Burning Atlanta

CRY ME A RIVER. What a bunch of pukes with the typical pad responses. Well, at least they didn't use the worn out "racially profiling" or "mean-spirited" crap.

Where's my Crying Towel

Immigration agents arrested siblings Victor and Elvira Mendoza, 21 and 17, when it turned out the fugitive they were looking for no longer lived at the Mendozas' home. Officers detained 6-year-old U.S. citizen Kebin Reyes for 12 hours when they arrested his father as an illegal immigrant.

These and many other families across the Bay Area and the nation were turned upside down this year by Operation Return to Sender, a federal immigration crackdown begun last May. The raids focus on illegal immigrants who have ignored deportation orders, but 37 percent of the 18,149 people arrested nationwide through Feb. 23 were not wanted fugitives.

Mental health experts say the raids are traumatizing children. Legal scholars and public officials are raising constitutional questions about the way the raids are carried out and about their impact on communities as a whole. And immigrant advocates say changes in immigration law -- including tougher provisions enacted in 1996 -- leave little room for illegal immigrants to correct their status.

Somebody explain this to me: HOW is the serving of warrants for illegals any different than the serving of warrants for any other fugitive? If I'm a wanted fugitive, and the deputies come for my ass and happen to run into a few other criminals while looking for me, then they're asses are going to jail. Too damned bad. And if I get arrested then my children will go into state care unless I can find somebody to act as guardian. "Ohhhh, you're breaking up families. Waaaaaaaa." These jerks have no one to blame except themselves.

Another Crying Towel, please.

A series of immigration raids in the town of Firebaugh have residents there concerned.

Immigration officials tell action news they made 6 arrests Thursday in Firebaugh and Kerman.

Oh, these massive RAIDS. Six whole arrests. Why are these piddly anemic attempts at enforcement causing such a huge uproar? Ahh, because the gate-crashers have had almost nothing to fear after breaking into this country for all these many years.

From the first article:

In a crackdown begun last May against illegal immigrants who ignored deportation orders, including convicted criminals, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested 18,149 people by Feb. 23.

More than one-third were people the agents encountered and independently suspected were illegal immigrants; officials are calling these "collateral" arrests.

Here's a breakdown of total and "collateral" arrests in California and the country:

National: 18,149 arrests -- 36.9 percent collateral (6,696)

Los Angeles region: 1,198 arrests -- 41.5 percent collateral (497)

San Diego region: 511 arrests - 56.6 percent collateral (289)

San Francisco region: 1,423 arrests -- 44.8 percent collateral (638)

Think about that, 18,000 arrests, many of them NOT those targeted, out of 600,000 targets. What is that, about 2000 illegals a month and only about 2/3 are the ones they're looking for? Let's do the math: 600,000 (Wanted fugitives) divided by (and I'll be kind at 3/4) 1,500 arrested per month equals 400 months. That equals 33 years. And that doesn't include the absconders that are added to the fugitve list every year.