To provide consular access, wouldn't we have to identify the immigration status of all criminal suspects?

Yes absolutely.

Liberal ideas always have unintended consequences because they rarely think things through.

You can't send someone to a consulate if you can't ask them the status of their citizenship.

DOH!!!!

You have a point but I believe the bill required immigration status beyond just suspects .. I was led to believe it required all people to show status without probable cause as to any crime .. I thought under current law they checked status with anyone arrested ... To be clear about the recent case , NO ONE is questioning his guilt . Not Obama , not George Bush , not the State Dept. , not the military leaders , ALL of who sent the very same message to Gov. Perry ... No one asked for a commutation or pardon . They simply wanted the death penalty take away because TEXAS SCREWED UP .. according to an INTERNATIONAL treaty .. @ thank you for clearing that up . I stand corrected ..

base line, we ought to enforce modern immigration regulations and eliminate any pink tapes by way of fact the Justice branch has no longer been imposing the regulations. If we don't get the situation of unlawful immigration below wraps, then finally this united states of america will become a 0.33-worldwide united states of america. It ought to be controlled and we ought to help springing up worldwide places, maximum quite Mexico, to a great deal advance their economies so their human beings won't ought to return over here.

I've pretty much come the conclusion that President Obama, or any other professional democratic politician for that matter, doesn't really have ANY convictions. The only driving force behind their every action or sound bite is VOTES.

My father was police officer for 35 years. He said we never arrested person in all of that time without checking their immigration status. We just never arrested people for not being able to prove their nationality or identity.

It's a real conundrum isn't it? But that's only in reality, which Liberals are not overly concerned with. They'd rather get hopping mad if you suggest asking a suspects Nationality or immigration status, while reserving the right to cry "foul" if you don't advise foreign nationals of their rights.

That's the point.

In civilized countries, when someone is arrested and that person says "I'm an American citizen," the cops have to call the embassy and ascertain that such is the case.

bravo excellent point maybe it is better to know whom you are incarcerating than to worry about PC crapola

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I'd say 'Food Fight' got it right.

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