Thursday, August 23, 2007

CM PRESS # 199

COSTA MESA NEEDS TO DO MORE TO PROTECT CITIZENS FROM ILLEGAL ALIEN CRIMINALS


In the aftermath of the execution style murders of three teens (pictured) in Newark, N.J. earlier this month by illegal aliens, the attorney general of N.J. is now requiring local law enforcement officers to notify ICE after the arrest of any illegal alien for any indictable offense or for DUI.

It's sad that N. J. government officials only took such action after illegals murdered citizens and after the citizen community demanded that our laws be enforced.

One of the illegal alien killers was known to local police and was facing charges for the alleged rape of a 5-year-0ld at the time he helped murder these teens.

Had these illegal alien killers been deported, as they should have been, these three teens would be alive today and on their way to college instead of now lying under six feet of dirt.

IS COSTA MESA DOING ENOUGH TO PREVENT SUCH A TRAGEDY IN OUR CITY?

We had a 16 year old citizen girl murdered behind Estancia High School by a man who then fled to Mexico. Where is the outrage from citizens?


We had a long time employee of the Daily Pilot murdered by an illegal alien. This murderer was living with about a dozen others in a tiny apartment in the Shalimar slum. Where is the outrage from the Daily Pilot?

Sure, we have an ICE agent in our jail, but the CM PRESS keeps hearing a buzz from citizens who believe there are some within local law enforcement and local government who are resisting bringing some illegal aliens to the notice of the ICE agent.

Some have wondered whether or not there is some sort of informal quota system working whereby, for the sake of appearances, a few illegal aliens are arrested for serious crimes, while others get a wink and nod. Those who suggest this, point out that the detainers for illegals seem to be about the same each month (averaging approximately 50 per month). They wonder why the number seems to remain so constant.

Here's what California Penal Code Section 834b says local cops should do:


(a) Every law enforcement agency in California shall fully cooperate with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service regarding any person who is arrested if he or she is suspected of being present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws.

(b) With respect to any such person who is arrested, and suspected of being present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws, every law enforcement agency shall do the following:

(1) Attempt to verify the legal status of such person as a citizen of the United States, an alien lawfully admitted as a permanent resident, an alien lawfully admitted for a temporary period of time or as an alien who is present in the United States in violation of immigration laws. The verification process may include, but shall not be limited to, questioning the person regarding his or her date and place of birth, and entry into the United States, and demanding documentation to indicate his or her legal status.

(2) Notify the person of his or her apparent status as an alien who is present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws and inform him or her that, apart from any criminal justice proceedings, he or she must either obtain legal status or leave the United States.

(3) Notify the Attorney General of California and the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service of the apparent illegal status and provide any additional information that may be requested by any other public entity.

(c) Any legislative, administrative, or other action by a city, county, or other legally authorized local governmental entity with jurisdictional boundaries, or by a law enforcement agency, to prevent or limit the cooperation required by subdivision (a) is expressly prohibited.

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