04-17-2009, 09:26 PM
Got this blog on my google search. There have been a dozen or more comments this week on Talk of the County as well asking and/or taking our new mayor to task about 287g and the towing ordinance. Many groups are watching what he will do.
Lake County wins with Sheriff Curran
April 17, 2009
Recently commentary by Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran was featured in several Lake County news publications urging that the rule of law must be enforced.
Elected as a Democrat in 2006, Sheriff Curran switched to the Republican Party in December of 2008. In attendance at the time, I was impressed with Curran then and have continued to applaud his strong and principled stance which favors the enforcement of the rule of law.
While a Democrat, everything Curran did was met with media approval. After his switch, the media did a double take, even though Curranâs adherence to the rule of law never wavered. Somehow the âRâ after Curranâs name made him an outcast and a traitor and worthy of contempt.
Perhaps the most controversial action taken by Sheriff Curran was to apply for 287 (g) in December of 2007 for certification of six Lake County Sheriff Department officers to be cross designated as federal law officials with deportation powers regarding âcertainâ crimes under the supervision of ICE. Curran sought 287 (g) status because he believed he had a sworn oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution. He heard the frustrations of citizens throughout Lake County and wanted the Lake County Sheriffâs Office to do its part to stop the terror being inflicted by illegal immigrants.
In 2008 half of the murders in Lake County were committed by illegal aliens. Additionally, the cost to Lake County tax payers of the alien prison population amounted to an annualized rate of $4,056.945. It is insane that the people of Lake County are footing the cost on top of being the victims of criminal acts.
Sheriff Curran is proud of his cooperation with ICE which allows incarcerated illegal immigrants to be deported. Worth noting is that under 287 (g) only violent prisoners can be placed under deportation detainer. Do residents of Waukegan and all of Lake County favor releasing violent criminals back into society? Waukegan is already a sanctuary city. This would assure that Waukegan would become an even better safe haven for gangs and illegal alien criminal activity.
287 (g) seemed to play a part in the recent mayoral election in Waukegan where Robert Sabonjian defeated Mayor Richard Hyde by pandering to its Latino population with rhetoric to rescind the 287 (g) law and to go easy on fines involving driving without insurance or a license. The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) was overjoyed with the upset. Josh Hoyt, its Executive Director, had this to say on April 8th: âThe defeat of mayor Hyde shows that the politics of anti-immigration hate is rejected by both Latinos and by all Illinoisans.â
This could not be further from the truth. Sheriff Curran and his office does not condone discrimination based on race or profiling in any form. Curran believes that all members of society should be treated with love and respect. He even favors the inclusion of faith-based programs in dealing with inmates if hearts are to be changed.
Although Sheriff Curran criticized Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in his commentary for calling immigration law enforcement un-American, my concern is centered on two individuals within the Obama Administration who will have a decisive role into setting immigration policy which many suspect will involve granting amnesty to this nationâs more than 12 million illegal aliens despite the current recession: (1) Cecilia Munoz, deputy assistant to the president, who prior to her appointment served as Senior Vice President for the National Council of La Raza which advocates the return of the American Southwest to Mexico and (2) Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security Secretary, who has already shut down work place enforcement and has granted amnesty to illegals caught violating laws in previous raids.
Even talk of immigration reform in the Bush Administration precipitated an influx of illegal immigrants from Mexico. The Federation for Illegal Immigration Reform (FAIR) estimates that presently there are seven million illegal aliens holding jobs that rightfully belong to out-of-work citizens and legal immigrants. Now that a four-year re-authorization of the E-Verify program has being stripped by Democrats from the $800 billion Economic Stimulus and Job Creation Bill passed in February â E-Verify allowed employers to verify a workerâs Social Security number â there is no safe guard to ensure that the jobs created, especially through public works projects, will actually be filled by legal U.S. workers.
Last month Cardinal Francis George of Chicago called on President Obama to end immigration raids as a âmatter of conscience.â Unlike Cardinal George, Sheriff Curran, himself a devout Catholic guided by a strong moral compass, believes that the ârule of lawâ must trump the âmatter of conscienceâ policy. For disregard of the law, whether it be at the local, state or federal level, will eventually lead to anarchy and with it the end of an ordered and civilized society.
