Col. Winford Phillips
Director ASP
Little Rock, Arkansas
Good morning
Phil,
September 20, 2007
Long time since 271 & Cavanaugh Rd and a belated
congratulations on your appointment.
Reviewing your testimony at Rep. Green’s hearing this
week regarding the illegal alien invasion, I was glad to see you are in touch
with the Feds regarding Arkansas’ law giving authority to ASP to pick up
illegals. However; I was not encouraged by your final response, that
anything of a positive nature is not going to happen—maintaining the status
quo, which is not acceptable.
You stated it would cost $118,000 per head to train
troopers. May I remind you that there is over a billion in revenue
surplus in the state coffers.
This morning’s headline in the Times Record, “Beebe
unaware of immigration lawâ€. I’ll be euphemistic—the governor is not
telling the truth, and as AG, what does that say about Beebe?
You may not be aware of the Federal Statutes that give
all, I say again, ALL policing agencies the legal responsibility to arrest
illegals as well as all those hiring, transporting, housing, aiding or abetting
illegals and charge them with a felony, accompanied by prison time and hefty
fines. See accompanying copies of the laws. Governor Beebe has been sent
copies of the laws on at least 3 occasions while he was A.G.
You have spent a good deal of time in NW Arkansas and
should be more than aware of the huge cost foisted upon middleclass Arkansans
to subsidize illegals healthcare, welfare, education, penal, etc. At the
same time it is disconcerting to find out an ASP watch commander in Springdale
stating last year he did think there was a gang presence in NW until his
brother-in-law was gunned down. Do you think that trooper was in a
trance?
In any case Phil, I know you owe your position and some
allegiance to Governor Beebe, but your real responsibility is to protect the
citizens of Arkansas, not the corporate master puppeteers. You are one of us
Phil, don’t get carried away with NW Ark sociability, i.e. don’t forget your
roots.
The Republic is at stake.
Kindest regards,
Joe McCutchen
Fort Smith
Officials: Lincoln, Pryor,
Beebe, McDaniel, Boozman, Ross, Berry, Snyder, Stodola, etc., etc.
Please explain to the citizenry
why these laws, in effect for years, have not and are not being enforced.
The laws are being sent over
the country to inform taxpaying citizens of the criminal conduct you “servants
of the people†(yah) are perpetrating against us to keep the cheap slave labor
invading our borders to benefit your corporate sponsors and the Mexican
government with $billions being sent back HOME, and to protect your
self-serving, sorry behinds.
The destruction of our
Constitution, rule of law, and sovereignty obviously mean nothing to you.
Citizens: Federal laws not enforced—why?
8 USC Sec 1325 – Illegal Entry
Any alien who enters U.S. other than at port of entry by false or misleading
representation shall be subject to civil and criminal penalties can be fined
and imprisoned
Section 1324a Hiring –
Harboring – Transporting any illegal alien
Any
person who knowingly hires/harbors/ transports any illegal alien is guilty of a
felony punishable by 10 years jail + $2,000 fine per illegal alien + forfeiture
of vehicle or property used to commit the crime.
Section
1324c Law officers have authority to make arrests…
All officers whose duty it is to enforce criminal laws shall have authority
to make arrests for violation of any provision of this section
Section 1644
No local
ordinance, rule, or measure shall stop law enforcement officers from
enforcement of this section (affirmed Southern District Court of NY,
US vs. Rudy Giuliani, 1996.
Title 19, USC § 1459 Section (f) and (g). Reporting
requirements for individuals
(f) Civil penalty. Any individual who violates any provision of
subsection (e) of this section is liable for a civil penalty of $5,000 for the
first violation, and $10,000 for each subsequent violation.
(g) Criminal penalty. In addition to being liable for a civil penalty
under subsection (f) of this section, any individual who intentionally violates
any provision of subsection (e) of this section is, upon conviction, liable for
a fine of not more than $5,000, or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or
both.
Barbara McCutchen
Fort Smith
arkansasfreedom.net
This has been
the law of the land for many decades. Kris Kobach
Subject: FYI***Federal
Immigration and Nationality Act Section 8 USC 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv)(b)
Federal
Immigration and Nationality Act
Section 8 USC 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv)(b)(iii)
“Any person who . . . encourages or induces an alien
to . . . reside . . . knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such .
. . residence is . . . in violation of law, shall be punished as provided . . .
for each alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs . . . fined under
title 18 . . . imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.”
