The Northern Virginia Regional Gang Task Force just released a report which claims that due to tougher laws and a concerted effort by law enforcement, many illegal alien gangs are leaving Virginia for the safe havens of Maryland.
The report said: "Many gang members from Northern Virginia are moving or driving to Prince George's and other Maryland counties, into the District of Columbia or further south and west into Virginia to avoid dealing with police departments that are unrelenting in their efforts to keep gangs under control.”
The report also found that there are 5,000 gang members in Northern Va., including 3,000 MS-13 members. Because of more cooperation between local and federal agencies, violent crime in the region has decreased by 17 percent from 2003-2008.
However, as a direct result of Maryland’s continued lax attitude toward illegal immigration, the state’s sanctuary cities, and lack of cooperation with federal authorities, violent crimes committed by illegal aliens have recently soared.
Maryland is also one of a handful of states which issues driver’s licenses to illegal aliens. Additionally, the Maryland State Board of Education recently announced that they will not allow county school districts to count the number of illegal alien students registered in their respective districts.
Several high profile murders committed by illegal aliens in Montgomery County, MD forced city officials to change their policy in reporting criminal aliens to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. However, as Judicial Watch recently pointed-out, Montgomery County police only report illegal aliens to the feds when they have been arrested for a very serious crime such as rape or murder.
Illegal aliens arrested for burglary, simple assault, and most weapons violations are still not reported to ICE for deportation. Just as with any offender, bail is set for them and they are released back onto the streets to either commit more crimes in the county or to flee elsewhere.
The following is a short list of some of the violent crimes recently committed by illegal aliens in Montgomery County, MD:
-In July 2009, Edwin Umana, 21, was stabbed to death by seven Hispanic gang members.
-In November 2008, Tai Lam, 14 was shot to death on a crowded bus by 20-year-old MS-13 member and Takoma Park resident Hector Mauricio Hernandez. Unfortunately, this killing could have been avoided if Hernandez had been reported to federal authorities a month earlier, when the illegal alien was released after being caught carrying a concealed weapon.
-In October 2008, police arrested Honduran national Jose Juan Garcia-Perlera, 33, for the murder of Frances Havenstein, 63, after being linked to the crime with DNA evidence. He was also charged with several counts of robbery in a string of home invasions which targeted elderly homeowners. He always tied-up his victims, one of whom was 92-years-old.
At the time of his arrest, Garcia-Perlera was living in Hyattsville, MD and working for an electrical contractor. He had been in the country illegally for six years.
-In September 2008, while at a local mall, a Gaithersburg teenager was stabbed nearly 50 times by gang members Ricardo Mejia, 16, Oswaldo Michael Lainez, 16, Omar Diaz, 16, and Edgar Garcia, 15. Though he was stabbed in the heart, the teen survived the attack. All of the assailants were charged as adults with attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault, reckless endangerment and two conspiracy charges.
In April 2009, Montgomery County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger announced that criminal activity committed by illegal alien gangs MS-13 and the Latin Kings had increased significantly and accounted for the higher numbers of serious crimes such as rape, robbery, and murder.
According to the Maryland State’s Attorney’s Office, there are 40 active gangs in Montgomery County with a total of about 1,150 members.
Chief of the FBI’s MS-13 National Gang Task Force, Aaron Escorza recently said that gangs “know what law enforcement is doing. Word of mouth spreads quickly.” Illegal alien gangs are now spreading the word that Maryland is part of the “wild wild East.”
In December 2008, the Center for Immigration Studies released a comprehensive report on law enforcement’s handling of illegal alien gangs, entitled “Taking Back Our Streets.“ An excerpt taken directly from that report follows:
“Consider the case of Milton Calderon-Menendez (age 25, citizen of El Salvador), who was arrested in March 2008, by the Prince William County, Va., gang unit. Following procedures put in place just weeks before, Prince William police checked his immigration status and learned that Calderon was an illegal alien. The policy also requires them to notify ICE, which promptly put a hold on Calderon so that he would be held pending immigration charges, and would not be released (under Virginia law, illegal aliens are presumed to be ineligible for bail). As it turned out, Calderon had been arrested nine months before in Montgomery County, Md., about 40 miles away, for punching a 15-year old in the face. Calderon had admitted to Montgomery police that he was a member of MS-13. However, that department’s policy is to not inquire about immigration status. Montgomery County released Calderon on $2,500 bail and told him to return a month later for trial. He did not. About three days after his scheduled trial, Calderon and a friend assaulted the friend’s roommate — the friend beat his roommate in the head with a baseball bat while Calderon stabbed him in the chest. It was after this attack that Calderon was arrested in the neighboring state of Virginia.”
