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The program seems to be effective at producing a solid communication system from the local to federal level. I believe that the program has been originally put into place to control illegal immigration and also to catch and deport those non-tax paying immigrants, who may have committed a "minor" crime (the article stated serious) and provide results as it has. The program was put into place for a reason and states all signed on when it was enacted. Just for votes, it seems that certain individuals in office feel pressured to retract. Also, analyzing the article you may see that the only people being interviewed for this article are of the "hispanic" ethnicity and is bias at best to deter the uneducated reader. I believe the program is working and that with a deeper study on recent illegal immigration, one can see that many criminals from other countries, drug smugglers and such, are getting across the border and need to be caught. The minority societies already here need to speak up and play a role in getting those criminal immigrants out of our country, or they will find themselves in this pot as well.
After reading the article, it was tough to decide whether or not it benefits a community because of all the pro's and con's. If 79 percent of those deported because of this program had never been convicted, only arrested, it makes you wonder if law enforcement is focusing more so on immigrants after signing up for this program. It also seems a little suspicious to me that Cadman "was instructed to mislead localities that had a large population of immigrants".
I believe the community should not opt out of the program. During a lecture on National Public Radio, it was said that 27% more funding is spent on ICE and the fight against illegal immigration than on all other federal law enforcement departments combined. This is a huge issue seeing that we still have a problem with illegal immigrants. This is simply what we have yet to do with the reform. The most we can do with the security at borders, airports etc is keep enforcing the way we have been. The issue is the illegal immigrants already in the country draining resources they are not feeding into. I am not stating that these people are necessarily bad people, as I understand that the United States is surely better economically, safety wise, etc. However they are making a big issue monetarily in this country. I believe just as my ancestors and most likely most others, they should be required to go through the same steps to become citizens as everyone else. If you look for it you can see it every day, get into a car crash with an individual such as this and tell me if they have insurance, if they even have a license. Guess who pays, it will be you. There may be instances where some will not reveal themselves and under report crime, but we have that issue in this country regardless of national status. Keep this program, make the reform successful, and force immigrants to follow the rules and return under legal circumstances.
Please take some time to better understand the U.S. Government's Secure Communities or Safe Communities program.
ReplyDeleteDo a bit of research and consider whether you think your community would be better off to participate or not. Why do you feel this way?
Look forward to your thoughts.
Dr. Morreale
The program seems to be effective at producing a solid communication system from the local to federal level. I believe that the program has been originally put into place to control illegal immigration and also to catch and deport those non-tax paying immigrants, who may have committed a "minor" crime (the article stated serious) and provide results as it has. The program was put into place for a reason and states all signed on when it was enacted. Just for votes, it seems that certain individuals in office feel pressured to retract. Also, analyzing the article you may see that the only people being interviewed for this article are of the "hispanic" ethnicity and is bias at best to deter the uneducated reader. I believe the program is working and that with a deeper study on recent illegal immigration, one can see that many criminals from other countries, drug smugglers and such, are getting across the border and need to be caught. The minority societies already here need to speak up and play a role in getting those criminal immigrants out of our country, or they will find themselves in this pot as well.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the article, it was tough to decide whether or not it benefits a community because of all the pro's and con's. If 79 percent of those deported because of this program had never been convicted, only arrested, it makes you wonder if law enforcement is focusing more so on immigrants after signing up for this program. It also seems a little suspicious to me that Cadman "was instructed to mislead localities that had a large population of immigrants".
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I believe the community should not opt out of the program. During a lecture on National Public Radio, it was said that 27% more funding is spent on ICE and the fight against illegal immigration than on all other federal law enforcement departments combined. This is a huge issue seeing that we still have a problem with illegal immigrants. This is simply what we have yet to do with the reform. The most we can do with the security at borders, airports etc is keep enforcing the way we have been. The issue is the illegal immigrants already in the country draining resources they are not feeding into. I am not stating that these people are necessarily bad people, as I understand that the United States is surely better economically, safety wise, etc. However they are making a big issue monetarily in this country. I believe just as my ancestors and most likely most others, they should be required to go through the same steps to become citizens as everyone else. If you look for it you can see it every day, get into a car crash with an individual such as this and tell me if they have insurance, if they even have a license. Guess who pays, it will be you. There may be instances where some will not reveal themselves and under report crime, but we have that issue in this country regardless of national status. Keep this program, make the reform successful, and force immigrants to follow the rules and return under legal circumstances.
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