God Bless San Bernardino
The RIGHT way
DEVORE - More than two dozen illegal immigrants got an unpleasant surprise when they showed up to pay their debt to society.
Instead of doing community service, the Mexican and Guatemalan nationals ended up being handcuffed and taken into custody by federal immigration agents.
Most have been sent to their home countries or are in the process of being deported.
The 32 men arrested Saturday morning at the Glen Helen Rehabilitation Center were participating in a county work release program as an alternative to serving time in jail.
The illegal immigrants were previously convicted of misdemeanor offenses in the United States, including driving under the influence, driving without a license, reckless driving and possession of drugs for sale, federal officials said.
Their arrests come as a result of a sweeping program in which local and federal authorities work together to find, apprehend and deport illegal immigrant criminals.
The only thing that bothers me is why they we're picked up at the start of their trip thru the judicial mill?
Miller said the degree of the offense doesn't make a difference to federal authorities.
"Anyone who goes into the jail facility, despite what their crime may be, they are possibly subject to being screened by Immigration and Customs Enforcement," Miller said.
Anyone in the country illegally - especially someone with a criminal record - is subject to immigration enforcement action, Kice said.
"Someone may say that misdemeanor violations should not be
a priority, but there is a very real possibility they could go out and
commit a more serious offense that has heartbreaking consequences for
the community," Kice said. "What if a person who has a DUI conviction
gets behind the wheel several months from now and has an accident that
claims the life of several innocent victims? Why would we allow that to
happen? This is EXACTLY correct but the pro-illegals don't want to see any enforcement. They don't even want to see felons deported but they can't put up much of an argument against it.
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