Although local elections may be dismissed by the mainstream media, the choices facing voters on Tuesday in states across America will impact the direction of immigration policy and, in some cases, truly deal with life and death issues.
Hyperbole? Just consider the stakes in Oregon, the first state in the nation to enact a sanctuary law. With Measure 105 on the ballot, voters have a chance to repeal a law which has hampered law enforcement’s ability to protect communities from dangerous criminal aliens since 1987.
Is it really a life and death choice? It was reported that the choice of the Multnomah County Sheriff’s office not to honor an ICE detainer resulted in the release of illegal alien Martin Gallo-Gallardo, who subsequently murdered his wife before dumping her body in a ditch.
The case is not an outlier. The sanctuary afforded criminal aliens by Oregon’s elected officials, in particular sheriffs in urban counties, has proven deadly on other circumstances as well.
The level to which sheriffs’ cooperate with ICE is at issue in Wake County, North Carolina, where incumbent Republican Donnie Harrison is seeking re-election. Harrison’s strong support of the 287(g) program, which allows local and state law enforcement to form partnerships with ICE, has drawn the attention of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). They even have financed a $100,000 advertisement opposing his candidacy.
His rival, Democrat Gerald Baker said he would eliminate the program, which allows local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE.
The future of the 287(g) program in four Maryland counties – Anne Arundel, Frederick, Harford, and Washington – could be decided on Tuesday in races that mostly pit Republican supporters of strong enforcement against Democratic candidates who want to eliminate the agreements.
In Washington County, Maryland, Republican challenger Brian Albert is trying to unseat Sheriff Doug Mullendore, a Democrat, who opposes joining the 287 (g) program because, he told the HubCityPost.com, “it is not economically viable to establish the Program at this time in Washington County.
The outcome of all of these races are certain to impact the direction sanctuary policy takes in those states and across the nation.
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# 1 Any immigrant coming in should process them self just like all the rest and vote only when they become USA citizens other wise they can’t come in and demand no rights what so ever.#2. first of all for them not to have children until this get residency # 3. and another give them certain amount of time to get it residency they can’t get no help by the government at all Why should they demand on anything else they can’t until they are illegal here in the country
The Caravan
Eats at the heart of America’s nationalism roots and sovereign nation values…but Open Border Party supports globalism….just the opposite.
Reports from Mexican immigration groups saying that more than a hundred people from the present caravan, including children, have been kidnapped and held for ransom by gangs. Absolutely nothing new about this. Amnesty International has been reporting it for years, along with the fact that the majority of women migrants, from early teens on up, are victims of sexual assault on the way through Mexico. The real danger is the trip, not staying in their home countries. They come here for a “better life”. Sorry, we can’t provide it for you.