Need this law in every state. Pronto. On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 9:22 AM, plainolamerican <[email protected]>wrote:
> TN Governor Bredesen signed SB 1141 / HB 670. It mandates that every > jailer in the state inspect the legal status of those detained. > > SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 7, Part 1, is > amended by adding a new section thereto: § 40-7-123. > When a person is arrested for any offense and is confined, for any > period, in the jail of the county or any municipality, a reasonable > effort to review documents in the possession of the prisoner shall be > made to assess the citizenship status of the person so confined. If > the keeper of the jail or other officer cannot determine the lawful > status of the prisoner from the documents in the possession of the > prisoner or if it is determined that the person is not lawfully > present in the United States, pursuant to the federal Immigration and > Naturalization Act, compiled in 8 U.S.C. § 1101 et seq., the keeper of > the jail or other officer shall notify the United States department of > homeland security by facsimile transmission or other appropriate > means. > > A number of organizations have condemned the Governor, including the > ACLU of Tennesseee, TIRRC, the NAACP of Tennessee, the NAACP of > Clarksville, Congregation Micah, and the Interdenominational Ministers > Fellowship, the Bishop Diocese of Knoxville ... and other faith based > organizations and Gannet newspapers. > > So, who is the enemy? > > Better question: > Why do people of color, jews, catholics and other faith based > organizations want to protect illegal alien/criminals? > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at > http://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
