Alabama troopers getting on the program
I don't know how long this will take. I don't know how long before most or all law enforcement in this country does the right thing and starts checking immigration status but more and more are moving in that direction.
MONTGOMERY -- Alabama is on the forefront when it comes to working with the federal government to train state troopers to deal with illegal immigrants, but some advocacy groups say the practice could lead to racial profiling and distrust of police.
In 2003, Alabama followed Florida as the second state to initiate a program with agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, to combat illegal immigration.
"It seems impossible in our minds that this couldn't involve racial profiling," said Sam Brooke, a law fellow with the Alabama chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. "They are looking for individuals of foreign descent." MY ASS. This is the standard playbook response, every damned time, from the pro-invader lobby.
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