New Hampshire: The Real Facts

Are you familar with the NH House bill one Lilly Mesa of Manchester, NH has introduced into the State Legialature? If not, you should get up to speed quickly. A brief overview is available below from the GraniteGrok site.

I have blogged before about HB404 here in NH - a bill that would turn all of NH into a sanctuary state (here, and here). Basically, this bill is a free pass to illegal aliens to roost here. It seems that other people are starting to notice

From the Nashua Telegraph

Officials slam plan to ban arrests of illegals
Kevin Landrigan

CONCORD – U.S. Attorney Thomas Colantuono, four federal immigration agents and three police chiefs warned Tuesday that a proposed bill would block state and local law enforcement officials from going after suspected terrorists who were also illegal immigrants.

Colantuono said the state might also risk the loss of up to $200,000 that local communities and the state get from the federal government for detaining foreign-born residents unlawfully in this country.

“It is unrealistic in the way law enforcement operates in the 21st century in the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001,” Colantuono said.

“The bill, as written, would be a disaster.”

Ah yes, the Law of Unintended Consequences....or is it? Let me be positive for just a sec - even with the best of intentions (and I doubt that this bill is actually that - the best for NH citizens), things go wrong because the "moves" were not thought out correctly. In an immediate response to a perceived ill or wrong, a bill may sound good emotionally but can fail at critical junctions.

It seems that the people who know best, the "boots" on the ground in law enforcement, are not exactly thrilled with the efforts of Lily Mesa and Susi Nord (both Democrats):

The legislation (HB 404) – introduced by Rep. Lily Mesa, D-Manchester – would prohibit state and local police from detaining or arresting anyone whose sole offense is the violation of federal immigration laws.

So, as I noted before, we have legislators that have sworn oaths to uphold the law of the land subvert that law.

Gee, I always believed that do bad things meant that bad consequences should follow. Once again, these two Democrats wish to continue the process of not holding people accountable for their actions and decisions. What a way to run a society.....no responsibilities at all....unless you are a citizen/taxpayer....

A four-person subcommittee of the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee is studying the measure, which the House of Representatives sent back to committee last spring.Speaking at a subcommittee work session Tuesday, Londonderry Police Chief Joseph Ryan said the bill’s adoption would stop his officers from assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who were detaining suspected aliens at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.

“To think state and local officers have to turn our backs is contrary to everything I believe in,” Ryan told the subcommittee.

Absolutely true. Once again, we are a nation whose main principle is the Rule of Law. Take that away, and anything can happen.

Rep. Timothy Robertson, D-Keene, said police and prosecutors were overreacting.

Great, another Democrat weighs in......