Good news for North Carolina
North Carolina is becoming a national leader in rooting out illegal immigrants in its local jails.
The state has largely avoided controversial municipal ordinances that crack down on illegal immigrants, their employers and their landlords. But many sheriffs and police chiefs are eager to enforce immigration law, federal officials say.
Eighteen law enforcement agencies in North Carolina, more than any other state, have asked to join a program that would allow them to check the immigration status of those they arrest and jail. Sheriff’s offices in Wake, Durham and Johnston counties are among those that have applied.
Locally, getting those three offices involved is a great thing, as both Raleigh (the State capital, for goodness sake!@) and Durham are sanctuary cities for illegals. I know lots of Raleigh police officers are not happy being told to not check to see if someone is an illegal. Having the Sheriffs out there busting them, along with the State and Feds, will hopefully keep something like this from happening again.
All three of those counties have issues with MS-13, a violent Latin American gang. Why would we want to not do something about the problem?
And the $400,000?
What happens if you’re an illegal alien caught speeding with $440,000 in suspected drug money stowed in an elaborate compartment in the back of your truck?
Well, in the case of Erica Aramula-Fonseca, you get a speeding ticket, and probably lose your truck and your money.
Spectacular!
The Sheriff’s Department and Porter County prosecutor will keep as much as 75 percent of the cash.
That’s not enough for activist Charee Calabro of the Indiana Federation for Immigration Reform and Enforcement.
“Just a traffic violation with half a million of suspected drug money in the car? That was all they could think of to charge her with?” Calabro complained.
“I doubt they would have just let a citizen go. I don’t think the law is being equally applied,” Calabro said.
Think about it.
