By MARY LOU PICKEL The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 02/08/08
Two bills that would crack down on illegal immigrants in Georgia passed the state Senate on Thursday.
A measure to make it a felony on the fourth conviction of driving without a license passed 38-13.
The bill would affect illegal immigrants in particular because they are unable to obtain a Georgia driver's license legally.
Under that legislation, those caught without a license who could later obtain a legal license would see their cases dismissed, bill sponsor John Wiles (R- Kennesaw) said.
The other measure would cut state funding to local governments that do not cooperate with federal officials trying to enforce immigration laws.
That bill, sponsored by Sen. Chip Pearson (R-Dawsonville), says government agencies may not enact policies that give sanctuary to illegal immigrants.
In some states, police make it a policy not to ask suspects about legal status, Pearson said.
No city in Georgia has such a sanctuary policy, he said, but his legislation would subject any that did to the loss of state money.
The latter legislation also includes an amendment that would cut funding to public employers and welfare agencies that do not run the names of new workers and welfare recipients through federal databases to make sure they are in the country legally.
State Sen. Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock) introduced the amendment.
State employers and welfare agencies already are required to check names, under Senate Bill 529 which became law last summer.
Rogers' amendment Thursday added teeth to the current law by threatening to cut state money to agencies if they do not comply.
Wendy Castañeda of Provo becomes emotional Thursday as she tries to figure out where her husband is following an immigration raid in Lindon. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents Thursday morning raided the Universal Industrial Sales steel business in Lindon, where they arrested 50 people following an investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune)
50 workers arrested in immigration raid at Utah County business
By Russ Rizzo and Jennifer W. Sanchez The Salt Lake Tribune Article Last Updated: 02/07/2008 06:40:52 PM MST
Updated: 2:58 PM-LINDON -- Fifty workers at a Utah County metal factory were arrested this morning during a surprise immigration raid.
That comprises half of the employees at Universal Industrial Sales in Lindon, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, which today released previously sealed indictments charging the company and its human resource manager with harboring illegal aliens.
About 100 Immigration and Customs Enforcement showed up unannounced at the company's warehouses about 8 a.m. and began arresting workers, said ICE spokesman Tim Counts.
By 11 a.m., agents had arrested 50 people, according to the Department of Justice. Wendy Castañeda of Provo becomes emotional Thursday as she tries to figure out where her husband is following an immigration raid in Lindon. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents Thursday morning raided the Universal Industrial Sales steel business in Lindon, where they arrested 50 people following an investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office. The company produces metal highway signs and guard rails. Company officials are cooperating with the investigation, Counts said. Managers could not immediately reached for comment.
Workers found to be in the country illegally were taken taken by van to the Provo ICE office to be processed. But Melodie Rydalch, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney for Utah, said there were no arrest warrants issued for the workers and none were booked into jail, though they were to receive orders to appear at hearings in front of a federal immigration judge.
The human resource manager, Alejandro Urrutia-Garcia, made his initial court appearance Thursday afternoon and pleaded not guilty. He faces up to 10 years and a $250,000 fine on each count. Urrutia-Garcia was released from government custody but must appear in court for a hearing next week. A four-day trial is set to begin April 14.
Relatives drove around the company's building and stopped to ask officials questions about the people they knew who might have been arrested. One man said he started getting phone calls about 8 a.m. from friends who worked at Universal and said an immigration raid was happening.
The company, housed in a large red building, sits in an industrial area amid open fields in Lindon, a small town located between Pleasant Grove and Orem.
ICE agents this morning contacted the Utah Health and Human Rights project and the Utah Division of Child and Family Services to help take care of children who may be left home alone following the raid, Counts said.
"Everyone will have the opportunity to make other arrangements to makes sure there is another parent or responsible adult to take care of their children," Counts said.
Anyone wanting information on Universal Industrial Sales workers who may be affected is asked to call an ICE hotline: 1-866-341-3858.
The indictment against the company covers the years 2003 through 2006. If found guilty, the company could be fined either $500,000 or twice the amount gained by using undocumented workers, according to the Department of Justice.
A community meeting for relatives of those arrested in the raid is scheduled for 6 p.m. tonight at St. Francis Catholic Church in Orem, 65 East 500 N.