The Congressional Research Service has listed the following cities and counties that have “don’t ask, don’t tell” sanctuary policies in place:
-Anchorage, Alaska
-Fairbanks, Alaska
-Chandler, Arizona
-Tucson, Arizona
-Fresno, California
-Los Angeles, California
-San Bernardino, California
-San Diego, California
-San Jose, California
-Sonoma County, California
-Denver, Colorado
-Durango, Colorado
-Lafayette, Colorado
-Chicago, Illinois
-Cicero, Illinois
-Evanston, Illinois
-Cambridge, Massachusetts
-Orleans, Massachusetts
-Portland, Maine
-Baltimore, Maryland
-Takoma Park, Maryland
-Ann Arbor, Michigan
-Detroit, Michigan
-Minneapolis, Minnesota
-Durham, North Carolina
-Albuquerque, New Mexico
-Aztec, New Mexico
-Rio Ariba County, New Mexico
-Santa Fe, New Mexico
-Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
-Sante Fe, New Mexico
-New York, New York
-Ashland, Oregon
-Gaston, Oregon
-Marion County, Oregon
-Austin, Texas
-El Cenizo, Texas
-Houston, Texas
-Katy, Texas
-Seattle, Washington
-Madison, Wisconsin.
Both Alaska and Oregon have state-wide policies that forbid state agencies from using resources to enforce federal immigration law. Oregon law, however, does provide an exception to allow law enforcement officers to share information on immigration status with federal authorities with those arrested for criminal offenses.
Comments
I thought it was a felony to ‘knowingly’ aid and abet an illegal alien. Can City/State laws override Federal laws? I don’t understand how any of this is even possible.
THIS IS A fu-ckin JOKE,they are allowing ILLEGAL'S to commit crimes,giving a drivers license to ILLEGAL'S now they have a license to KILL,(DRUNK-DRIVING) an cover-up there crimes so they wont be deported,an not count the ILLEGALS in school,so the AMERICANS can pay for there school,this country needs more JOE ARPAIO'S, an FIRE (JANET N.HOMELAND SECURITY)SHE IS USE-LESS,P.O.S. SUE THIS GOVERNMENT,FOR NOT PROTECTING THE AMERICANS,THAT IS AID AN ABET AN ILLEGAL ALIEN.OUR OWN GOVERNMENT.
I got no problem whatever, with the leftists in Maryland having illegal alien gangs. The more the merrier. Can you take some of them from California and show them around--in Maryland?
Jane it is a felony subject to fines and jail and that is what literally 90 percent of the politicians deserve, including judges, police, city councils, ANYONE AND EVERYONE THAT is in violation of existing U.S. immigration law. The American public doesn't get it. If these "leaders" of ours are allowed to be selective in which laws they will and will not enforce, then we are living in little more than a dictatorship of the elite, not a democracy.
As a VA resident, I am well aware that when Prince William County got tough on illegals, a lot of them moved to MD. If by getting tough on gangs, even more illegals are leaving VA---then I say good riddance to bad trash! Come election time in a few days, you can be sure I will be voting for the candidates that will do something about illegal immigration!
Cities in Nevada are also overwhelmed by the illegal foreign nationals. Both states have a massive budget meltdown, caused by pandering to the illegal immigrants. These people we voted into office don't seem to care about the American worker or legal population, when they didn't insert any language in the Stimulus packages or the public option in health care omitting illegal immigrants. Still we can place Reid and others who have committed themselves to pandering to corporate welfare in a garbage pile, by not voting for them again? Check out Sen. Reids' and all the other assassins of the US Rule of Law" and their immigration enforcement grading at NUMBERSUSA.
Whose on America's side?
All these so-called public servants took an oath of office, to protect Americans from Domestic and foreign enemies. But with Senators such as Harry Reid, Chuck Schuman, House speaker Nancy Pelosi and Janet Napolitano running Homeland Security, we already have the domestic enemies. They spend more time undermining immigration enforcement, than protecting citizens and legal residents from the 20 to 30 million illegal aliens. I joined NUMBERSUSA, JUDICIAL WATCH to learn more about corruption and sleaze in the Washington inner sanctum. These lawmakers will not even--Enforce federal law--in SANCTUARY CITIES like San Francisco and Los Angeles where the number of illegal alien families, sponge from the government financial reservoir.
"Many gang members from Northern Virginia are moving or driving to Prince George's and other Maryland counties, into the District of Columbia or further south and west into Virginia to avoid dealing with police departments that are unrelenting in their efforts to keep gangs under control...However, as a direct result of Maryland’s continued lax attitude toward illegal immigration, the state’s sanctuary cities, and lack of cooperation with federal authorities, violent crimes committed by illegal aliens have recently soared"
If this is true, then why is crime declining in the Washington area, including Prince Georges county, and in major cities across the country?
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/19/AR2009071902154.html?hpid=topnews
he's so stupid
"Because of more cooperation between local and federal agencies, violent crime in the region has decreased by 17 percent from 2003-2008."
