>Have you seen the latest news out of Virginia Beach? The illegal immigrant who killed two teenagers drunk driving and it was his 3rd violation? The argument is now:
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>I'm with the 3rd one. The local authorities refuse to notify ICE when an illegal immigrant commits crimes. He also is not incarcerated, but walking the streets while the legal process continues. There is problems on the legal side (3rd violation on the streets and no rehab after previous two) and on the immigration side (why was he not deported after the 1st violation? Why was ICE not even notified after the 1st violation?). Dragan is in that area so he probably knows more about it. There may be other extenuating circumstances I don't know about. It is common though to release illegal immigrants who commit crimes back onto the street in this country, and that is a problem.
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Yes, I agree. Many of the politicians are being politically correct, including Sheriffs. We have a Sheriff here who has never been a cop, and he is a very good politician. That is a dangerous combination. I'm all in favor of enforcing all the laws, and also for partnering with the Feds (ICE) on arresting and deporting illegals.


Having said all that, I just hired in with the Memphis Police Department and on the second day has two meetings with the director on the issue of repeat offenders. During my "write-in" campaign I showed some statistics that we have over 17,000 people in Shelby County who have been arrested at least 10 times. That group accounts for over 250,000 arrests. If you assign a value of 100.00 per event, they have cost the taxpayers over 25 million in the last 20 years. I think that is a very conservative figure. I advocate what I call the "hot plate" approach to law enforcement. Most people only burn their hand once on a hot stove because they get a negative reward that is swift, certain and severe. Curtailing crime is the same. It's behavior modification 101.