http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=28604&src=3
"An immigration crackdown netted more than four dozen suburban immigrants convicted of gang offenses, federal officials said today.
In a four-day push called "Operation Community Shield," federal immigration officials and local police arrested 58 immigrants from the North and Northwest suburbs including Mundelein, Round Lake and Waukegan.
All were men and all were Mexican, officials said.
Of those detained, 37 lived here illegally. The remaining 21 had green cards, but earlier convictions qualify them for deportation, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said...
In Waukegan, a prayer vigil planned in protest to the arrests will begin tonight and continue through Friday. "
OK, pros, explain this one to me....
For the rest, what do you think?
2007-08-30 06:27:12 · 15 answers · asked by DAR 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Super Chee, I have all sorts of respect for prayer. A 'prayer vigil' however, is a public protest, not a religious act.
2007-08-30 08:47:25 · update #1
realchipmunk - I agree.
2007-08-30 09:04:52 · update #2
We've been lost with out you.
Those who are praying for them must be members of a Satanic cult. I was shocked several days ago, some one here defended MS13.
Frankly I wish we can deport the gang members that are born here as well. Bikini Atoll would be nice. Midway would be better, but it's an environmentally sensitive areas. (I know, they're US territories.)
2007-08-30 20:48:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
They should check the status of everyone who shos up at the vigil, probable cause being accessory to the crimes commited by the arrsted gang menbers.
Read carefully, ALL had been previously convicted of gang-realted offenses, and 37 were in the country illigally. The illegals should have been deported or sent to prison already.
2007-08-31 03:35:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A prayer vigil for gang members...hmm. Perhaps God has much more important and legitimate "prayers" to hear.Just my opinion. But who am I to decide which prayers are or are not "worthy" of being heard? Shouldn't ALL prayers be heard?
Anyway, I think that the prayer vigil is for people who knew the gang members. Probably only family members and friends will attend. No matter what they(the gang members) did, to their family and friends they are still that: FRIENDS AND FAMILY. The fact that they choose the wrong path doesn't change the fact that to their parents they are still theirs sons. Their family and friends have every right to plan a vigil and protest. Not that the vigil and protest is going to help much...
I agree that gangs do nothing but bad things. They are a threat to the safety and peace of our cities. In my opinion, all gang members should be arrested, whether they are illegal immigrants or not.
2007-08-30 16:01:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
I think the people of Waukegan need to find something better to do with their time than to hold a prayer vigil for gang members who are to be deported. What they should do is hold a prayer vigil for any innocent person that has had their life turned upside down due to gang violence.
All gangs should be brought down but the fact is that we have more than enough crime without importing it and holding a prayer vigil for it.
2007-08-30 13:42:05 · answer #4 · answered by Rabid Frog 4 · 8⤊ 1⤋
I don't understand why our government officials have looked the other way for so long unless Senator Barack Obama and Senator Richard Durbin think they should all be legalized of course.
I think it would be good if these Senators went there and paid tribute to the people they voted to keep in the US. Let them pray for the gangsters.
As for me and my family, we'll wear our Border Patrol caps and keep a steady watch for more of these criminals. They're everywhere - and walking around with attitudes like they want to spit on you or something. Just the kind of people the US needs to legalize - NOT.
I pray that we get a new President who will secure our borders and reinstate our sovereignity by deporting all of the illegals. Then we can work on bringing our jobs back home.
2007-08-30 14:23:20 · answer #5 · answered by Naturescent 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I thought everybody did agree that gang members needed to be deported. Those people have a right to hold their vigil but I just have to wonder what was going on in their heads when they planned it.
2007-08-30 14:45:43 · answer #6 · answered by chiquis707 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I cannot explain others motives or actions and I don't consider myself a "pro", what I do know is this, I was taught from the time I was a child to pray for everyone including the lost. I guess its hard for non believers to understand the power of prayer.
"Those you pray into the Kingdom will be grateful for all eternity. Your joy in heaven will be magnified by those you have brought along with you."
(Matt. 6:19-21)
2007-08-30 15:12:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
I think it's ridiculous, how about a prayer vigil for all the victims of the gang members?
2007-08-30 13:45:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
I agree with you on this. It seems that whenever deportation is involved, however, our conventional wisdom on the bad guys gets muddled.
But I'll tell you this, if they found that many gang members in Mexico, those guys would be deported before they even had time to get comfortable in their cells!
2007-08-30 13:37:53 · answer #9 · answered by Big John Studd 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋
It is ridiculous,I dout if those gang members ever think about good and evil when they are up to their dirty work.
I am glad they are deporting them,they should make sure they don't ever come back into the USA again,ever.
2007-08-30 13:51:34 · answer #10 · answered by Marilyn T 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