If this is true, then why is crime down 28%, since 2002, in New York City?
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a6LIJt1oDrxY&refer=us
New York City has more murders in 1961 than 2008 despite the fact New York City has significantly more people in 2008 than 196 coupled with the fact New York City had a significantly percentage of immigrants in 1961.
Why is crime, especially violent crime, dropping precipitously in Los Angeles?
Crime falls in Los Angeles for 6th consecutive year. Crime in Los Angles was lower in 2008 than the 1960s;
articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/01/local/me-socalcrime1
L.A. sheriff's department reports big drops in crime;
latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/09/sheriffs-crime.html
Fact is, crime (especially violent crime) has been declining in the USA since 1990 - even as immigration has been increasing;
www.wjh.harvard.edu/soc/faculty/sampson/articles/2006_NYT_OpenDoors.pdf
www.fbi.gov/ucr/2007prelim/table2.htm
www.fbi.gov/ucr/2008prelim/table_2.html
The "Center for Immigration Studies" (CIS) was started in 1985 by a Michigan ophthalmologist named John Tanton — a man known for his racist statements about Latinos, his decades-long flirtation with white nationalists and Holocaust deniers, and his publication of ugly racist materials. CIS' creation was part of a carefully thought-out strategy aimed at creating a set of complementary institutions to cultivate the nativist cause — groups including the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and NumbersUSA.
www.splcenter.org/intel/nativist_cis.jsp
In short, CIS is a subsidiary of the "Federation for Immigration Reform" (FAIR);
What is FAIR?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G06SoMl8eBk
The Western Region Representative of FAIR, until recently, was the openly neo-Nazi, Joe Turner. Turner was the founder and long-time leader of a group which developed a reputation for allowing neo-Nazis to participate in its rallies.
www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=research_mar07nl12
www.splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=16
www.splcenter.org/blog/2008/01/08/controversial-official-no-longer-at-fair/
Why are polls commissioned by CIS accurate..
cis.org/ZogbyPoll-EffectsOfAmnesty
...while these polls commissioned by NY Times/CBS, Pew Research Center, and ABC News/Washington Post are not?
NY Times/CBS Poll dated April 22-26, 2009; 65% would like to see undocumented immigrants legalized.
documents.nytimes.com/new-york-times-cbs-news-poll-obama-s-100th-day-in-office/page/16#p=16
Pew Research Center Poll: 63% of Americans Favor Path to Legalization for Undocumented.
immigration.change.org/blog/view/pew_poll_63_of_americans_favor_path_to_citizenship_for_undocumented
An April 30, 2009 ABC News/Washington Post poll finds 61% of Americans support Path to Legalization for Undocumented
abcnews.go.com/images/PollingUnit/1089a6HotButtonIssues.pdf
El Paso, TX sits just across the river from a metropolis ripped apart by brutal drug war violence. Should be a bloodbath, right?
There were "just" 18 murders in El Paso last year, in a city of 736,000 people. To compare, Baltimore, with 637,000 residents, had 234 killings.
San Diego, Laredo, El Paso—these cities are teeming with immigrants, and they're some of the safest places in the country.
www.reason.com/news/show/134579.html
The Dave Gibsons are so blinded by hatred they cannot see the forest because of their obsession with some trees. They look at the El Paso, TX data and demagogue the handful of murders committed by undocumented immigrants (out of 18 total) as cover for their real concern; the declining percentage of whites in the US population.
But given that below replacement white birth rates are a global phenomenon, how can this be blamed on Hispanics?
www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/magazine/29Birth-t.html?partner=MOREOVERFEATURES&ei=5040
www.thenation.com/doc/20080303/joyce
www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/23784
Hey Dave Gibson;
Was the presence of too many non whites the cause of Iceland's recent economic collapse?
www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/oct2008/gb2008109_947306.htm
What about Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, and all the other 95%+ white countries teetering on the edge of economic collapse?
need to stop it cuz ur not a human ben
I see "Human Being" is cut and pasting again, including claptrap from the discredited Southern Poverty Lies Center.
Needless to say, illegals generally commit more unreported crimes in addition to violating our borders and overstaying visas, such as felony i.d. theft and the fraudulent use of stolen social security numbers.
And many illegals commit even more serious crimes such as DUI and worse. For example, two illegals were recently convicted of the heinous crime of kidnapping and raping a 12-year-old central Florida girl. The 12-year-old, who was 11 at the time, was on her way to school in February when she was grabbed off the street at knife-point.
And recall the tragic cases of Jamiel Shaw in Los Angeles and the Bologna family in northern California.
All these crimes could have been prevented if our border was secured, immigration laws enforced, and sanctuary policies ended. Not surprisingly open border extremists ignore this in their greedy whining for amnesty.
No one of sound mind is fooled by flawed 'push polls' from the failing New York Times.
