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"George Washington Admirer" <GeorgeWashingtonAdmirer@adelphia.net> wrote in
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>   Now THIS is the kind of "Yes we can!" "�S� se puede!" that Americans
> want to hear:
>
>
> Saturday's Letters: A California Police Lieutenant (Retired) Says Cops
> Could Round Up Aliens; etc.
>
> From: Rich Reed
>
> Re: Joe Guzzardi's Column: To Eliminate Illegal Immigration---Empower
> The Local Police
>
> I'm a retired police Lieutenant with 28 years of service split between
> two northern California cities.
>
> During my first assignment in the mid-1960s, I arrested illegal aliens
> (mostly Mexicans) in the normal course of my workday.
>
> There was nothing special about it. I called Immigration and
> Naturalization Services. They came down and took custody.
>
> This was routine from 1966 when I started my career until around 1975.
>
> Then one day we arrested one, called INS and they said they weren't
> interested.
>
> At the time I was a sergeant. I asked to speak to the supervisor He
> confirmed that they handled illegals and normally pick them up but
> currently did not have the time.
>
> I asked him if it was still a federal violation for an illegal alien to
> be in U.S. He confirmed that it was. Then I asked if local police have
> the authority to arrest illegals and again he confirmed that we do.
>
> I then asked, "What's the problem? We arrested this guy, we did our
> job, now do yours and come and get him."
>
> INS advised us that they would be down to take custody. But later, INS
> told us to release them, that they simply would not respond. At that
> point we stopped arresting aliens since INS wouldn't take custody.
>
> The controversy about whether or not the local police have the
> authority to arrest illegals is nonsense.
>
> Cops in California have had the authority to arrest them for years. But
> recently, it has become politically incorrect.
>
> As far as I'm concerned, round them all up, line up the buses and take
> them back to Mexico. It can be done.
>
> Reed is married with four grown children. During his career, he was a
> hypnotherapist and used that skill on the job until the California
> Supreme Court Shirley Decision disallowed it
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>
> Saturday's Letters: A Border Patrol Agent (Retired) Says Local Law
> Enforcement Is Key To Immigration Enforcement
> From:  Charles Michael ("Mick") Whittmann [e-mail him]
>
> In November 1985, I was transferred from Mobile. AL. to Gulfport, MS.
> to open a one-man inspection station. I remained in Gulfport for the
> rest of my 35 years enforcing immigration law.
>
> That includes the short period of time I spent in Customs and Border
> Protection, where almost no law was enforced.
>
> As a Border Patrol Agent I apprehended or assisted in the apprehension
> of hundreds of aliens and their smugglers.
>
> In cases where the initial stop was made by a state or local law
> enforcement officer for a traffic violation, the defense attorney
> generally would claim illegal arrest by local officer.
>
> On several occasions, La Raza and/or American Civil Liberties Union
> tried to stir up the media. We were always fortunate enough to convince
> the Judge that the police detained the vehicle for only a short time
> and that a U.S. Border Patrol Agent made the determination of illegal
> status.
>
> Source: http://www.vdare.com/letters/tl_062406.htm#b2
>
> -- 
> From an era when the law was enforced.

Hank