Newark Mayor: Sanctuary policies will not change - police department will not do the work of the INS

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

WNYC NEWSROOM August 14, 2007 —Newark's Mayor, Cory Booker, says he has no plans to change police policy, in the wake of a triple murder where two undocumented immigrants are the prime suspects.

BOOKER: In no way is obligation of city police department to be going around and doing the work of INS.

REPORTER: Booker's director of police, Garry McCarthy, says the immigration status of the suspects is "irrelevant."

http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/83938

[WifeOHunkyJohn 2]

:ranting:

And they wonder why there is an illegal immigration problem!!!

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But does the local police have jursidiction to apprehend someone for immigration issues? Perhaps they are just implementing a policy to avoid costly litigation.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Given the problem the police Dept has got dealing with gang crime in Newark - taking on DHS enforcement work probably isn't realistic.

Its not like Newark got the way it is overnight.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Booker's director of police, Garry McCarthy, says the immigration status of the suspects is "irrelevant."

That's precisely the attitude that allowed these fcukers to walk our streets to begin with. Not to wish anything bad on anyone but morons like that police director need to be the victim of their idiocy once. Maybe that would change their take on what's relevant.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Garry McCarthy

[GaryC 7]

I think it's time Newark had a new mayor.

[Dan J 277]

Immigration enforcment is not in the jurisdiction of local or state governments. So no city or state government has the obligation to enforce laws they are not responsible for.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Immigration enforcment is not in the jurisdiction of local or state governments. So no city or state government has the obligation to enforce laws they are not responsible for.

I'd say its more about available resources than anything else. Newark is notoriously crime ridden, and a disturbingly large proportion of it is firearm related. Hard to see to what extent illegal immigration fits into that mixture - but given the wider context its not hard to see why they couldn't do much of anything about it. Even if they did want to.

[Caladan 19]

What would making them "enforce" immigration law on their own do? They're going to round up people outside of their mandate and... what's the next step? Keep them jailed indefinitely? Turn them over to ICE (which barely can keep up with its own arrests?) ?

Should they do it on their own? Do the police have the ability to know who's here illegally, and who is the gray-status spouse of a pending I-485? Hope they don't decide to run deportations on their own. It would suck if you were separated from your spouse for another year because her I-94 had expired.

It's like expecting the DMV to process our greencards. I'm all for enforcement but I think maybe it should be the provenance of the people who actually have the jurisdiction to do something about it.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

If Newark police arrest a man and find out he has an outstanding warrant in another state, what do they do?

Ignore it, because they don't have jurisdiction?

Or do they do what law enforcement agencies across the world do - inform the other state that they have their man?

Point: Law enforcement agencies routinely feed each other information to aid others in their investigations. For some reason, Newark doesn't want its police to cooperate with ICE. Why?

Edited August 15, 2007 by VJ Troll

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Immigration enforcment is not in the jurisdiction of local or state governments. So no city or state government has the obligation to enforce laws they are not responsible for.

Again, not to wish anything bad on anyone but...

If Newark police arrest a man and find out he has an outstanding warrant in another state, what do they do?

Ignore it, because they don't have jurisdiction?

Or do they do what law enforcement agencies across the world do - inform the other state that they have their man?

Point: Law enforcement agencies routinely feed each other information to aid others in their investigations. For some reason, Newark doesn't want its police to cooperate with ICE. Why?

Bingo!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

If Newark police arrest a man and find out he has an outstanding warrant in another state, what do they do?

Ignore it, because they don't have jurisdiction?

Or do they do what law enforcement agencies across the world do - inform the other state that they have their man?

Point: Law enforcement agencies routinely feed each other information to aid others in their investigations. For some reason, Newark doesn't want its police to cooperate with ICE. Why?

At a guess - perhaps because the machinery of ICE wouldn't kick into gear within the time that the police could legally hold the guy.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

If Newark police arrest a man and find out he has an outstanding warrant in another state, what do they do?

Ignore it, because they don't have jurisdiction?

Or do they do what law enforcement agencies across the world do - inform the other state that they have their man?

Point: Law enforcement agencies routinely feed each other information to aid others in their investigations. For some reason, Newark doesn't want its police to cooperate with ICE. Why?

At a guess - perhaps because the machinery of ICE wouldn't kick into gear within the time that the police could legally hold the guy.

I'm sure they get creative when it suits them.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

If Newark police arrest a man and find out he has an outstanding warrant in another state, what do they do?

Ignore it, because they don't have jurisdiction?

Or do they do what law enforcement agencies across the world do - inform the other state that they have their man?

Point: Law enforcement agencies routinely feed each other information to aid others in their investigations. For some reason, Newark doesn't want its police to cooperate with ICE. Why?

At a guess - perhaps because the machinery of ICE wouldn't kick into gear within the time that the police could legally hold the guy.

Probably true. ICE is underfunded and understaffed. Yet, why not at least notify them so a paper trail exists?