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March 9, 2006
Sheriff Pleads for Permission to Preserve the Peace
The massive influx of a new underclass that will cause demographic havoc in the near future has at least a few opponents. One is Richard K. Jones, Sheriff of Butler County, New York, who has been charging the Federal Government $70 per day per inmate who is an illegal immigrant. (At this point, ICE owes the county $125,000, though they have yet to pay a penny.)
Unfortunately, Jones can't lock up enough illegal aliens to maintain the public order, given the current demented state of affairs, so he has written a letter to President Bush, pleading with him to take the common-sense measure of giving local law enforcement the authority to arrest illegal immigrants before they have committed crimes other than invading our country. Writes Jones:
I believe that I speak on behalf of the majority of constituents in my county when I ask you to lead and encourage legislation to be passed that will give local law enforcement the right to arrest persons that are in our country illegally. The process of deportation is crippling my county, my state and my country and needs to be accelerated.
The people of my county are disheartened with the federal government’s lack of security in the border states, and the resultant influx of illegal immigrants into the heartland. Mr. President, please secure our borders and assist in the speedy deportation of those already in our country illegally.
Sheriff Jones also had the good sense to ask the President to abandon a proposed "guest worker" farce and instead require immigrants to apply for citizenship the old-fashioned way, which didn't result in the country getting swamped by immigrants faster than they could possibly be assimilated.
Like a lot of people who believe this country is worth defending, Jones voted for Bush and still supports him. But the Sheriff gives him a failing grade in immigration enforcement, an issue that has serious long-term consequences for our future.
Hat tip: Wiggins, Dan Stein
Posted by Van Helsing at March 9, 2006 5:26 PM
