Immigration's Lawless Nature

By Douglas V. Gibbs

In 1992 a high speed chase roared through the streets of Temecula. The chase worked its way down residential streets, until the fleeing Chevrolet Suburban was heading for Temecula Valley High School. Before it was all over, four students, and one parent, had been killed, and the blame was pointed at the Border Patrol.

Along Interstate 15, near the San Diego/Riverside county line, sits a border patrol freeway checkpoint. After the accident in Temecula, the local legislators began to wonder about the worth of the station, and the dangers of having Border Patrol personnel patrolling our region.

Not once, however, did any of these folks stop and consider that perhaps the cause of the tragedy was not the Border Patrol's presence and willingness to enforce the law, but that the tragedy was the fault of the illegal aliens in the Chevrolet for being in the United States in the first place.

With a portion of local crime being committed by illegal aliens, and the threat of another 1992 Temecula tragedy happening, but this time in Murrieta, I believe it is of the utmost importance, and obligation to the safety of the residents of Murrieta, for the city to pass an ordinance similar to the Arizona immigration law that enables the local police to enforce federal immigration laws should reasonable suspicion of an already legally contacted person or persons suggest that their legal status is not in conformity with immigration laws.

It is clear that the federal government is not willing to enforce their own laws, nor pursue cities and states that thumb their noses at the U.S. Code and the Immigration and Naturalization Act by acting as sanctuaries for these law breakers. By enforcing immigration laws locally, we will encourage the illegal aliens to self-deport themselves from our region, and protect our local citizens from the criminal element that often accompanies illegal aliens.

When elected to the Murrieta City Council, I will make it a priority to pass legislation allowing our local police to enforce immigration law, should reasonable suspicion be present.

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