Posts Tagged ‘illegal immigration’

We Must Protect Ourselves

In 2005, it was determined that Celso Campo-Duartes was in the country illegally after he was arrested for running down Dacula resident Aubrey Sosebee as the 83-year-old man was taking the mail from his mailbox. Campo-Duartes also left the scene of the accident, a fairly common act by illegal aliens.  He had no insurance and a fraudulent tag on his truck.

Campo-Duartes, who was employed as a plumber, spent just over two years awaiting trial in jail, then was allowed to plead to lesser charges and was released immediately on “time served.” A condition of his release was that he “voluntarily” deport himself, but Campos-Duartes is back in jail today, having been arrested—for at least the third time since his incarceration—for driving without a license and disorderly conduct.

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Cuban Immigrant Costs County $400K

It is the policy of the United States not to deport apprehended aliens back to Cuba. If not the alien, then, I say send Castro the hospital bill:

When he [an illegal alien from Cuba] suffered a stroke following a recent arrest, his medical bills hit $400,000. Now, he’s paralyzed and in a wheelchair. He needs to be in a nursing home. So what’s next for the suspected criminal that’s in the country illegally? It’s tough to say. But one thing’s for sure. Douglas County cannot afford to spend any more money on the man, whose last arrest was for cocaine trafficking. The sheriff’s office had to ask the county commission recently for more money to cover the man’s medical bill.

Cuban immigrant costs county $400K  | ajc.com

Race, Reasonable Suspicion and SB 1070

Opponents of the new Arizona immigration law, including President Obama, paint a wild picture of jack-booted Nazis stopping innocent folk on the street for no reason but their race, to demand their “papers.” The critics– either ignorantly or knowingly– criticize a legal principle that is well established in law and court precedence.

Nothing new is happening in Arizona.

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Stuck Inside the Box: My Dissent to the Engage Gwinnett Report

The 94-page final report of the Engage Gwinnett committee is now online. It details the findings and recommendations of the citizen committee (of which I was a member) that examined Gwinnett County’s finances for over six months.

Despite our herculean efforts, I believe that our work product has serious deficiencies. In a nutshell, we nitpicked county departments while missing the bigger picture. We strained at a gnat and swallowed a camel. We didn’t see the forest for the trees. You get the point. Read more…

Ariz. Governor Signs Immigration Enforcement Bill

Arizona, a state that knows better than any about the negative impact of illegal immigration, now has the toughest law in the nation. President Obama used the bill’s signing to pimp amnesty at the national level, calling the new law “irresponsibility.”

"We in Arizona have been more than patient waiting for Washington to act," Brewer said after signing the law. "But decades of inaction and misguided policy have created a dangerous and unacceptable situation."

Ariz. governor signs immigration enforcement bill

Police Chiefs Against Immigration Enforcement: Time to Retire

If your city has a big problem with those breaking the immigration laws, shouldn’t a commensurate portion of your department’s resources be dedicated to identifying the offenders? Don’t you enforce the laws that most need enforcing?

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