Re: It's time to reel in the DOJ ... by any means necessary

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Holder and Obama - men of color, working for people of color

On Dec 7, 5:02 pm, plainolamerican <plainolameri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The Department of Justice is sending every law enforcement agency in
> Alabama a reminder letter. The missives, mailed out Friday, are
> intended to warn local sheriffs and police chiefs to tread carefully
> when enforcing a key provision of that state's controversial
> immigration law. About 156 agencies in Alabama receive federal funding
> that could be put in jeopardy if they are found to violate the Civil
> Rights Act of 1964.
>
> Under the new state law, police are required to arrest anyone they
> believe to be in the United States illegally. The law means police are
> essentially checking the immigration status of anyone pulled over
> during a routine traffic stop.
>
> So far, that provision appears to be causing some serious headaches
> for local and state officials. Last month, a Japanese employee on a
> temporary assignment at a Honda plant was cited when he was stopped by
> police at a routine roadblock even though the employee provided
> officers with a valid international driver's license and his Japanese
> passport. And a German executive with Mercedes-Benz was arrested after
> a traffic stop. The man provided police with his German
> identification. The man was later released after he was able to
> provide authorities a copy of his passport and a driver's license.
>
> It's little wonder that some local officials aren't happy with the new
> rules. Tuscaloosa Police Chief Steve Anderson told the Wall Street
> Journal that he was worried that enforcing the new provision was
> intruding on his agency's resources for something "that is really the
> job of the federal government."
>
> And the new state law is having other unintended consequences.
> Alabama's revenue commissioner fired off a note instructing all county
> officials to stop demanding proof of immigration status from drivers
> wanting to renew car tags.
>
> Alabama is now at the center of the debate over a state's right to
> enforce immigration rules. It is considered to have the harshest laws
> on the books even though the number of undocumented immigrants there
> was estimated to be 120,000 in 2010, according to the Pew Hispanic
> Center.
>
> Stay tuned. The devastating impact of the law continues to reverberate
> around the state. Farmers and growers are complaining of labor
> shortages, while local businesses worry about the damage the measure
> will do to the state's image and its ability to draw tourists.

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