Extra Credit January 24, 2008
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I would ace Jeff Sessions’ immigration quiz to Presidential candidates if I were one myself, but I want some space for essay comments to earn myself some extra credit to push my score above 100%:
Re Question 11: You don’t need to bother with carrot-and-stick techniques to make cities stop being sanctuary cities. All that is necessary is to have Federal marshals roll into sanctuary cities and arrest the politicians that voted for and signed such bills, ordinances, executive orders, etc. into law, for conspiracy and obstruction of justice. The humane side of me would give them a one-month grace period to reverse their sanctuary policies, after then, roll the badges in. Also, as Frances Semler’s resignation letter informs us, a sanctuary city need not officially declare itself one in order to be one. Such measures taken against a city’s authority figures that “stands down” on enforcing immigration law is also in order.
If a city in your home state of Alabama would pass an ordinance that states that city officials and city cops are prohibited from assisting the FBI when they investigate Federal Civil Rights violations in the city in cases where the alleged crime or tort was committed by a white person, and the victim is black, thereby making the city a “sanctuary city” for such crimes, there would be no Congressional hubbub over denying such cities Federal money for this or that. What I said the FBI should do re immigration sanctuary cities is what they would really do in this matter.
Re Question 7: Something else that needs “clarifying” is the contradiction between Federal Civil Rights laws and Federal immigration laws. Many employers are stuck in a Catch-22 — if they check the immigration status of certain applicants or employees, they’ll run afoul of the former for racial profiling and discrimination. If they don’t, then they’re hauled in for knowingly hiring.
My Plan for a “Crime Crackdown” Would Cost About $200 Million Less January 24, 2008
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AP:
$200M Planned for Crime Crackdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration offered Thursday to pump $200 million into U.S. cities next year to combat violent crime, winning tepid support from mayors who want to see more cops on the street.
The money, announced by Attorney General Michael Mukasey, mostly targets crime-fighting programs across regions — meaning it likely won’t cover the cost of hiring new police officers.
“I know that many of your communities continue to face challenges,” Mukasey told the U.S. Conference of Mayors in a Thursday morning speech. He won light applause in announcing the new money, which will be part of the Justice Department’s budget request for the 2009 fiscal year.
Sounds to me like it’s world history’s biggest earmark.
Mukasey also rapped U.S. Sentencing Commission plans to allow some 19,500 federal prison inmates, most of them black, to seek reductions in their crack cocaine sentences. The attorney general described many of the inmates as violent gang members who could threaten public safety if released sooner than initially expected.
“A sudden influx of criminals from federal prison into your communities could lead to a surge in new victims as a tragic but predictable result,” Mukasey told the mayors.
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The conference’s president, Mayor Doug Palmer of Trenton, N.J., called the new dollars “a start” but said “certainly more is necessary.”
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Palmer said he shared Mukasey’s concerns about shortening the sentences of inmates, noting that many may not have completed drug treatment or other community re-entry programs.
“I don’t think our cities can handle that right now,” Palmer said.
Yet, Mayor Palmer, like most big city mayors, is a liberal Democrat, who endorses liberals and Democrats for President, the Senate and the House, which in turn promulgates a racially egalitarian agenda on the judiciary and bureaucracy (e.g. the U.S. Sentencing Commission). These are your own chickens coming home to roost, Mayor.
New to the Blogroll January 24, 2008
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Indiana CofCC Blog. I’m “in” with the “in” crowd. Are you?
