Question by ._^^_.: Illegals outrage claim pulled over for being hispainc claimed office said if Anglo would not stopped us demand?
Illegals outrage claim pulled over for being Hispanic claimed office said if Anglo would not stopped us
Latino advocacy group, demanded Friday that the Phoenix Police Department investigate the incident.Are hispanics now saying the police are not allowed to stop them for traffic offenses, drunk driving, etc,etc ?

Thompson, the police spokesman, gave a different account. He said the officer pulled the vehicle over for making an improper turn. He said the driver did not have a driver’s license and instead, when the officer asked him for another form of ID, he handed over a Mexican passport.

Thompson said the officer also noted that the driver did not speak English well. The combination of all of those factors gave the officer reasonable suspicion that the driver was in the country illegally, so he called ICE.

Under SB 1070, police are now obligated to call ICE if they have reasonable suspicion someone they encounter during a traffic stop is in the country illegally, Thompson said.

Thompson said the ICE agent interviewed all three on the phone and concluded they were in the country illegally and instructed the Phoenix police officer to bring them to ICE.

Thompson said the driver of the car was cited for a traffic infraction and driving without a license.

Thompson also defended the officer for asking the passengers in the car about their immigration status.

The Comites de Defensa del Barrio, an immigrant and Latino advocacy group, demanded Friday that the Phoenix Police Department investigate the incident.

“Racial profiling is something that is happening,” said Salvador Reza, the director of the group.

Amber Cargile, a spokeswoman for ICE in Phoenix, issued a written statement confirming that the three were taken into custody by immigration officers.

She identified them as Garcia-Gutierrez, Martin Esteban-Jimenez and Jose Felipe Reyes. All three were issued notices to appear in front of an immigration judge, she said.

ICE, she said, uses “discretion on a case-by-case basis, taking enforcement action based on the merits of an individual’s case and a comprehensive review of specific facts.”

Garcia-Gutierrez is being held at a detention facility in Eloy pending the posting of a bond.

Esteban-Jimenez is also being held in Eloy. ICE determined that he had been voluntarily returned to Mexico twice in 2009.

Reyes has been released on his own recognizance, she said. ICE determined that Reyes had been voluntarily returned to Mexico once in 2002.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/2012/09/21/20120921phoenix-police-officer-wasnt-wrong-ice-arrest.html#ixzz27JJNk3D2

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Answer by shoppingfortrolls
You can tell an illegal when you see one.

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