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2005-11-23 Southeast Asia

Chinese Nationals Using Malaysia As "Transit" To Europe

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Posted by Pappy 2005-11-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And to think, my Chinese friends look at me like I'm crazy when I tell them the reason it's so difficult to get a visa to America is because of situations like this. Get in on a tourist visa, and stay a lifetime. Police forbidden to check immigration status. They don't believe me.

Posted by gromky">gromky 2005-11-23 00:22|| http://communistposters.com/]">[http://communistposters.com/] 2005-11-23 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 gromky: Police forbidden to check immigration status. They don't believe me.

It might help if you explained the unique American form of government. In most countries around the world, the mayor of a town reports to the governor, who reports to the prime minister or president. Therefore, a beat cop ultimately reports to the central government, which means he has to carry out its edicts.

Stateside, that is simply not true. The mayor of a town does not report to anyone except the voters. And a township policeman ultimately reports only to the mayor. Which means that the mayor is free to ignore directives to enforce federal immigration laws. What's more important is that the township's government is self-financing, anyway, typically from property taxes, parking tickets and other user fees, which means that the Feds can't even threaten to withhold money from its budget. Fundamentally, the Feds have no power to take over local government, except in a dire emergency (nuclear war would probably qualify). Even Katrina wasn't severe enough that most Americans thought the President should have seized the reins of power in the localities affected. Immigration violations are not a good enough reason for the federalizing of local police forces around the country.

Posted by Elmenter Snineque1852 2005-11-23 02:26|| 2005-11-23 02:26|| Front Page Top

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