The federal government should cut aid to cities - including Des Moines - that ban police officers from checking the immigration status of people they suspect of being in the country illegally, U.S. Rep. Steve King said Friday.
King, a western Iowa Republican, said he'd heard Des Moines officers have been told not to look into the citizenship of people they suspect are illegal immigrants. Because of that practice, he said, he considers Des Moines a "sanctuary city," similar to San Francisco.
"Federal resources to sanctuary cities need to be ratcheted down until they eliminate that policy and cooperate" with immigration authorities, King told Des Moines Register editors and reporters.
A police department spokesman later said King's claim was false. "That's not a policy that I'm aware of. It's not a practice, either," said Sgt. Jeff Edwards. He added that immigration is not a primary focus of the department, but officers are not forbidden from checking into it, and the department cooperates with federal officials on the issue.
Polk County Sheriff William McCarthy also denied King's contention. "I don't want to get in a fight with a congressman, but he needs to get his facts right," McCarthy said.
McCarthy noted that his department recently began using a system that checks the fingerprints of every person brought to the jail, including people arrested by Des Moines police. The system compares the fingerprints to those in a database of people wanted by immigration authorities, and it automatically reports to those authorities when a match is made.
McCarthy, who used to be Des Moines' police chief, has said in the past that he favors issuing drivers' licenses to illegal immigrants. Doing so would make it easier to enforce traffic laws, he said. He said Friday that all local police agencies cooperate with immigration officials. However, he said, local police do not have the authority to arrest anyone for immigration offenses, any more than they're empowered to arrest people for violating federal tax law.
King has made national headlines for his strong stances against illegal immigration.
After being told of Edwards' and McCarthy's responses to his contentions, he said he was glad to hear about the new fingerprint program at the jail. But he said through a spokeswoman that he still suspects the departments aren't doing all they could to stem illegal immigration.
"Do they encourage their officers to inquire about the lawful presence of persons whom they encounter? Or do they discourage? If the latter is the case, they have a de facto sanctuary policy," he said.
Earlier Friday, during the Des Moines Register meeting, he said there's no need to deport the approximately 11 million immigrants already here illegally. "I think a lot of them will go home on their own, once we re-establish the rule of law."
He said the country could dramatically reduce the problem by clamping down on companies that employ illegal immigrants; ensuring that local police help identify and detain such immigrants; and building an effective fence along border areas where many immigrants cross.
For models of effective barriers, he said, the United States could look at the Great Wall of China and the walls Israel erected to stop terrorists from crossing from the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
King also would have the Internal Revenue Service aggressively check for illegal workers on companies' payrolls. Employers would be taxed on wages paid to such workers, he said, which would be a major expense. He would exempt employers that used the government's computerized "E-Verify" system to check prospective employees' immigration status.
King said illegal immigration costs the United States in several ways. Immigrant families tend to have low incomes. Although they are ineligible for many types of public assistance, they do use some, he said. They also take jobs that otherwise could go to legal residents with few skills, who now are on welfare programs, he said.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100918/NEWS/9180325/-1/GETPUBLISHED03wp-content/King-Police-must-do-more-to-stem-illegal-immigration
20+ million ILLEGAL aliens are in the United States of America.
Right now in the United States of America, ILLEGAL aliens have more rights than you do!
9/26/2010 - HAZELTON, PA - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - IT'S ILLEGAL TO ARREST AN ILLEGAL ALIEN. IT'S ILLEGAL TO ARREST OR PUNISH THOSE WHO HIRE OR RENT TO ILLEGAL ALIENS!!!
"There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people." --Theodore Roosevelt
"This nation is in danger of becoming a Third World nightmare with all the corruption, disease, illiteracy, violence and balkanization known all over the world. We need a 10-year moratorium on all immigration to catch our collective breath and we need deportation of over 10 million illegal aliens in a slow and orderly fashion." --Ed Garrison
“The 1987 amnesty was a failure; rather than reducing illegal immigration, it led to an increase,” FAIR stated. “Any new amnesty measure will further weaken respect for our immigration laws. Therefore, all amnesty measures must be defeated.” --Frosty Wooldridge
President barry shits on the United States.
This is a picture of YOUR American president, (president barry soetoro, a.k.a barack obama) refusing to acknowledge the National Anthem of the United States of America. This picture clearly shows barry with his hands crossed across his vaginal area when the United States Anthem was playing.
barry has NO RESPECT for you, me, or America! Not only did he disrespect America, he just shit on the graves of every American Soldier that has died for this country.
6/15/2010 - PRESIDENT BARRY CAN'T EVEN KEEP A U.S. PARK OPEN!!! He gave the park to mexico & the illegal alien mexican drug cartel!!!
7/6/2010 - American President barry soetoro sues AMERICA!!!
9/11/2010 - YOUR president just gave mexico $1 billion dollars for deepwater oil drilling despite his own moratorium on U.S. deepwater drilling!? More proof that barry hates America!
Treason
–noun
1. the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign. 2. A violation of allegiance to one's sovereign or to one's state. 3. the betrayal of a trust or confidence; breach of faith; treachery.
Traitor
–noun
1. a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust. 2. a person who commits treason by betraying his or her country.
Pslam 109:8
May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.
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What's in their backpacks? Are any of them sick with a contagious disease?
United States Code, Title 8, Chapter 12, Subchapter II, Part VIII, §1325 - "Improper Entry by Alien," any citizen of any country other than the United States who: 1) Enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers; or 2) Eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers; or 3) Attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact; has committed a federal crime.
Violations are punishable by criminal fines and imprisonment for up to six months. Repeat offenses can bring up to two years in prison. Additional civil fines may be imposed at the discretion of immigration judges, but civil fines do not negate the criminal sanctions or nature of the offense.
ILLEGAL
-ADJ
1. FORBIDDEN BY LAW; UNLAWFUL; ILLICIT 2. UNAUTHORIZED OR PROHIBITED BY A CODE OF OFFICIAL OR ACCEPTED RULES
-N
3. A PERSON WHO HAS ENTERED OR ATTEMPTED TO ENTER A COUNTRY ILLEGALLY
Illegal Alien
–noun
1. a foreigner who has entered or resides in a country unlawfully or without the country's authorization. 2. a foreigner who enters the U.S. without an entry or immigrant visa, esp. a person who crosses the border by avoiding inspection or who overstays the period of time allowed as a visitor, tourist, or businessperson.
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