Once again, a hardcore progressive (not an Obama supporter, though. He went for Hillary) shows exactly where they stand on law and order, to wit, placing politics over doing what is legal
The mayor of Philadelphia is seeking to rally other city leaders behind blocking federal immigration authorities from accessing city arrest records over concerns about the city’s agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.
The agreement to participate in ICE’s Preliminary Arraignment Reporting System, or PARS, will expire at the end of August unless the city renews it. Mayor Michael Nutter said he opposes the city’s PARS program because the computerized record system automatically releases information about victims and witnesses of crimes along with those arrested on criminal offenses.
Well, that’s a nice little excuse, there, Mike. If you really cared about, you would ask that the program be changed to not include that information
Nutter says he will support renewing the contract only if the program is changed to protect illegal immigrants who are victims of or witnesses to crimes.
Ah, the picture is a little clearer
On Thursday, Nutter made it clear he does not consider illegal immigrants who are residing in the city “criminals.”
“The immigration system does not work today,” he said in a speech at city hall. “We are not protecting criminals. We want criminals out of the city. At the same time, we want victims and witnesses who may have undocumented status whose paperwork may not be completely straight but they have not committed a crime in that particular matter – we want them to feel comfortable in coming forward and giving us information. Otherwise, the system will fall apart.”
20/20.
As far as the system falling apart, they aren’t part of the system. They are here (how many times must this be stressed to the lefties?) i-l-l-e-g-a-l-l-y. How about we simply get them out of the country, and then all those other concerns become moot?