Opposition to illegal immigration & "comprehensive reform" amnesty -- already strong -- is increasing.
An October CNN poll showed that 73% of Americans believe that the number of illegal aliens in the U.S. should be decreased.
A October Rasmussen Reports shows that 68% of Americans oppose cities that provide sanctuaries for illegals ... 64% of Californian voters say illegals put a significant strain on the state's budget.
An August Pulse Opinion Research, LLC poll showed that 78% of likely voters oppose legalizing the status of illegal aliens.
Human Being --- Go be a troll someplace else. Stop wasting your breath --- no one believes any of the garbage you spew!
I see that Human Being, La Raza's Minister of Propaganda, has stopped by to copy and paste the same biased, deceptive, and out-of-context "facts", "statistics", and "quotes" that he/she has posted on many other forums and message boards. Human Being has also posted the same manipulated poll results that he/she has posted many times before. One of the deceptive things that Human Being does is to blur the line between legal and illegal immigration, and as a result, most of his/her "facts" and "statistics" become completely meaningless. Also, as we all know, poll results can be easily manipulated by asking only a certain category of people (Latinos, Democrats, senior citizens, etc.) for their opinions, by wording a poll question in a certain way, and/or by controlling the number of answers that a person can choose from in answering a poll question.
Human Being has the thankless job of trying to convince Americans that having 15-20 million (or more) illegal alien lawbreakers in the Uni
Human Being has the thankless job of trying to convince Americans that having 15-20 million (or more) illegal alien lawbreakers in the United States is good for this country.
Human Being, quit posting your racist brown supremacist BS.
Human Being, quit posting your racist brown supremacist BS.
Works for me. I say sanctuary states like Casa de Maryland ought to attract all the illegal gang bangers they can. Apparently Virginia has had enough. Eventually so will Maryland but it's still better for Virginia if Maryland attacts them, that way they are closer to DC where all 20 million belong.
"HumanBeing" You are definitely wrong about San Diego being safe despite being "teeming with immigrants". Check this link for starters: The Voice of San Diego has a great article on MEXICAN kidknappings in California. And, let's not blur the distinction between "illegal" and "legal". One implies the rule of the law and the other directly relates to criminal activity. First, crossing our border and secondly the purchase of forged documents. I am certain that anyone of us can counter, your links. I am a 40 year resident of N.C. and I can tell you that we have a definite, prolific, defined, and growing problem with illegal alien crime. Gangs, drugs, DUI homicides, murder, kidknappings and rape. Ie. note today's news on the arrest in Va. for the killing of 4 in Mount Airy. Guaranteed that this convicted felon is an illegal.
United States Constitution
Article. IV. Section. 4.
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion;
When Puppet-ident Obongo passes amnesty there will be another 50M on top of the 50m we've already got. Get ready for hell.
The reporting here is a bit biased--sure, lots of crimes have been committed by illegal immigrants, but how many have been committed by legal immigrants, naturalized citizens, and native-born Americans during the same period? That's kind a critical point to serve as a basis of comparison. Also, amnesty laws are not just bleeding-heart liberalism. They reflect the fact that immigrants remain the primary VICTIMS of crimes by other immigrants, so sanctuary laws are designed to encourage them to report these crimes. Lastly, because of their precarious immigration status, immigrants are statistically LESS LIKELY to commit crimes than native born citizens. In light of these facts, the bigotry of native-born Americans who endorse police-state tactics against immigrants is exposed.
Been in a jail lately? If you want to find illegals, just go to a jail!
the police better kiil those mohterfucker, because if they don't due i start due... they better NOT come to north carolina if i saw one of those i kill.. jajajajajajaj
SUR SIDE X3
Yeah human being, pitbulls can be nice too but you still have to register them because they have a tendancy toward biting people and with a dogbite comes desease. So look at Mexico where people are dieing of deseases and bringing them over here. It dont matter what kills you when you could have used an ounce of prevention like a reasonable person should. Dont say to the people who have lost loved ones here in this country that the figures are small in comarison to the vast numbers who are here illegally and are violant. It only took one to destroy a life. One fool can pull a trigger, or rape, or whatever they do. It is our whole country now that is in danger. Round them up, cage em, register them, deport, or execute them. Whatever the law requires must be done.
Yeah human being, pitbulls can be nice too but you still have to register them because they have a tendancy toward biting people and with a dogbite comes desease. So look at Mexico where people are dieing of deseases and bringing them over here. It dont matter what kills you when you could have used an ounce of prevention like a reasonable person should. Dont say to the people who have lost loved ones here in this country that the figures are small in comarison to the vast numbers who are here illegally and are violant. It only took one to destroy a life. One fool can pull a trigger, or rape, or whatever they do. It is our whole country now that is in danger. Round them up, cage em, deport, or execute them. Whatever the law requires must be done.
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