Sen. Robert Menendez pushes for immigration raid guidelines
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/nj_sen_robert_menendez_pushes.html
This article is about a new bill that is being pushed by a Senator from New Jersey. The purpose of this bill is to protect citizens of the United States during illegal immigration raids. What is currently happening during those raids is that legitimate citizens end up being detained with illegal immigrants. The Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has been raiding many factories without having the names of individual of specific warrants. Anyone who cannot produce a form of ID to prove you are a citizen is then detained. I think that the bill is a good idea and can not see any reason why someone would reject a bill that is protecting innocent people. I do however understand that the ICE would be upset because they would have to go by stricter guidelines when doing raids. I actually think that the bill could be unnecessary and that the problem lies with the way that the ICE is doing the raids. If the raids are conducted the way they are supposed to be then no citizens should be unfairly detained. I think that the ICE should be investigated along with the passing of this bill.