I was afraid walking to this place today, but I thought, I am a good
>> person, I don't steal or drink, so God will watch over me."
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>> Despite police assurances that they will not use the new law to target
>> Hispanics, immigrant advocates said they believe this is already
>> happening. Ricardo Juarez, a Woodbridge resident who is coordinator of
>> Mexicans Without Borders, said he was stopped by a police officer last
>> week who said he had failed to signal a turn and then asked to see his
>> license.
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>> "I had been very careful to signal because I saw he was following me,"
>> Juarez said yesterday. "They say this will not be a witch hunt, but we
>> think it will be a silent and gradual witch hunt.
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>> "After all this money and training, they are not going to want the
>> officers to come back empty-handed."
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> Every community must protect itself due to the uttter failure of the
> USA government
> to control our borders.
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> ted-
Don't quote me on this but I believe there is a little known Supreme
Court decision that puts the onus of immigration control squarely in
the jurisdiction of the individual state.
