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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
So in your mind Local law enforcement don't have to enforce federal laws? Are you kidding here?
I mean you could say the same thing about Kiddie porn, that's a federal crime, are not the local police suppose to enforce that?
What you are saying they have the right to pick and choose what they enforce, if that's the case, they should hand in their fucking badges! That's not their job, their job is to enforce the law.
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You seem to be confused about how the law works. You seem to believe that the law is the law, and that all law enforcement enforces the same laws. This is not correct.
My local police enforces local laws, not federal laws. For example, if you are cheating on the IRS, the IRS does not call up my local police and demand an investigation. Another example is if someone here in my hometown is hacking a bank in NYC they wouldn't call my local police department, but instead at the FBI. They have federal agents for this.
At the same exact time, the FBI does not park their car off the freeway and pull people over for speeding.
Do you understand this now?
Above you mentioned "kiddie porn". You mentioned it is a federal law and this is very true. However, it's also a violation of local law and as such my local PD can step in.
However... My police department does not have the resources to devote it's entire, effort, and money into chasing illegal aliens. It has nothing to do with illegal immigration and everything to do with the resources of my local PD. The IRS doesn't call up my local PD and say "We believe these one hundred and four people are lying about their tax returns and demand you investigate" because my local PD doesn't have the resources to handle this. It's the same thing with hacking or spying; This is handled by federal agents. It's the exact same thing with illegal immigration. If my local PD had to arrest everyone they came into contact with that was here illegally we would physically have no police officers on the street because they would be too busy arresting everyone and spending all of their transporting them to the county lock up.
I agree with you about illegal immigration. However, my local PD does not have the resources to do this. We have ICE and Border Patrol to handle this.