{"id":864,"date":"2007-05-29T03:24:56","date_gmt":"2007-05-29T09:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php\/index.php\/2007\/05\/29\/islands-of-exemption\/"},"modified":"2007-05-27T13:33:43","modified_gmt":"2007-05-27T19:33:43","slug":"islands-of-exemption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=864","title":{"rendered":"Islands of Exemption"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senator Norm Coleman defends last week’s attempt in the Senate <\/a>to shut down the preening arrogance of the “sanctuary cities” movement – a group of cities who’ve ordered their police to stop cooperating with immigration authorities.\u00a0 The “movement” includes Minneapolis and Richfield, and might expand to Saint Paul before too long.\u00a0<\/p>\n

These “sanctuary cities,” which currently include Minneapolis, offer the perfect setting for people determined to hurt us by offering them protection from immigration-related questions. In several cities local law enforcement are forbidden from asking during their routine police work whether a person is in the United States lawfully, thereby evading their legal responsibility to report their suspicions to the federal government. Essentially, the philosophy is “don’t ask, don’t tell” — don’t ask suspects about their immigration status, so you then don’t have to tell the federal authorities about them.<\/p>\n

Scores of law enforcement officers have chafed at the gag order. Many say they routinely come into contact with dangerous persons they know have been deported already — yet their local sanctuary policies prevent them from being able to do anything about it. A few chilling examples include Mohammed Atta, the leader of the 9\/11 hijackers, who was stopped and ticketed for driving without a license in Broward County, Florida, in early 2001. His visa had expired. Nobody asked, so nobody told.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

These cities – universally led by left-of-center extremists – believe that their issues with immigration enforcement (all of which generally trace back to “Democrat influence peddling” and “political correctness”)\u00a0trump national security.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Just this month we saw a terror plot unfold in Fort Dix that might have been prevented sooner, had the local officials who pulled the suspects over on numerous traffic violations been able to inquire about their immigration status. Make no mistake — this is a national security issue.<\/p>\n

For this reason, I have put forth a proposal in the Senate to simply make it clear that a police officer has a right to ask immigration-related questions of a suspect, and to report his or her suspicions to federal authorities through already established channels. The amendment will lift the gag order on our local law enforcement and make these sanctuary policies illegal. I’m not asking local cops to conduct raids; I’m just asking that they be allowed to use their good judgment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s an idea, Norm; start spreading the rumor that anti-abortion activists,\u00a0televangelists\u00a0and NRA members are sneaking across the border.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You’ll see Democrat calls for fences along both borders and <\/em>the coastline and <\/em>no-knock raids on illegal immigrants’ households faster than you can say “Algore”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You’re welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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