Brilliant: LAPD refuses to ask immigration status
@ October 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates helped create Special Order 40 in 1979; this order limits when LAPD officers can ask a victim or suspect about his or her immigration status.
Some Los Angeles City Council members are seeking to amend the order claiming that it prevents police from dealing with illegal immigrant gang members. The shooting [...]
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Georgia spends $1.6B a year on illegal immigration
@ October 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Why is Georgia leading the way in immigration reform? Because illegal immigration costs the state $1.6B a year for education, health care and incarceration of criminals. There are an estimated 500,000 illegals living and working in Georgia.
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Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Raids and Detention Act
@ October 11, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Senators Teddy Kennedy (D-MA) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) have introduced a bill aimed at adding extra protections for legal and illegal workers in the face of increased enforcement raids by ICE. ICE has arrested more than 2000 people in raids in NJ this year alone. Introduced on 9/25/08, and drafted with help from the ACLU, [...]
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