'Everything crumbles' Immigration raid in Lindon causes arrest of at least half of workers
By Jennifer W. Sanchez and Pamela Manson The Salt Lake Tribune Article Last Updated: 02/08/2008 02:32:55 AM MST
More than 50 undocumented workers were arrested here during a morning raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on a metal factory.
The U.S. Department of Justice then unsealed indictments, charging the company, Universal Industrial Sales, Inc., with 10 counts of harboring illegal aliens, and its human resource manager, Alejandro "Alex" Urrutia-Garcia, with two counts of encouraging or inducing undocumented workers to remain in the U.S. illegally.
In doing so, the U.S. Attorney's Office of Utah and ICE appeared to signal a new strategy - one in which federal authorities are now targeting employers suspected of violating immigrations laws.
"This is a message to businesses. We're going after the ones actively participating in illegal hiring," said Brett Tolman, the U.S. Attorney for Utah.
The ICE sweep at Universal Sales, which has made metal highway signs and guard rails here for 30 years, comes at a time when Utah lawmakers are debating about 15 immigration-related measures during the Legislature. Some lawmakers say states need to start implementing legislation because Congress and the federal government have failed to do anything about illegal immigration.
"The federal government has failed the American people in this regard and forced the states to step up and address it," said Sen. Bill Hickman, R-St. George.
Thursday's raid started at about 8 a.m., when about 100 law enforcement officers showed up unannounced at the company's warehouse and began arresting workers, ICE spokesman Tim Counts said.
At least half of the company's 100 employees were arrested on federal immigration administrative charges by Thursday evening, but ICE agents still were not finished processing workers, Counts said. So far, he said, none of the workers was being criminally charged.
Melanie Snow, the wife of Universal Sales' founder, Martin Snow, was upset about how the roundup was conducted.
"My husband always did everything legally and by the book," Melanie Snow said. "And now to have government agents come in . . . and try to take that business away from him just isn't right."
But U.S. Attorney Tolman said that Thursday's sweep was handled much differently than the last ICE enforcement operation against a Utah business - the December 2006 sweep at the Swift meatpacking plant in Hyrum.
In that raid, 154 undocumented Latino workers were arrested and all but seven were charged with violating federal and state identity fraud statutes and immigration violations. The sweep, part of a national operation that netted about 1,300 undocumented Swift workers, separated husbands from wives and parents from their children.
But Tolman noted that no criminal charges are being filed against the Universal workers. And, unlike the Swift prosecutions, no children were left without relatives to watch them. No sole breadwinners or caregivers were jailed.
"As prosecutors, we must be mindful of the compassionate and humanitarian side of the case," he said.
And Melanie Snow said ICE agents did return her husband's files on the jobs he has been working on. "At least he can take care of his current customers," she said.
As for the workers arrested, Counts said most of them probably would be taken to county jail, where they would have a bond set depending on charges against them. One man was released for health reasons, he said. Counts also said that many of them likely would be scheduled for an immigration hearing in the next several weeks.
Urrutia-Garcia, meanwhile, pleaded not guilty in his initial court appearance Thursday afternoon. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each count. The 39-year-old Provo resident and naturalized U.S. citizen was released from government custody but must appear in court for a hearing next week. A four-day trial is set to begin April 14.
As with previous immigration sweeps, Thursday's raid set off a panic in the local Latino Community. About 150 people gathered Thursday night at Orem's St. Francis Catholic Church for a Mass and meeting.
Jose Luis Uribe, 21, who has worked at Universal for two years, was detained but was let go when he proved his legal status.
"You feel so bad for all your co-workers who were arrested," he said at the meeting. "They asked me for help but I couldn't do anything."
Alejandra Sanchez's husband was arrested during the raid. She said she went to the meeting because she doesn't know what she is going to do without her husband since she doesn't work but needs to feed their three children.
"Everything crumbled for me because of my children," she said, crying. "What am I going to say to them?"
jsanchez@sltrib.com --- * Tribune reporters STEVE OBERBECK, NATHAN C. GONZA***, DONALD W. MEYERS and ROXANA ORELLANA contributed to this report.
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Janice Peterson - DAILY HERALD Friday, 08 February 2008
Hundreds of family members and friends of the undocumented workers arrested at Universal Industrial Sales went to the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orem Thursday night looking for support and any information about their loved ones.
