bump Holder and Obama - men of color, working for people of color
On Dec 7, 5:02 pm, plainolamerican <[email protected]> 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. -- 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.
