Are sanctuary cities putting citizens in danger by not checking the status of illegals who are caught by police?
So you believe these cities are breaking the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIR)?
What should happen to sanctuary cities who fail to comply with the law?
Dave Gibson Norfolk Crime Examiner
Cities which adopt illegal alien 'Sanctuary' policies are placing Americans in grave danger
May 31, 10:15 AM 路 Add a Comment
On October 22, 2008, the First District Court of Appeal for the State of California ruled that the San Francisco Police must follow state law which requires police officers to contact federal authorities when they arrest anyone for a narcotics violation, when they suspect the person to be either a legal or illegal alien.
The appellate court ruling reversed a lower court decision which claimed that San Francisco police officers were not required to comply with California state law, when arresting someone they suspected to be a foreign national.
The group Judicial watch filed the lawsuit against San Francisco Police Chief Heather Fong, on behalf of San Francisco resident Charles Fonseca.
Shortly after the ruling, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said: "This landmark ruling strikes at the heart of the sanctuary movement for illegal aliens. San Francisco and other sanctuary cities are not above the law. This court ruling exposes the lie behind the argument that state and local law enforcement cannot help enforce immigration laws."
The particular law in question, which provided the basis for the lawsuit follows:
Section 11369 of the Health and Safety Code (Section 11369) states: "When there is reason to believe that any person arrested for a violation [of any of 14 specified drug offenses] may not be a citizen of the United States, the arresting agency shall notify the appropriate agency of the United States having charge of deportation matters."
This ruling now forces San Francisco麓s police chief to become compliant with state law and direct her officers to report all suspects whose immigration status is in question, when that suspect is arrested for drug violations. Given the fact that 90 percent of the illegal drugs sold in this country are brought in from Mexico, this ruling promises to be very effective in dealing with Latin American drug gangs, now responsible for a great deal of violence in California and beyond..
In San Francisco, on June 22, 2008, three members of the Bologna family were gunned down by Salvadoran national and gang member Edwin Ramos. Tony Bologna, 48, and his sons Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16 were shot to death by Ramos as they sat in their car on a crowded street, in the city麓s Excelsior District.
Ramos who is a member of the notoriously violent drug gang known as MS-13, shot the Bologna family to death because Tony Bologna had temporarily blocked the car in which Ramos was traveling, as the two cars made their way through an intersection. The Bologna men were returning home from a family barbecue.
As a juvenile, Ramos had committed felony attempted robbery and assault.
Shortly after the shooting, the San Francisco Chronicle reported, Juvenile Probation Department officials, did not report Ramos to federal immigration authorities for possible deportation because of San Francisco麓s stated sanctuary policy.
The devastated wife and mother Danielle Bologna is now suing the city of San Francisco over the sanctuary policy , which contributed to the death of her family.
Unfortunately, this ruling came too late to save the lives of the Bologna family, as well as thousands of other Americans who have lost their lives at the hands of illegal aliens. However, it is a positive step in forcing local elected officials to allow those sworn to "protect and serve" to actually do that for American citizens, and stop protecting those who enter this country only to prey upon us.
Despite the rhetoric coming from many local officials claiming that they have no legal role in enforcing our immigration laws, that is simply a lie.
In 1996 the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIR) was passed as a federal law which requires local governments to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (now part of the Department of Homeland Security). The local governments that have been enforcing their own sanctuary policy are actually defying this law. U.S. citizens have a right, according to the Constitution to expect to be protected from violations of federal law by foreign nationals who are not authorized to be in the country, without local police departments aiding and abetting these criminal aliens in their unlawful activities. Where were the drugs when the Bologna family were murdered? Keep winning battles you eventually win the war.
People crossing with drugs, driving without reading or understanding our road signs or laws, Not learning our customs (such as age of consent), Not getting regular health checkups or immunizations, Not following building and health codes These are all potential harm to American citizens. I hope she gets a billion dollars for her loss. Janet Napolitano should give it to her personally with a written apology from Gaven Newsom signed by Obama and Nancy Poloci. Of course they are! Illegals bring nothing but criminal activity and a strain on tax payers. If, I have said this once I have said it a million times; If, the "americans" would lay of the drugs, there wouldn't even be this problem!
Nuf Said! La mojarra I totally agree with you. Yes, they do. Yes, they do and the elected leaders tell the police to look the other way. And whether Americans keep the drug use high or low is irrelevant, the laws still have to be obeyed.
The real reason is that an economic infrastructure was created using illegal aliens that it makes more difficult to deport illegal aliens when they are caught. Difficult but not impossible to catch and deport. Wow, yes I believe that we are slowly allowing criminals more rights then victims. California is a good place to see this stupidity. I listen to NPR and get a good laugh when I hear people trying to defend illegal immigrants especially if they have multiple convictions for "non violent" crimes. NO! they help them keep everybody safe. But "sanctuary city" is the wrong term anyway. These cities help immigrants come out and report crime, when before they were too afraid to report anything with fear of deportation. So it makes everbody safe!
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Debunking the Myth of "Sanctuary Cities".
There is much confusion about the term 鈥渟anctuary city.鈥?The
term is often used derisively by immigration opponents to blast
what are best described as community policing policies. In fact,
these community policing policies are about providing safety,
not sanctuary, to the residents of U.S. communities.
鈥淪anctuary city鈥?is not an accurate term for cities with community policing policies. The police who rely upon community policing policies do not provide 鈥渟anctuary鈥?to undocumented immigrants鈥攖hey already have the authority to arrest criminals regardless of immigration status, and they already work with DHS to identify immigrant criminals. The cities and states that actively encourage police to enforce civil immigration laws are the real 鈥渟anctuaries鈥?for criminals, because they are alienating a segment of the community that experiences crime but is afraid to report it.
State and local police departments around the country support community policing policies because they help immigrants work with the police to put criminals behind bars.
Crime experts, as well as advocates for crime victims, agree that community policing policies are essential to encouraging immigrants to access police protection and protecting the entire community |