The families gathered together for a Mass and for comfort from friends. Tony Yapias, director of Proyecto Latino de Utah, said his biggest concern was to calm the widespread fear in the community.
Yapias said immigrants from Ogden to Summit County felt the effect of the raid, with Latino markets locking their doors and ethnic restaurants completely deserted.
"The fear was instantly felt like a shockwave," he said.
Families are afraid of being torn apart and losing their children. Some even wondered if immigration officers would go into the schools and take their children. Yapias said it was important to bring calm to the families and help them understand this is an isolated incident, though it is hard to explain to parents their child has been deported.
"It's very hard to look them in the eye and say, 'Your son is not coming home tonight,' " he said.
Maria Gonzales heard from her husband only twice Thursday. The first call informed her he had been detained, the second said he was in Provo, but she doesn't know where.
Gonzales said she knew only what she had heard on the news and had no idea what was happening with her husband. She found a telephone number to call for information, but no one answered her calls.
This is not the first time her husband has been detained. He was deported after a raid at Champion Safe in 2003 and did not return to Utah until a year and a half ago. The last time her husband was sent away, Gonzales went to Mexico with him, but this time she will look for work in Utah and wait for him.
Gonzales said the rent has been paid this month, but she will have to move because she cannot afford to pay in future months. She filled out forms for urgent needs like food, shelter and medicine, but Gonzales said she doesn't know if it will help.
The Department of Human Services and the Department of Workforce Services was on hand, along with some lawyers, to help connect families with services for which they may qualify. Yapias said the services have helped families in the past in similar situations, but the immigrants' status will determine their help.
Children born in the United States will be able to receive food stamps and Medicaid support from DWS, but children who were born out of the country will not receive the same benefit.
Manuel Romero, community-relations program manager for DHS, said the main concern is protecting the children. Although the benefits may differ, DHS will work to ensure the needs of the children are met and their lives are not disrupted.
One woman in attendance, who asked to not be named, said many did not attend the gathering because they were afraid of another raid.
The woman said her own husband had not been arrested, but she came to the church on behalf of her friend, who wanted her to watch for immigration officers.
"She's worried that the guys will come and take all the people that don't have papers," the woman said.
If the men are deported, many will be back soon, if they have the money. A big worry for the families was having the money for the husbands to return, which could cost thousands of dollars. If they have the money and a little luck, the woman said the deported men could make it back to Utah in a day or two.
"For sure they'll be coming back," she said. "Maybe to a different job with a different name or with new fake papers."
Yapias said Thursday's raid is an example of the need for immigration reform in the United States. Although there are services available to care for families left behind, the family should not be split up. Yapias said these same families never wanted free help from the government, but they are now forced to apply for emergency aid.
"They don't want amnesty," he said. "All they want is to be able to live and work here legally."
Authorities raid Southern California printer supply company
By ALEX VEIGA The Associated Press Thursday, February 7, 2008 21:26 PST LOS ANGELES
More than 100 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided a printer supply manufacturer in the San Fernando Valley on Thursday in search of employees in the country illegally and others who allegedly provided false information when they were hired.
The raid at the offices of Micro Solutions Enterprises began around 3:30 p.m. and was expected to lead to several arrests of current and former employees, as well as the detention of illegal immigrants, said Virginia Kice, an ICE spokeswoman.
Kice said the basis for the criminal warrant that led to the raid was under seal.
Individuals found to be in the U.S. illegally would be deported, although any responsible for the care of children or elderly would be released pending a future immigration hearing, Kice said.
The American Civil Liberties Union said it is offering free legal representation to anyone taken into custody.
"We're very concerned that people who were detained be given the opportunity to meet with a lawyer who can advise them of their rights," said ACLU lawyer Ahilan Arulanantham. "Some of them may be eligible for release on bond."
Arulanantham said ACLU attorneys who rushed to the scene of the raid were not allowed to talk to detainees.
Micro Solutions Enterprises, which manufactures and distributes toner cartridges, inkjets and other printer accessories, is family owned and operates facilities in California, Pennsylvania, Mexico and Canada, according to its Web site.
A message left after hours with the company was not immediately returned.
