I swear we don�t plan this stuff out.
But no sooner than does a series of articles about the Collier
County Sheriff�s Office program to deport troublesome illegal
aliens conclude than an illegal alien is in the headlines, and not
in a good way.
The sheriff�s program, as outlined in stories Sunday and Monday,
targets illegal immigrants who run afoul of the law. Deputies,
through extra training, are empowered to enforce federal laws and
begin deportation proceedings as they see fit. In places without
the program, local authorities have to rely on federal agents to
undertake the deportation process against known illegal immigrants
residing in their jails, a demand the feds are not always prepared
to meet.
The program and the articles about it elicited the predictable
responses from good-hearted people who see tragedy in the
separation of families. They fret over the anxiety experienced by
those who skirted the rules to find a better life in the United
States yet are one traffic stop away from losing it.
Then along comes Mauricio Escalante. The 33-year-old illegal
immigrant was arrested Saturday for stabbing to death a 17-year-old
on the streets of Immokalee.
The teenager�s affront that set off the fatal confrontation �
daring to speak English in America.
According to Sheriff�s Office reports, around 3 a.m. Saturday
Charlie Guzman and some friends gathered at the laundry of an
apartment complex on Colorado Avenue. Three others, including
Escalante, were already there and the two groups began talking
until a dispute erupted over the victim�s group speaking English,
not Spanish.
Escalante went to a nearby apartment, got a knife, and fatally
stabbed Guzman, according to reports.
So much for the notion that illegal immigrants are universally a
hard-working, law abiding set committed to doing the jobs Americans
won�t do, all while trying to assimilate.
While plenty of people in the community of illegal immigrants, a
majority, no doubt, fit that description, there are bad actors in
the group.
The bad actors are the ones targeted by the sheriff�s program. For
proof of that, one need look no further than Escalante. A year ago,
he wound up in jail because deputies found him so drunk he was
deemed to be a threat to himself or others.
But being drunk out of your mind in public isn�t the sort of thing
that gets you deported under the sheriff�s system.
�Until the murder, he didn�t have a criminal history with us,�
Sheriff�s Office spokeswoman Karie Partington said.
In two years, about 2,200 illegal immigrants have been either
deported or are awaiting deportation through the sheriff�s efforts.
Among that many cases, there are bound to be a few where the
triggering offenses seem minor or the hardship upon family members
here legally seems great.
But there are hardships to be borne by turning a blind eye toward
illegal immigrants among us.
Ask the family of Charlie Guzman.
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> http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/dec/21/immokalee-stabbing-
> immigration-deportation/
>
> I swear we don�t plan this stuff out.
>
> But no sooner than does a series of articles about the Collier
> County Sheriff�s Office program to deport troublesome illegal
> aliens conclude than an illegal alien is in the headlines, and not
> in a good way.
>
> The sheriff�s program, as outlined in stories Sunday and Monday,
> targets illegal immigrants who run afoul of the law. Deputies,
> through extra training, are empowered to enforce federal laws and
> begin deportation proceedings as they see fit. In places without
> the program, local authorities have to rely on federal agents to
> undertake the deportation process against known illegal immigrants
> residing in their jails, a demand the feds are not always prepared
> to meet.
>
> The program and the articles about it elicited the predictable
> responses from good-hearted people who see tragedy in the
> separation of families. They fret over the anxiety experienced by
> those who skirted the rules to find a better life in the United
> States yet are one traffic stop away from losing it.
>
> Then along comes Mauricio Escalante. The 33-year-old illegal
> immigrant was arrested Saturday for stabbing to death a 17-year-old
> on the streets of Immokalee.
>
> The teenager�s affront that set off the fatal confrontation �
> daring to speak English in America.
>
> According to Sheriff�s Office reports, around 3 a.m. Saturday
> Charlie Guzman and some friends gathered at the laundry of an
> apartment complex on Colorado Avenue. Three others, including
> Escalante, were already there and the two groups began talking
> until a dispute erupted over the victim�s group speaking English,
> not Spanish.
>
> Escalante went to a nearby apartment, got a knife, and fatally
> stabbed Guzman, according to reports.
>
> So much for the notion that illegal immigrants are universally a
> hard-working, law abiding set committed to doing the jobs Americans
> won�t do, all while trying to assimilate.
>
> While plenty of people in the community of illegal immigrants, a
> majority, no doubt, fit that description, there are bad actors in
> the group.
>
> The bad actors are the ones targeted by the sheriff�s program. For
> proof of that, one need look no further than Escalante. A year ago,
> he wound up in jail because deputies found him so drunk he was
> deemed to be a threat to himself or others.
>
> But being drunk out of your mind in public isn�t the sort of thing
> that gets you deported under the sheriff�s system.
>
> �Until the murder, he didn�t have a criminal history with us,�
> Sheriff�s Office spokeswoman Karie Partington said.
>
> In two years, about 2,200 illegal immigrants have been either
> deported or are awaiting deportation through the sheriff�s efforts.
> Among that many cases, there are bound to be a few where the
> triggering offenses seem minor or the hardship upon family members
> here legally seems great.
>
> But there are hardships to be borne by turning a blind eye toward
> illegal immigrants among us.
>
> Ask the family of Charlie Guzman.
> =============================
>
This is what happens when you have open borders. All the criminals and
morons and sociopaths who can't make it in mexico, come here.
Assimilating in the US means that we, the citizens, have to learn Spanish.