When the local governments decide to enforce the laws it is amazing what happens. Especially, when it comes to finding illegal immigrants who are invading our local communities. The Washington Post has an article about how local Police departments are enforcing local laws and are catching hundreds of illegal immigrants who have broken our immigration laws too. They have been successful where the Federal Government has failed and continues to fail in rounding up the illegals coming into our communities.
Here is the money quote from the article:
"Mecklenburg County Sheriff Jim Pendergraph says there should be little sympathy for illegal immigrants caught by his program: They have already broken the law once by being here illegally, and then been arrested on suspicion of another crime.
"When any of them cross that border without proper documentation, they've violated the law -- however insignificant it may seem to some people," he said. "I've heard sad stories about folks wanting to come up here and have a better life and earn money for their family. I've arrested bank robbers who've had the same excuse." "
That's the proper attitude we need from our law enforcement officials but, more importantly it should also be the attitude of our Federal officials in Washington.
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