"How do you separate the criminal from the illegal immigrant during a field interview or at a hundred meters through a rifle scope? Yes, there are some gimme's like possession of a weapon or narcotics but for the most part how do you tell?"
4330Inroute: You just don't get it. An illegal immigrant IS a criminal. What part of illegal do you not comprehend? I don't condone violence against these folks but they cannot be permitted to come here illegally. The fact that many are hard core career criminals looking for easy pickings only exacerbates an already bad situation. Try sneaking into just about any other civilized country on earth. You will not be treated to any of the comforts and courtesy we afford illegals here. The US is the laughing stock of the world on this issue and it is high time we stepped up and started acting like a sovereign nation, willing and capable of securing our borders.
I do get it. My rant is the randomness of the violence directed indiscriminately without the due process of law. I don't want these people here. I've watched my tax money go to these people and it makes me ill to think about it. My favorite bumper sticker is one that reads 'Welcome to California-Now Go HOME!!!'
I was referring to the individuals who are preaching violence towards anyone and everyone who is crossing the border. I know it is a crime and they are criminals for violating our laws. I was addressing the comments made by others in the forum in regards to taking individuals out and let God sort them out. Not the entire problem. I am not in favor of any specialized treatment of any detainee/illegal/criminal or what ever you want to call them.
I have seen them (the illegals/immigrants/refugees from Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, China, Peru, Nicaragua, Cuba etc. - we have the densest population of central americans anywhere in the US) come into my community and receive services i.e. food stamps medical care, housing, jobs, free food, free this and free that. The locals that are born and raised here are denied these same services because it's earmarked for the poor immigrant. Try being between 18 and 65 years of age Caucasian with Cancer in California and asking for help with medical bills, medicine and money to live on. It's not there for you! The state will tell you that you don't qualify. Poor my )&& these people are playing on the sympathies of the bleeding hearts (for lack of a better term) and collecting more money from welfare, unemployment, illegal tax refunds (claiming all seven kids and none live here in the state) and cash only jobs than the locals can bring home holding a 40+ work week. They bring grandma and grandpa here to draw medi-cal and medi-care and who have never worked a day of their lives on US soil to earn the right. I've even seen them take the identity of a deceased relative who was here legally to collect social security.
You want to talk about criminals. I worked warrants to where we worked with other agencies and tracked people wanted for homocide and other high crimes across the state and did our best to bring them in to face the judicial system. Do you think it's not frustrating chasing the rapist of an 8 year old girl only to lose him at the border knowing you can't go after him and bring him back? We were on him and he ran the border crossing. Or to apprehend a killer who made a hit on a seemingly peaceful family man only to have him turned over to a Central American Embassy Employee because this guy has diplomatic immunity. Or have these people disappear only to surface with a new name and identity doing the same stuff over and over again. I've seen people turned over to INS and deported only to return before my paper work was done.
Yeah, I get it! Only too well.
