- He's a former U.S. Marine. He served his country with
honor. Now in his late 20's, he serves as an officer of what is known as
the 'thin blue line'. He's the difference between you being safe at night
in your home or being mugged on a city street or killed by a speeding drug
dealer. He patrols a major city on the East Coast during his grave yard
shift. This is his log in three parts relayed to this journalist concerning
stories of America's accelerating crime crisis: illegal immigration.
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- "What made you get in touch with me?" I asked
Doug Hamilton (not his real name).
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- "Nobody in the media will expose what is happening
in every city in America," he said.
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- "I couldn't possibly make any of this up,"
Hamilton said. "Of dozens of calls that were dispatched last night,
two crashes involved Hispanics that fled the scene. One illegal was arrested.
Later, a female from Peru, who did not speak English, was arrested for
domestic assault with a weapon. I ticketed another unlicensed illegal for
motor vehicle violations. As a police officer, I come into contact daily
with people who are in this country illegally and who have no respect for
the law or American citizens. Even when treated with respect and courtesy,
and being warned instead of being arrested, they again flaunt the law.
The reason for this is that they know there are no federal repercussions
after they are arrested even though it is discovered they are here illegally.
They don't respect our laws because we don't enforce them. Period!"
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- Few Americans realize that 29 percent of criminals filling
jails across this country are illegal and legal immigrants. They cost US
taxpayers $1.6 billion annually. The ones that suffer from tuberculosis
or hepatitis spread those diseases to other inmates. This causes further
medical costs into the millions. This officer proceeded with a few examples:
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- "I stopped a car for a violation and discovered
the operator was an unlicensed illegal immigrant who worked as a busboy
in a Spanish bar," Officer Hamilton said. "I allowed a licensed
friend of his to drive him home and warned him he could not drive. Several
days later while I was walking a foot post, I observed him about to enter
a car. He looked at me, got in, and started to drive away. I towed his
car and gave him a ticket. The very next week I again observed him driving
and this time placed him under arrest. He posted bail. He was arrested
again by another officer for operating without a license. He did not respond
to court or pay any of his fines. He was arrested on a warrant, but did
not serve any jail time. Every officer I know can relate similar stories.
These are just the ones we catch."
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- What would you say is one of your greatest frustrations
as a police officer?
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- "This summer I observed a group of illegal male
Hispanics drinking from beer bottles in one of our parks. I did not take
action, but told them to the empty the bottles and then join their friends
in the picnic area. Beer is allowed, glass is not. I parked a short distance
away, but right in front of me, they returned to the vehicle and removed
several beer bottles, drinking them a short distance away. I ended their
party and wrote tickets. Why did they do this despite my presence? No respect
for our laws."
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- What are the dangerous aspects you encounter regarding
identification?
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- "This one drives me nuts," Hamilton said. "Illegal
aliens learn many ways to confuse the police and hinder them in their investigations.
The most common way is to pretend that they don't speak English. Another
common method is using several different names. If a man's name is Juan
Sebastien Lopez-Garcia, he will use several variations of that name and
often change his date of birth. He may use Juan Lopez the first time he
is arrested. The next time he may use Sebastien Garcia. The intent is to
prevent an officer from discovering a past arrest or warrant--and it does
work. The reason is that rarely does an illegal alien have any true documentation,
so it is much tougher to verify a person's identity. A better way is to
make a custodial arrest and require photo ID before allowing release. Unfortunately
these offenders are often released after showing dubious photo ID's that
are easily obtained for a fee."
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- What you're reporting is a complete lack of law and order
or respect for the law. With millions more poised to be added with the
Bush amnesty, what do police officers think about illegal aliens?
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- "I gotta tell you," Hamilton said. "Many
Americans are fed up with the current trend of our government turning a
blind-eye to the massive problem of illegal migration. We create immigration
laws that are ignored and then, when enough people sneak into this country,
we pardon them by granting amnesty. This encourages further violations.
It is also unfair to the thousands of people who have followed the proper
immigration procedures to obtain citizenship. It also encourages these
people to continue breaking laws while they are in the country, especially
motor vehicle laws. Municipal and state law enforcement officials, like
me, are fed up with arresting illegal aliens, only to have them released.
We must re-arrest these individuals when they again commit a crime, as
they invariably do."
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- Are you saying that national security is ineffectual?
How great is our risk each day?
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- "I can tell you," Hamilton said. "If an
illegal alien wants to legally circumvent our driving laws, he can obtain
a license from a state with minimal identification requirements. In Virginia
for example, if a person has a Virginia address and a photo ID, like a
passport, he can obtain a license. Once an illegal has this document, he
can now legally drive in this country and has legitimate identification.
I discovered this after I compared notes with several other officers and
learned that illegal aliens would go to Virginia, get a license, and then
use it to drive in other states that had stricter laws for obtaining licenses.
This way when they were stopped, the only action an officer could take
would be to write a ticket for failure to change address. This is what
I do. I spoke with a cooperative illegal who told me that many of his friends
would go to Virginia and that they all used the same address of someone
they knew in Virginia, on the application. This was very common. This is
a tremendous hole in our national security system that needs to be closed--NOT
opened by allowing illegals to obtain licenses. Since 9/11, I believe that
states have tightened up on this aspect, but I still receive Virginia licenses
with regularity."
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- After writing a ticket to an illegal alien from Guatemala
whom had no license, this officer said, "Guess what he is doing? Delivering
papers. His job requires him to drive a car, yet he has no license. Unbelievable!
But it gets better. I warned this same guy several weeks ago not to drive.
I had been heading to a call and told him it was his lucky day because
I did not have time to write him a ticket. I told him that if I saw him
driving again, the next time I would tow his car. So after writing him
over $400.00 worth of tickets, that is what I did."
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- This officer's shift was over at daybreak. He was worn,
tired and ready for a hot shower and meal. What would go through one's
mind if they were serving their state and country with their lives on the
line daily while their own leaders would not uphold our nation's laws?
It begs the question across America concerning the rule-of-law. If our
laws are routinely disobeyed by illegal aliens at the federal level and
then, at the state level-and finally, at the local level with impunity-at
what point does a nation move toward lawlessness as the norm? What is the
definition of law? How long before it breaks down to the point whereby
so many disregard it that a community can't function or functions in fear.
With 20 million illegal aliens operating in the United States, an amnesty
will draw millions more just as a green light means 'GO' in traffic. This
officer will explore what it means on his night shift.
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- Part 2, Part 3
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- Write for that 28-point action letter to stop this nation-destroying
madness. For you West Coast night owls, every Thursday you can catch yours
truly in Las Vegas, Nevada on Mark Edwards' "Wake Up America"
talk show on 50,000watt KDWN-Am-720 10:00 PM to midnight PT, or on the
worldwide internet at www.wakeupamericafoundation.com On the home page,
click on www.americanvoiceradio.com heard around the world. Five nights
a week, Edwards engages patriots from across the nation to bring you the
latest on this nation-destroying invasion. If you are affected by illegal
aliens, please write 600 to 800 words for national publication. Your name
will remain private.
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- © 2005 Frosty Wooldridge - All Rights Reserved
- Frosty's new book "Immigration's Unarmed Invasion"
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- www.FrostyWooldridge.com
- frostyw@juno.com
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- Few Americans realize that 29 percent of criminals filling
jails across this country are illegal and legal immigrants. They cost US
taxpayers $1.6 billion annually. The ones that suffer from tuberculosis
or hepatitis spread those diseases to other inmates...
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