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Dave McMahon
Published: April 30, 2008
Thanks to the Board of County Supervisors for defeating the resolution proposed by Mr. Principi to change and possibly weaken our “rule of law” resolution.
Thank you for listening to your constituents and taxpayers ... that is real estate taxpayers not just 7-Eleven food and beer in the morning taxpayers.
The resolution is working. Four flophouses overrun with single male day laborers are now vacant in my complex and good riddance to their noise and trash and suggestive lewd comments to all the female kids riding their bikes in my neighborhood.
DAVE McMAHON
Manassas
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Posted by ( do the right thing ) on May 02, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Lets hope Principi and crew( notice I did not say “gang”) will stop ignoring citizens who have a genuine concern about crime and not label those who speak out in favor of the resolution as part of a hate group. To do so, would place him in the same category as those on the anti-bvbl site.
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Posted by ( raywilliams ) on May 02, 2008 at 9:34 am
Godsaveyou, why don’t they interview the ones that made the border crossing on the first try and are now living in PWC, working the job you and your buddys seem to so desperately want? No one knows how many illegals are here, or how much they cost, but you guys seem to know how much savings there are when you don’t know who left and who stayed. I love you guys. Ignorance is alive and well in PWC.
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Posted by ( Godsaveus ) on May 02, 2008 at 7:19 am
Crackdown leads to drop in illegal immigration
updated 3:40 p.m. ET, Thurs., May. 1, 2008
SASABE, Mexico - The sandy streets of Sasabe are empty. Migrant smugglers have to hunt for business at border-town shelters. Many deported migrants give up after one try, taking their government up on free bus rides home.
A U.S. crackdown is causing the longest and most significant drop in illegal migration from Mexico since the Sept. 11 attacks. Officials say the U.S. economic downturn, tighter security and a more perilous and expensive journey are persuading many who try to sneak into the U.S. to give up sooner.
Border Patrol arrests are down 17 percent so far this year along the U.S.-Mexico border after falling 20 percent all of last fiscal year and 8 percent the year before that. While it’s impossible to know how many people are crossing illegally, the Patrol uses apprehensions to estimate the ebb and flow of traffic.Adolfo Vasquez, a 41-year-old corn farmer from southern Mexico, picked fruit for three years in Washington state. Last year it took him two tries to get to his job. This year, he walked for four nights before U.S. Border Patrol agents caught him. He doesn’t plan to try again.
As reported in yesterday’s edition of the Washington Times, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors voted unanimously last night to strengthen and expand its crackdown on illegal immigration. See the story here: http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080430/METRO/823602705/1004. Prior to this change, our police officers could check the immigration status of only those people for whom the officer had probable cause to believe were illegal immigrants. Now, police MUST check the immigration status of ALL people who are arrested (including those arrested for less serious crimes and released on summons). Also, the Board retained the officers’ discretion to check immigration status of those detained for any purpose, even minor infractions. As a result of these actions, our police will be checking the immigration status of more people committing crimes in the County.
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Posted by ( raywilliams ) on May 01, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Not to dash anyone’s hopes, but the Resolution is effective simply because, through dumb luck, it was implimented at the same time the housing market took a tank. When the jobs come back the workers will be back. Nothing is being done to seal the border, nothing is being done to enforce zoning or health codes that would restrict the number of people living in houses and nothing is being done to prepare for the next wave of illegals. The Resolution is a short-term political feel-good but has solved nothing for the future. Anyone driving I66 or I95 can see construction traffic is down throughout Northern VA. If we chased them all to Fairfax, where are the trucks when you cross the county line?
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Posted by ( Equality 7-2521 ) on May 01, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Maybe the board doesn’t buy the fairy tale that the resolution will “pay for itself” since there is no measure of the long-term costs (like, for example, lawsuits, the overflowing of the county jail, administrative burdens, lack of resources to tackle other crimes, police officers jammed up with more paper work or simply unavailable for other crimes). It makes more sense to check only after arrests (administratively and fiscally, that is).
Happy Law Day, by the way. (36 U.S.C. § 113)
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Posted by ( barnun ) on May 01, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Greant, the anti illegal “crowd” is not anti hispanic. It’s about people who have broken our laws and now abuse our systems that they are NOT entitled to. It IS a legal matter. Are we, the citizens, also racists when we expect a rapist to be prosecuted, a bank robber, or a murdered ... as in the 2 MS-13 gang members ? You wrote an article about strict liability. You fight to keep the illegals here so are you now ready to accept strict adn full liablity for the crimes committed by illegals or does your idea about liability just apply to other folks ?
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Posted by ( richg ) on May 01, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Gary,
Please explain what “Administrative” steps should be taken to deal with people that are residing within US borders without the “required” documentation to place them in a “legal” status as per Federal law.
The Citizens of PWC look forward to your “words of wisdom”.
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Posted by ( T Dawg ) on May 01, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Immigration laws (gee I wonder why they call them that?) may only be a misdemeanor but when added to the other laws that illegal aliens (gee there’s that illegal word again, tsk tsk tsk) commit it becomes a pretty costly burden. Illegal IDs, identity theft, zoning violations, tax fraud & avoidance, theft of services, DMV violations including stolen license plates, lease/rental fraud, indecent exposure (urinating in public) and much more. That doesn’t include the DUIs, rapes, murders etc that a large percentage of them commit. So keep on rolling your eyes and maybe that will keep you from spouting your racist anti-american lies. I see you subscribe to ‘logic’ of spout lies long enough and someone may eventually believe.
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Posted by ( Grant Gary Jacobsen ) on May 01, 2008 at 11:38 am
My eyes roll every time I hear this “rule of law” business. The immigration situation is an administrative matter, not a legal matter. The anti-Hispanic crowd always yells about “lawbreakers” because it makes them think their position is stronger.
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Posted by ( barnun ) on May 01, 2008 at 10:20 am
I’m Glad Principi is fighting to keep those MS-13 gang members here. Here is a nice tidbit for you
http://www.house.gov/mccaul/pdf/Investigaions-Border-Report.pdf
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