And the ACLU and Mexico will certainly cheer (Washington Times)
A Maryland-based immigrant-advocacy group is distributing guidebooks instructing those targeted by federal immigration agents during job-site raids not to cooperate with authorities if they are arrested or detained.
The eight-page, two-color illustrated book lists what rights "people who are not United States citizens" have if detained by immigration agents, details what to do if served with a warrant or charged with a crime, and urges them to remain silent if they are arrested.
The book also says they should refuse to provide authorities with any information about their immigration status.
Included in the book is a "Know Your Rights" card to be cut out and presented to arresting agents, showing that those detained choose to exercise their "right to remain silent, the right to refuse to answer your questions" and to "refuse to sign anything until I consult with my attorney."
This is what happens when liberals and the ACLU (who has forgotten that the "A" stands for American) get involved: they assign American rights to people who come to our country illegally.
The book, which features cartoonlike drawings of armed black and white police officers escorting Hispanic men in handcuffs and shows babies crying because their fathers are behind bars, is the product of CASA of Maryland Inc., working with other organizations.
How about showing the children of other criminals who are behind bars crying, like, say, the children of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who were railroaded to jail while protecting our borders?
There is an easy way to solve the crying from the children of illegals: send the whole family back to where they came from.
The agency removed nearly 200,000 illegals from the country in fiscal 2006, a 10 percent increase over fiscal 2005. There were more than seven times as many job-site enforcement cases last year than in 2002. Between 12 million and 20 million illegal aliens are thought to be in the United States.
"No one is above the law, and we will continue to aggressively and professionally protect public safety and national security by enforcing the nation’s immigration and customs laws," ICE spokesman Marc Raimonde said.
Rep. Dana Rohrbacher of California, ranking Republican on the House investigations and oversight subcommittee, said distributing materials that teach illegal aliens "how to circumvent the law" suggests that CASA is "aiding and abetting criminal activity."
If only the majority of Congress Critters understood that, as well as the ACLU. Illegals are not above the law. If you or I went to Mexico illegally, we would be arrested, and, at a minimum, deported.
More: Michelle M. has screenshots of some of the pamphlet.
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“If only the majority of Congress Critters understood that, as well as the ACLU. Illegals are not above the law.”
Oh, make no mistake: ALL of them know that, but those who either have as their exolicit or implicit goal the fall of the U.S. or who simply have their eyes on their own immediate political or economic gain just don’t care. Worse, they see circumventing the law as a positive good, as long as it serves their own nefarious ends.
You got that exactly right, David.
This issue is crazy!!! When did DC go completely nuts? They’ve always been out of touch, but this????
I got so upset with the “leaders” in DC – and with their arrogance on the amnesty issue, despite the outcry from the American public – that I recently created a web site with anti-amnesty, anti-Congress, pro-fence, and pro-border magnets and bumper stickers.
It is:
http://www.bordersealers.com
Besides the letters and petitions I signed to my Senators this is the best way I thought I could help contribute to the fight. If anyone has suggestions for how to spread the word I’m all ears.
Keep up the fight to protect America!