November 26, 2008

Santa Fe considers hiring illegal immigrants as police?

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Linda L asked:


SANTA FE (AP) — The Santa Fe Police Department is considering the possibility of recruiting Mexican nationals to fill vacant police jobs.

Sgts. Gillian Alessio and Marvin Paulk, who are in charge of the department’s recruiting and training, said Tuesday they are considering alternative approaches to fill 20 vacancies on the city’s 155-person police force.

But Police Chief Eric Johnson said New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy regulations prohibit non-citizens from serving as police officers.

“Every day, we get approached by young men and women from Mexico who are in the country legally but are not naturalized,” Alessio said.

“There is a huge pool of people who are dedicated, hardworking and trying to become citizens of this country. They would like nothing better than to devote their time to protecting the communities that they live in,” she said.

Isn’t this outrageous? Now the police force wants cheap labor and fakes a shortage.

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November 27, 2008

meanpressure0 @ 7:12 am

Why not cant be any harder than landscaping and it will reduce your tax burden as they will be paid in cash under the table OR the mayor will pocket the cash, that is the American way.

Chuck_junior @ 9:53 am

It’s already been addressed. In New Mexico, as in all states, Police Officers have to be citizens…either naturalized or born here.

November 29, 2008

Herschel K @ 6:42 pm

Wouldn’t that be a amazing? A Mexican national pulling over a U.S. citizen for speeding?

Coming from a feel goody place like Santa Fe I’m not surprised. Heck, they probably have an outreach program going on where they are trying to recruit more muslims to the force in the name of “diversity”.

December 1, 2008

kevw25 @ 1:22 pm

“Every day, we get approached by young men and women from Mexico who are in the country legally but are not naturalized,” Alessio said.
MEXICAN NATIONALS ARE NOT HERE ILLEGALLY

read before you post a question like that.

they would be paid the same rate as anyother officer. how dare you say they “fake” a shortage? i think if they can pass the acadmey, whats the problem

December 2, 2008

angela R @ 12:07 pm

I would like to know why the good people of New Mexico, are not stepping up and filling those jobs? Maybe, New Mexico needs to pay these sheriffs more money, afterall they do put their lives on the line everyday…..

December 4, 2008

Free M @ 1:27 am

Um… well, for starters, your headline is dead wrong. The article clearly states, “Mexican nationals who are here legally.” Therefore, they are not attempting to recruit “illegal immigrants”. Therefore, you are an idiot; thank you for playing, and have a nice day.

Furthermore, it’s worth noting that such individuals do often enlist in the military, and spill blood, sweat and tears to protect this country that they’ve come to. I see nothing wrong with the idea of them joining the police force, so long as they can pass the appropriate background checks.

December 7, 2008

JessicaRabbit @ 5:43 am

This can’t be true - you can’t LEGALLY hire an illegal alien! You said yourself, the people are “in this country LEGALLY.”

December 8, 2008

Lili @ 1:28 pm

I did a google on the article it states:

“Every day, we get approached by young men and women from Mexico who are in the country legally but are not naturalized,” Alessio said.”

I am fine with this because it states the people applying for the job are legal residents. This means they came here through the proper immigration channels.

Please read the article it does not say illegals are going to be given the job. It states people who are not US citizens but are LEGAL RESIDENTS.

December 9, 2008

numbscul @ 12:42 am

(crash…boom…bang….!!!) Sorry, just fell out of my chair. That’ll be great, maybe now pot will be easier to buy…

Just kidding KIDS. Don’t buy drugs! (Get them free like I do Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck…)

December 10, 2008

sb @ 5:57 pm

There is something between being “illegal” and being a “citizen”. That’s where your confusion lies, I think. If someone is a permanent resident (i.e. a green card holder), s/he is not yet a U.S. citizen, and therefore continues to be a citizen/national of his or her home country, but s/he is not illegal and also not a mere temporary visa-holder. Green card holders are subject to many of the same obligations as US citizens but do not have the right to vote or work in some government jobs.

December 13, 2008

hera @ 9:36 am

I think I am going to go and get sick now!

People need to wake up and ask them WHY this congress and a few select people are wanting amnesty…do you really think it is to be nice, or to get something else? Me thinks the later.

December 15, 2008

DAR @ 5:24 am

I have to assume they are LEGAL residents, although Mexican nationals.

slew @ 7:31 am

It’s outrageous. THere is no such thing as a shortage. If they give the police a raise, then more people would apply. Thats what capitalism is about. Same with them medical jobs here. The entire medical field is short of employees and so all the employers ask to import nurses and other medical employees from the Philipines. The thing is that My job had its pay frozen for about a decade. Our pay fell behind and so no one wanted to study for these jobs. Only a handful of politicians are paying attention on legal immigrants being used to muscle the middle class Americans to accept a lower pay.

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