NJ: Illegal Immigration checks. A little too late for some.

I'm reading today's New York Times (B section of course) that New Jersey's attorney general Anne Milgram has decided that it might be a good idea after all for local law enforcement to actually enforce our laws and require them to inquire about the immigration status of criminal suspects and to notify federal authorities. This follows the slaying of three college students in Newark by a gang led by several illegal immigrants. Who thanks to the sanctuary policy of Newark were allowed to roam freely despite being picked up on other crimes in some cases several times. While it is good to see officials like Attorney General Milgram come around at least partly to the notion that a crime is a crime and that illegal immigrants have committed a crime by entering the country. It is a shame that it took the deaths of three college students to wake her and others around the country up to the dangers of allowing people who do not respect U.S. laws to feel comfortable to break even more laws. Unfortunately, it takes often takes the deaths of U.S. citizens to wake some officials up to the "inconvenient truth" about the dark side of unchecked illegal immigration.