Monday, August 13, 2007

CM PRESS # 196


WHY NOT TRAIN CMPD OFFICERS TO ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAWS?

Congressman John Campbell has a good column in the Daily Pilot today in which he writes: "[L]et's just let local law enforcement officers check immigration status as part of routine police work."

ABSOLUTELY!

The CM PRESS believes that our local cops should do this. It's just common sense and it helps protect the cops themselves as well as citizens.

Too many cops are being killed around the country by dangerous illegal aliens who are slipping through the cracks with phony identification cards.

If the cops can ask reasonable questions about immigration status and hold those who appear to be in violation of our immigration laws for further checking, we'll have safer streets and fewer cops killed during routine traffic stops.

The CM PRESS believes that having the ICE agent in the Costa Mesa jail is a good move and should be continued, but we also believe that our CMPD officers should be cross trained to also do immigration checks.

The CM PRESS is aware that some citizens in Costa Mesa believe there is a small clique of overly politicized officers within the CMPD who don't want to confront illegal aliens and who try to avoid doing so. These citizens suggest that if there are such officers on the force, that they are causing citizens to not trust the CMPD and that this is not good for this city as a whole.

How about it City Council?
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