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Date Posted: 17:06:31 08/17/08 Sun
Author: rewhblcain (Go ICE)
Subject: Busting illegals

http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/story/1181274.html
Checkpoints, crackdowns and fears

Steve Ford, Staff Writer
The Chinese government, hoping to summon the good vibes from Chinese lucky numbers, began the Beijing Olympics on 08/08/08. When cops across North Carolina chose 08/08/08 as the date to set up drunken driving checkpoints, some people figured their luck was about to run out. And not because they were pickled and set to blow 0.08 or worse.

Let's face it: Wrecks involving illegal immigrants have gotten people injured or killed with excruciating regularity.

But their drinking habits weren't the reason many immigrants feared that the checkpoints would land them in jail, headed for deportation. Instead it was their immigration status itself, the focus of a crackdown by law enforcement agencies against people in this country illegally.

Someone busted for not being able to show proper or genuine driving credentials, which illegal immigrants typically don't have, could see his or her whole life unravel if the arrest occurred in a county such as Wake, where officers are cooperating with federal authorities to deport illegal immigrants who break the law.

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