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Lake County wins with Sheriff Curran
April 17, 2009
Recently commentary by Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran was featured in several Lake County news publications urging that the rule of law must be enforced.
Elected as a Democrat in 2006, Sheriff Curran switched to the Republican Party in December of 2008. In attendance at the time, I was impressed with Curran then and have continued to applaud his strong and principled stance which favors the enforcement of the rule of law.
While a Democrat, everything Curran did was met with media approval. After his switch, the media did a double take, even though Curranâs adherence to the rule of law never wavered. Somehow the âRâ after Curranâs name made him an outcast and a traitor and worthy of contempt.
Perhaps the most controversial action taken by Sheriff Curran was to apply for 287 (g) in December of 2007 for certification of six Lake County Sheriff Department officers to be cross designated as federal law officials with deportation powers regarding âcertainâ crimes under the supervision of ICE. Curran sought 287 (g) status because he believed he had a sworn oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution. He heard the frustrations of citizens throughout Lake County and wanted the Lake County Sheriffâs Office to do its part to stop the terror being inflicted by illegal immigrants.
In 2008 half of the murders in Lake County were committed by illegal aliens. Additionally, the cost to Lake County tax payers of the alien prison population amounted to an annualized rate of $4,056.945. It is insane that the people of Lake County are footing the cost on top of being the victims of criminal acts.
Sheriff Curran is proud of his cooperation with ICE which allows incarcerated illegal immigrants to be deported. Worth noting is that under 287 (g) only violent prisoners can be placed under deportation detainer. Do residents of Waukegan and all of Lake County favor releasing violent criminals back into society? Waukegan is already a sanctuary city. This would assure that Waukegan would become an even better safe haven for gangs and illegal alien criminal activity.
287 (g) seemed to play a part in the recent mayoral election in Waukegan where Robert Sabonjian defeated Mayor Richard Hyde by pandering to its Latino population with rhetoric to rescind the 287 (g) law and to go easy on fines involving driving without insurance or a license. The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) was overjoyed with the upset. Josh Hoyt, its Executive Director, had this to say on April 8th: âThe defeat of mayor Hyde shows that the politics of anti-immigration hate is rejected by both Latinos and by all Illinoisans.â
This could not be further from the truth. Sheriff Curran and his office does not condone discrimination based on race or profiling in any form. Curran believes that all members of society should be treated with love and respect. He even favors the inclusion of faith-based programs in dealing with inmates if hearts are to be changed.
Although Sheriff Curran criticized Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in his commentary for calling immigration law enforcement un-American, my concern is centered on two individuals within the Obama Administration who will have a decisive role into setting immigration policy which many suspect will involve granting amnesty to this nationâs more than 12 million illegal aliens despite the current recession: (1) Cecilia Munoz, deputy assistant to the president, who prior to her appointment served as Senior Vice President for the National Council of La Raza which advocates the return of the American Southwest to Mexico and (2) Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security Secretary, who has already shut down work place enforcement and has granted amnesty to illegals caught violating laws in previous raids.
Even talk of immigration reform in the Bush Administration precipitated an influx of illegal immigrants from Mexico. The Federation for Illegal Immigration Reform (FAIR) estimates that presently there are seven million illegal aliens holding jobs that rightfully belong to out-of-work citizens and legal immigrants. Now that a four-year re-authorization of the E-Verify program has being stripped by Democrats from the $800 billion Economic Stimulus and Job Creation Bill passed in February â E-Verify allowed employers to verify a workerâs Social Security number â there is no safe guard to ensure that the jobs created, especially through public works projects, will actually be filled by legal U.S. workers.
Last month Cardinal Francis George of Chicago called on President Obama to end immigration raids as a âmatter of conscience.â Unlike Cardinal George, Sheriff Curran, himself a devout Catholic guided by a strong moral compass, believes that the ârule of lawâ must trump the âmatter of conscienceâ policy. For disregard of the law, whether it be at the local, state or federal level, will eventually lead to anarchy and with it the end of an ordered and civilized society.
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