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yea whatever, give them the opportunity to meet with lawyers (my) you know what lol, bunsh of liars, they drugged them the other day i dont know in what detention center to force them to sighn for deportation
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If the men are deported, many will be back soon, if they have the money. A big worry for the families was having the money for the husbands to return, which could cost thousands of dollars. If they have the money and a little luck, the woman said the deported men could make it back to Utah in a day or two.
"For sure they'll be coming back," she said. "Maybe to a different job with a different name or with new fake papers."
Yapias said Thursday's raid is an example of the need for immigration reform in the United States. Although there are services available to care for families left behind, the family should not be split up. Yapias said these same families never wanted free help from the government, but they are now forced to apply for emergency aid.
"They don't want amnesty," he said. "All they want is to be able to live and work here legally."
So.. the sentinment is screw usa .. b/c we dont respect or care what usa thinks. Squatters united. This is an unbelievable attitude and yes immigration reform is needed to once and 4all put a stop to this sneaking in to squat and seige lands against the will of the usa people.
They dont want to be able to live and work here legally. Otherwise they would go home and wait in line to come here to work legally. Duh so the only way that it could happen is amnesty. Because even if they would be granted a visa , they would have to return to homeland first. They dont want to do that. They want to make their own rules and welcome anarchy. No wonder there is so much resistance from the american people.
If the men are deported, many will be back soon, if they have the money. A big worry for the families was having the money for the husbands to return, which could cost thousands of dollars. If they have the money and a little luck, the woman said the deported men could make it back to Utah in a day or two.
"For sure they'll be coming back," she said. "Maybe to a different job with a different name or with new fake papers."
Yapias said Thursday's raid is an example of the need for immigration reform in the United States. Although there are services available to care for families left behind, the family should not be split up. Yapias said these same families never wanted free help from the government, but they are now forced to apply for emergency aid.
"They don't want amnesty," he said. "All they want is to be able to live and work here legally."
So.. the sentinment is screw usa .. b/c we dont respect or care what usa thinks. Squatters united. This is an unbelievable attitude and yes immigration reform is needed to once and 4all put a stop to this sneaking in to squat and seige lands against the will of the usa people.
They dont want to be able to live and work here legally. Otherwise they would go home and wait in line to come here to work legally. Duh so the only way that it could happen is amnesty. Because even if they would be granted a visa , they would have to return to homeland first. They dont want to do that. They want to make their own rules and welcome anarchy. No wonder there is so much resistance from the american people.
You nailed it. They've been brainwashed by the pimping oligarchies. The brown people are Mexico's versions of prostitutes/slaves that have been brainwashed to make that money for the superior class of "white" Mexicans and prop up the perpetually collapsing economy so the oligarchy's don't have to pay taxes. The waiving of the flags was another brainwashing tactic to intimidate Americans, over whelm us with their illegal alien numbers and show their pride in the cesspool they migrate from. Too bad it backfired. They truly underestimate our love for our country and what happens when we get pis-sed off.
Now the nomads have nowhere to go and Calderon has come to America to beg and grovel on his own behalf because he's as incompetant as Fox was and Senor Boosh and the other traitors can no longer contain the anger of the sleeping giant. Now that amnesty is off the table Calderon has no solutions nor any desire to be bothered with millions of angry, poverty stricken, illiterate zealously breeding "brown" people.
The reason they are waiting for amnesty? Because they have NO EDUCATION OR SKILLS (other than farming) and therefore those who have come here illegally ARE NOT ELIGIBLE to come here legally. Just as they are worthless in their homeland, they have nothing of value to offer America either.
Originally posted by mike_2007: yea whatever, give them the opportunity to meet with lawyers (my) you know what lol, bunsh of liars, they drugged them the other day i dont know in what detention center to force them to sighn for deportation
Mike i think the organisation that said that are on the illegal immigrants side..ACLU
"Until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes everywhere will be war"...................BOB MARLEY
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montgomeryadvertiser.com The Associated Press February 9, 2008
GULF SHORES -- Federal immigration officials have shut down a Gulf Shores-based labor firm that authorities contend had supplied some 300 illegal workers to employers.
Some of the workers lived in a Gulf Shores trailer park owned by Gerald Jones, identified in court records as the owner of the firm, Skyline Services. Jones was not charged.
