Privacy rights of illegal alien felons trump law-abiding gun owners
November 11, 2008
In Oregon last year, the Mail Tribune asked the Jackson County sheriff to provide a list of those with a concealed carry permit. The sheriff said no, and the case went to court, but did you know that a 2005 request to provide a list of all illegal aliens convicted of a crime - including felonies - was turned down by a judge referencing privacy rights?
You would think a list of convicted felons that were supposed to be deported may have news value. The federal government was supposed to immediately deport them after the sentence was served, but reporters found numerous examples where the criminals just mixed right back in with the U.S. population after release. But nooooo - you can’t get that list, it may lead to racial profiling.
Perez signs sanctuary city ordinance
August 18, 2008
Eddie Perez, mayor of Hartford, Conn., has just signed the city ordinance mentioned here and here. No replies to my e-mails, and The Hartford Courant continues to ignore the issue; comments are turned off for today’s story.
Hartford is on it’s way to becoming a sanctuary city for sure. Read more
Los Angeles really goes over deep end - demands office space for day laborers
August 14, 2008
Imagine this. You own a business on a street where a illegal aliens tend to congregate. Illegal aliens - and probably some U.S. citizens - hang out there in hopes of someone driving by and offering them a few hours of work.
These gathering places have developed from coast to coast. Since many of these day laborers work construction and landscape jobs, they tend to hang out near big-box retailers like Home Depot and Lowes.
Now imagine your town passing an ordinance that requires you - the law abiding business owner - to construct a building that provides shelter, bathrooms, trash cans, drinking water, Internet access, English tutoring, free long distance calls, a copy machine and a Western Union office to the day laborers. Read more
Hartford to go for sanctuary city status
July 22, 2008
Aug. 5: Welcome to LGF readers. Let me know how you’re finding this article will ya? Update: Thanks for the link smokefire.
Not to be outdone by New Haven, a sanctuary city that will issue a city ID no-questions-asked, Hartford, Connecticut is considering an ordinance that will prevent the Hartford Police Department’s law enforcement officers from arresting or detaining illegal aliens that have administrative (non-criminal) warrants.
Yes, read that again. Even if ICE has tagged these criminals for deportation, this ordinance prevents police officers in Hartford from holding them and contacting the Feds for a pick-up. As far as the Hartford City Council is concerned, it’s a federal problem and they don’t want to have anything to do with it.
So much for inter-agency cooperation. Read more
McCain Plays Both Sides of the Fence
June 20, 2008
Were you one of those people looking for a conservative candidate late last year? I certainly was, and I was pretty certain that John McCain was not a conservative. To say that he got slammed in October could be an understatement.
McCain spent most of the fall preaching “comprehensive immigration reform” which included a border security program, guest worker program and of course, a path to citizenship for illegal aliens. Almost everyone called this amnesty even though he proposed that illegal aliens would have to pay “hefty fines” upwards of $1,000.
Like they would actually have to pay a dime. [eyes rolling]
Conservatives slammed him at every turn for his amnesty program. He relented; with his fingers crossed. Read more
