Recently, mayors throughout the country, and some in New Jersey, have begun negotiating with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE"), a bureau of the Department of Homeland Security, to deputize law enforcement officials to enforce federal immigration laws. While I share my colleagues' concerns about national security, immigration enforcement is in the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal government. Our efforts to secure our nation from those hostile to it must be tempered by respect for our national heritage and our commitment to civil rights. The plan to deputize local police to enforce federal immigration laws is contrary to those values.
At first blush, the ability of local police to enforce federal immigration law seems like a viable solution to our nation's challenge of illegal immigration. However, piling the additional duty of immigration enforcement upon our already strained local police will do little more than force illegal immigrants and those who associate with them further into society's shadows. The negative effects which will result thereafter are significant.
http://www.michaelwildes.org/documents/LeaveImmigrationEnforcementtotheFeds3.08.pdf
[Posted by: Gloria J]
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