But an employee, Roberto Pereida-Dias, 25, of Brazil, pleaded not guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Mobile to allegations that he made fake identifications in connection with that scheme.
His lawyer, Bill Scully, said his client was an interpreter who had worked for the company for seven or eight months.
Scully questioned whether the allegations constitute a violation of U.S. law since the documents his client is accused of faking are Mexican driver's licenses.
Skyline operated out of two convenience stores in Baldwin County.
Immigration agents seized two vans owned by Skyline Services and plan to deport 17 other illegal workers, who were apprehended last week.
Jones, who had been in business since 1999, told the Press-Register in Mobile that he never knowingly hired an illegal immigrant.
"Of course, an immigration officer I am not. They all had Social Security numbers and stuff of that nature," he said.
The grand jury brought charges of illegally re-entering the United States after previously having been deported against three men, including Jones' brother-in-law, Joel Pinho.
Pinho, 61, pleaded not guilty Thursday. Attorneys for the other two men, Juan Gomez-Diego, 23, and Juan Gomez-Gaspar, 21, told Judge Bert Milling Jr. that their clients intend to plead guilty.
Conference participants: Strict Oklahoma law on immigration will affect Kansas
By Erin Castaneda February 9, 2008
A new Oklahoma immigration law, which is one of the strictest in the nation, could have far-reaching effects on Kansas.
About 14 percent of Oklahoma’s legal and illegal immigrants have been moving to neighboring states or Mexico as a result of the bill, said Linda Allegro, a political science professor at the University of Tulsa.
With the outflow of migrants, some are concerned Kansas will become a “sanctuary state,” said Brent Metz, Kansas University assistant professor of anthropology.
And that likely will mean the Kansas Legislature will take notice.
“There’s going to be some tough bills coming to Kansas,” he said.
Metz and Allegro were participants Friday at a KU Latin studies conference called “Nuestra America in the U.S.?”
Allegro said many state legislators are monitoring the Oklahoma bill for possible adoption.
The bill, enacted last November, mandates the need for documentation and authorizes criminal action against people who hire, transport or harbor illegal immigrants. And the bill prohibits illegal immigrants from obtaining a driver’s license and denies them public services.
“Though it’s a very broad, sweeping mandate, really we can say that virtually no sector of the society or the economy of Oklahoma has been untouched by this bill,” Allegro said.
The outflow has caused a 30 to 40 percent loss in state revenue. The homebuilders association is complaining about losing documented workers. There has been a rise in incidents of hate crimes. All of that is distracting from another underlying issue: worker’s rights, according to Allegro.
The conference, which continues at the Kansas Union today, was introduced this year to explore the growing Latino populations in the states.
Researchers from more than 80 universities were expected to attend the conference along with at least 30 KU graduate students and faculty members. Each presented research or moderated panel discussions.
By Malia Spencer/Senior staff writer lompocrecord.com February 10, 2008
A group of Santa Maria residents is calling on the city and its police department to enforce federal immigration laws, but local officials aren't enthusiastic about the idea.
Members of the newly formed Central Coast Minuteman Civil Defense Corps appeared before the Santa Maria City Council this week during the public comment period, and asked the council to support the idea that the police officers receive training and then work with the federal government to enforce immigration laws.
The group, which spans from Paso Robles to Santa Barbara, according to Paula James, one of the group's leaders, cites a section in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 that was enacted by Congress. The legislation outlines a way for state or other local governments to get involved in immigration enforcement, under section 287g of the act.
Group member Ramona Ramirez asked the council to encourage the Police Department to work with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security departments.
Ramirez told the council the move is needed to help the community in “eliminating terrorists” or “people of other countries that are a danger.”
Since the group's call came during the public comment period, and the issue was not part of the agenda, neither the council nor the police chief commented during the meeting.
However, Police Chief Danny Macagni later said he has not considered taking the department in that direction. He added that the idea goes against the department's policing method.
“It conflicts directly with community policing,” he said, noting the department has worked hard on outreach programs “trying to gain the trust and confidence of the residents of our community.”
If someone commits a crime in Santa Maria, whether the person is a legal or illegal resident of the country, the police will thoroughly investigate.