Section 274 felonies under the federal Immigration and
Nationality Act, INA 274A(a)(1)(A):
A person (including a group of persons, business,
organization, or local government) commits a federal felony when she or he:
* assists an alien s/he should reasonably know is illegally
in the U.S. or who lacks employment authorization, by transporting, sheltering,
or assisting him or her to obtain employment, or
* encourages that alien to remain in the U.S. by referring
him or her to an employer or by acting as employer or agent for an employer in
any way, or
* knowingly assists illegal aliens due to personal
convictions.
Penalties upon conviction include criminal fines, imprisonment,
and forfeiture of vehicles and real property used to commit the crime. Anyone
employing or contracting with an illegal alien without verifying his or her
work authorization status is guilty of a misdemeanor. Aliens and employers
violating immigration laws are subject to arrest, detention, and seizure of
their vehicles or property. In addition, individuals or entities who engage in
racketeering enterprises that commit (or conspire to commit)
immigration-related felonies are subject to private civil suits for treble
damages and injunctive relief.
Recruitment and Employment of Illegal Aliens
It is unlawful to hire an alien, to recruit an alien, or to
refer an alien for a fee, knowing the alien is unauthorized to work in the
United States. It is equally unlawful to continue to employ an alien knowing
that the alien is unauthorized to work. Employers may give preference in
recruitment and hiring to a U.S. citizen over an alien with work authorization
only where the U.S. citizen is equally or better qualified. It is unlawful to
hire an individual for employment in the United States without complying with
employment eligibility verification requirements. Requirements include
examination of identity documents and completion of Form I-9 for every employee
hired. Employers must retain all I-9s, and, with three days’ advance notice,
the forms must be made available for inspection. Employment includes any
service or labor performed for any type of remuneration within the United
States, with the exception of sporadic domestic service by an individual in a
private home. Day laborers or other casual workers engaged in any compensated
activity (with the above exception) are employees for purposes of immigration
law. An employer includes an agent or anyone acting directly or indirectly in
the interest of the employer. For purposes of verfication of authorization to
work, employer also means an independent contractor, or a contractor other than
the person using the alien labor. The use of temporary or short-term contracts cannot
be used to circumvent the employment authorization verification requirements.
If employment is to be for less than the usual three days allowed for
completing the I-9 Form requirement, the form must be completed immediately at
the time of hire.
An employer has constructive knowledge that an employee is
an illegal unauthorized worker if a reasonable person would infer it from the
facts. Constructive knowledge constituting a violation of federal law has been
found where (1) the I-9 employment eligibility form has not been properly
completed, including supporting documentation, (2) the employer has learned
from other individuals, media reports, or any source of information available
to the employer that the alien is unauthorized to work, or (3) the employer
acts with reckless disregard for the legal consequences of permitting a third
party to provide or introduce an illegal alien into the employer’s work force.
Knowledge cannot be inferred solely on the basis of an individual’s accent or
foreign appearance.
Actual specific knowledge is not required. For example, a
newspaper article stating that ballrooms depend on an illegal alien work force
of dance hostesses was held by the courts to be a reasonable ground for
suspicion that unlawful conduct had occurred.
IT IS ILLEGAL FOR NONPROFIT OR RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS to
knowingly assist an employer to violate employment sanctions, REGARDLESS OF
CLAIMS THAT THEIR CONVICTIONS REQUIRE THEM TO ASSIST ALIENS. Harboring or
aiding illegal aliens is not protected by the First Amendment. It is a felony
to establish a commercial enterprise for the purpose of evading any provision
of federal immigration law. Violators may be fined or imprisoned for up to five
years.
Encouraging and Harboring Illegal Aliens
It is a violation of law for any person to conceal, harbor,
or shield from detection in any place, including any building or means of
transportation, any alien who is in the United States in violation of law.
HARBORING MEANS ANY CONDUCT THAT TENDS TO SUBSTANTIALLY FACILITATE AN ALIEN TO
REMAIN IN THE U.S. ILLEGALLY. The sheltering need not be clandestine, and
harboring covers aliens arrested outdoors, as well as in a building. This
provision includes harboring an alien who entered the U.S. legally but has
since lost his legal status.
