Three Cheers for New Ipswich police chief W. Garrett Chamberlain!
Jorge Ramirez, a 21 year old illegal alien from Mexico, was picked up in New Ipswich on April 15 by an officer investigating a possible traffic emergency. Ramirez carried several pieces of false identification and admitted to being in the U.S. illegally, working for a construction company in Jaffrey.
According to the Union Leader, when federal authorities refused to take Ramirez into custody, Chief Chamberlain added the charge of criminal trespass.
Too bad other officials aren't taking this criminal as seriously as Chief Chamberlain. After pleading guilty, Ramirez was ordered to pay $120 on the charge of operating without a license, and a $1,000 fine for the criminal trespass charge. Judge L. Phillips Runyon III suspended the latter fine for a year, provided Ramirez stays out of trouble and reports to the federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Manchester by Friday.
ICE spokesman Paula Granier said that if Ramirez turned himself in, he'd find himself before a federal judge. "He will be put into proceedings for removal from the United States," she said. That's the politically correct way to say deported. Granier was quoted by the Portsmouth Herald as saying:
But the fact is, she said, this case is about one illegal immigrant whose only crime was being broken down on the side of the road.
Here's a news flash for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement - entering the United States illegally is a crime. Ramirez admitted he was in the U.S. illegally. Don't ICE personnel have to take an oath to enforce the law. Until more officials enforce the law like Chief Chamberlain, we will never secure our borders.
Very strange that this illegal immigrant just had a "slap on the wrist" penalty, but do not enforce stricter or harder fines/jail towards this individual.
Posted by: Charles D. | Thursday, October 04, 2007 at 07:01 PM
WHO do I call to REPORT Mexican Aliens working here in a US Factory
Applied Membranes, Inc.
2325 Cousteau Ct.,
Vista, CA 92081
MANY !! workers at this company are probably Illeagle workers ,, because they can NOT Speal , read , nor write any English and they are only paid $7 per hour .
Posted by: Bob | Monday, May 16, 2005 at 10:30 AM