If the suspect is caught and found to be an illegal resident, then upon his or her release from jail, immigration officials are contacted, usually by the Sheriff's Department, Macagni said.
Although Macagni heads up the police force, policies are set by the City Council, and the majority of members said they are not interested in taking the role suggested by the new group.
“We don't need a civil patrol,” said Councilwoman Hilda Zacarias. “We have a wonderful Police Department that takes care of health and safety issues for our community. That's who I stand behind, and the council stands behind them. We are not agents of the federal government and I have no intention of supporting becoming an agent of the federal government.
“(The group) should take its issues to the appropriate federal level,” she added.
Mayor Larry Lavagnino agreed with Zacarias that immigration is a federal issue, and added that some cities have passed ordinances dealing with immigration that have since been ruled unconstitutional.
Lavagnino added that he believes in the community policing method: “I think (police officers) are doing a very good job in the city of Santa Maria protecting the populace.”
The new Minuteman chapter formed because members are concerned that federal laws are not being followed, said James. In particular, she cited the high number of hit-and-run traffic collisions in the city.
“I have been involved with the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps for three years working on the border,” she said. “(It's) come to light many people in the community are concerned about illegal alien issues in the local community.”
County Is Training Officers to Focus On Criminals, Not Federal Laws
By Kristen Mack Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, February 9, 2008; Page B05
At a training session yesterday for Prince William County's tough new crackdown on illegal immigration, county police officers learned an important lesson: There is little they can do to enforce federal immigration laws directly.
Instead, the officers were told, they must focus only on those people who are suspected of committing a crime.
"We are committed to make this fair, lawful and reasonable," Police Chief Charlie T. Deane said.
Deane's comments came as about two dozen of his officers attended a seven-hour training session on the county's controversial new policy, which will go into effect next month.
During the sessions, which began last month, the 500-member police force is being shown different scenarios on how to check the immigration status of those suspected of breaking the law, no matter how minor the crime.
Once the policy is implemented, officers will have a one-page, laminated sheet, called a decision tree, to help guide their actions.
"This policy may need to be refined over time," deputy county attorney Angela Horan told the officers. "In order to do this right, a person almost has to thread a needle. The test will be how this is implemented on the street."
There has been equal uncertainty on the part of officers and county residents about how the policy will be implemented. Police should not worry about lawsuits, as long as they do their jobs in good faith, officials said.
And residents should know that officers will neither conduct sweeps nor road blocks to check citizenship status.
County officers have no direct role or authority in carrying out federal immigration laws and shouldn't even attempt to understand them, Horan said.
Officers were warned not to engage in racial profiling and were told that victims of crimes and witnesses cannot be questioned about their immigration status.
No action can be taken against those who volunteer that they are in the country illegally unless it can be verified through a database check that federal officials have initiated criminal proceedings against them.
If someone is suspected of committing a crime, officers were told that they should look for clues that the person is here illegally: no proof of identification; an identification that appears altered or fake; or a person who attempts to hide passengers in a vehicle, exhibits nervous behavior, provides inconsistent answers or can't demonstrate proof of insurance.
"I can't tell you that any one of these will get it for you," Horan said. "You must continue to be guided by current department standards. The county's best defense against bias charges is that officers acted consistently."
To demonstrate how emotional and divisive the issue has become, officers were shown a 15-minute montage of the 15 hours of public comments that were made to the Board of County Supervisors last summer and fall.
"Regardless of whether you remain neutral, you are going to have people judging you,'' Lt. Heidi Daniel said after the video. "As police officers, it is our job to keep our bias in check. It will get you in trouble."
Despite the controversy, everyone is in agreement that they don't want "criminal aliens living among them," Capt. Robert McHale said.
Officers were also shown examples of valid forms of identification that prove someone is in the country legally, including Virginia driver's licenses, U.S.-issued birth certificates, resident alien cards, employment authorization cards and certificates of naturalization.
"Citizen expectations are going to be all over the map; you are going to have people who want us to do more and who want us to do less. There is a lot of anxiety out there," said Barry Barnard, assistant chief of administration. "We need public trust. We have to do this right. We only have one chance."
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Duh so the only way that it could happen is amnesty. Because even if they would be granted a visa , they would have to return to homeland first. They dont want to do that. 
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