An employer can be convicted of the felony of harboring
illegal aliens who are his employees if he takes actions in reckless disregard
of their illegal status, such as ordering them to obtain false documents,
altering records, obstructing INS inspections, or taking other actions that
facilitate the alien’s illegal employment. Any person who within any 12-month
period hires ten or more individuals with actual knowledge that they are
illegal aliens or unauthorized workers is guilty of felony harboring. It is
also a felony to encourage or induce an alien to come to or reside in the U.S.
knowing or recklessly disregarding the fact that the alien’s entry or residence
is in violation of the law. This crime applies to any person, rather than just
employers of illegal aliens. Courts have ruled that “encouraging”
includes counseling illegal aliens to continue working in the U.S. or assisting
them to complete applications with false statements or obvious errors. The fact
that the alien is a refugee fleeing persecution is not a defense to this
felony, since U.S. law and the UN Protocol on Refugees both require that a
refugee must report to immigration authorities without delay upon entry to the
U.S.
The penalty for felony harboring is a fine and imprisonment
for up to five years. The penalty for felony alien smuggling is a fine and up
to ten years’ imprisonment. Where the crime causes serious bodily injury or
places the life of any person in jeopardy, the penalty is a fine and up to
twenty years’ imprisonment. If the criminal smuggling or harboring results in
the death of any person, the penalty can include life imprisonment. Convictions
for aiding, abetting, or conspiracy to commit alien smuggling or harboring,
carry the same penalties. Courts can impose consecutive prison sentences for
each alien smuggled or harbored. A court may order a convicted smuggler to pay
restitution if the alien smuggled qualifies as a victim under the Victim and
Witness Protection Act. Conspiracy to commit crimes of sheltering, harboring,
or employing illegal aliens is a separate federal offense punishable by a fine
of up to $10,000 or five years’ imprisonment.
Enforcement
A person or entity having knowledge of a violation or
potential violation of employer sanctions provisions may submit a signed
written complaint to the INS office with jurisdiction over the business or
residence of the potential violator, whether an employer, employee, or agent.
The complaint must include the names and addresses of both the complainant and
the violator, and detailed factual allegations, including date, time, and place
of the potential violation, and the specific conduct alleged to be a violation
of employer sanctions. By regulation, the INS will only investigate third-party
complaints that have a reasonable probability of validity. Designated INS
officers and employees, and all other officers whose duty it is to enforce
criminal laws, may make an arrest for violation of smuggling or harboring
illegal aliens.
State and local law enforcement officials have the general
power to investigate and arrest violators of federal immigration statutes
without prior INS knowledge or approval, as long as they are authorized to do
so by state law. There is no extant federal limitation on this authority. The
1996 immigration control legislation passed by Congress was intended to
encourage states and local agencies to participate in the process of enforcing
federal immigration laws. Immigration officers and local law enforcement
officers may detain an individual for a brief warrantless interrogation where
circumstances create a reasonable suspicion that the individual is illegally
present in the U.S. Specific facts constituting a reasonable suspicion include
evasive, nervous, or erratic behavior; dress or speech indicating foreign
citizenship; and presence in an area known to contain a concentration of
illegal aliens. Hispanic appearance alone is not sufficient. Immigration
officers and police must have a valid warrant or valid employer’s consent to
enter workplaces or residences. Any vehicle used to transport or harbor illegal
aliens, or used as a substantial part of an activity that encourages illegal
aliens to come to or reside in the U.S. may be seized by an immigration officer
and is subject to forfeiture. The forfeiture power covers any conveyances used
within the U.S.
RICO — Citizen Recourse
Private persons and entities may initiate civil suits to
obtain injunctions and treble damages against enterprises that conspire to or
actually violate federal alien smuggling, harboring, or document fraud
statutes, under the Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO). The
pattern of racketeering activity is defined as commission of two or more of the
listed crimes. A RICO enterprise can be any individual legal entity, or a group
of individuals who are not a legal entity but are associated in fact, AND CAN
INCLUDE NONPROFIT ASSOCIATIONS.
Tax Crimes
Employers who aid or abet the preparation of false tax returns
by failing to pay income or Social Security taxes for illegal alien employees,
or who knowingly make payments using false names or Social Security numbers,
are subject to IRS criminal and civil sanctions. U.S. nationals who have
suffered intentional discrimination because of citizenship or national origin
by an employer with more than three employees may file a complaint within 180
days of the discriminatory act with the Special Counsel for Immigration-Related
Unfair Employment Practices, U.S. Department of Justice. In additon to the
federal statutes summarized, state laws and local ordinances controlling fair
labor practices, workers compensation, zoning, safe housing and rental
property, nuisance, licensing, street vending, and solicitations by contractors
may also apply to activities that involve illegal aliens.