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Midvale clarifies illegal-immigration policy

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John A. | 5:50 a.m. June 10, 2009
Too little, too late. Just another excuse for a police department doing only half their job. In the real world, the police hold legal citizens accountable to the full extent of the law.
Killing america | 6:47 a.m. June 10, 2009
It is rediculous that any law enforcement department is disobeying the laws of their country and the laws they are sworn to enforce. Law enforcement departments are sworn to obey and enforce not only city and state laws, they are also sworn to enforce federal laws. This kind of irresponsible law enforcement is killing america and american citizens. SB81 is a law to enforce federal laws they are already sworn to enforce. These illegal aliens are terrorizing america and our government and its time local law gets involved and protect and serve american citizens. Help thy neighbor and countryman, protect us from invasion and terrorism. This economic terrorism has been ignored long enough and we demand enforcement and protections from foreign nationals. It is every americans duty to preserve our rights and heritage as americans, even law enforcement. For law enforcement to deny their duties is also to deny they serve its citizens. Fire the chief and put americans in these positions who are still proud to be americans.
cbird | 8:39 a.m. June 10, 2009
Maybe all of you guys can pitch in the $$$$$ so that they can hire staff to cover this. As you can see in this article, there is just no $$$'s and man/worman power to do this.
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Good point, cbird | 9:44 a.m. June 10, 2009
These are the same guys who would wave around little teabags if a tax increase were proposed to help local authorities enforce these federal immigration laws.
Mike | 10:31 a.m. June 10, 2009
Colleen Costello would feel threatened by the Minutemen, just like I feel threatened by her and her political leanings. What a stupid statement to put into this article. Time for her to get off the Midvale City Council. I didn't vote for her anyway. She is way more scary than the Minutemen. She kind of reminds me of Deeda Seed.
Stewart | 3:30 p.m. June 10, 2009
Actually Midvale City should be complemented for their willingness to enforce SB-81. They are taking the correct position here unlike the Salt Lake City police Department. SLC is a sanctuary city, but it looks like Midvale chooses to avoid that label.

The Midvale Police are doing exactly as expected. They gather information and turn the criminals over to the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Department to be booked into the county jail. Here is where the determination whether the detainee is illegal or not should take place. Midvale does not have a jail.

The real issue that should be determined is whether Midvale City is going to check to see if their contractors are using E-Verify as required by SB-81.
Bobby | 5:55 p.m. June 10, 2009
Americans who continue to support government corruption, BY ALLOWING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, are going to pay the consequences, culturally, socially, economically and environmentally. What are citizens so darn afraid of? The founding fahters gave us a nation to be free in and determine our destination, and most Americans don't seem to be up to it. Que, sera,sera, is instead the attitude we have. Too bad for us.
Anonymous | 6:56 p.m. June 10, 2009
Colleen Costello would feel more threatened by the unjustifiably much-maligned Utah Minutemen than illegal aliens? Bwahahahaha! I needed a good laugh. What is it that she thinks they're going to do? March and hold up signs? Other than appealing to the State Legislature to fix this illegal immigration crisis that's what they do as far as I can see. Oooh, scary! I am glad she doesn't represent me!

Like Stewart above, I hope that we see some results from state contractors being required to use E-Verify and from the task force headed up by Shurtleff, although I won't hold my breath. As he says he is going after folks who commit document fraud, and as illegal aliens who are employed are working with fraudulent or stolen papers/IDs, does this mean he will actually arrest your average illegal alien? They are, after all, committing criminal acts - something you and I would be arrested for. Hmm.

It will be interesting to see how this all plays out. Meanwhile, I will continue my activism with Numbers USA. If anyone is interested in joining this organization just google it. It's great.

Anonymous | 7:44 p.m. June 10, 2009
There might be enough resources to meet the needs of law enforcement if they would enforce the law and identify all illegal aliens and turn them over to ICE for deportation. We could then use the funds spent to provide education and health and welfare services to illegals to adequately staff our police departments. We could also save money currently used to prosecute and incarcerate illegals in the jail and prison system. Illegals have violated our country by crossing our borders ad we do nothing because of our need to be politically correct. Enough is Enough!!!
Anonymous | 2:14 p.m. June 21, 2009
I find it ironic that they can find the moneyandthetrainingto
1. Conduct unconstitutional check points.
2. Off the wall guestoppo training in schools and withthemilitary.
3. But claimethey needthis special traiing to check someones ID. giveme a break.
4. My opinionis that the citizens should step and and perform this task if the police are unwilling to.

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