Fed up with the overwhelming amount of illegals in his jail, an Ohio sheriff sent a bill for the costs to Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.Serpents At Our Breast: Economic Hard Times in Ohio County forced to support indigents from our Southern border
“I sent him a bill for the prisoners that are in my jail. They came here illegally,” Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones told TheBlaze TV host Dana Loesch. “I’ve not gotten any money from them, but I billed them so much. And I’ll tell you what I got in return: My life was threatened.”
The millions of dollars spent on welfare programs in Ohio entice illegal immigrants to come to the state looking for “free stuff,” Jones said, adding that the FBI warned him that he was one of three sheriffs being targeted by Mexican drug cartels.
Sheriff Jones said in an interview (see the video at the link) that the problem with illegal immigrants has hit his county hard, in at least three ways:
(1): Increased Welfare Costs ... the Illegals come to Ohio because of its excellent social support structure; they're looking for "free stuff"
(2): Scarcity of jobs ... those few available are given to Illegals because they're "Cheap Labor" who are literally taking jobs away from "people who were born here"
(3): Predation on the citizens ... Sheriff Jones can not arrest people for being in the country illegally, because the Obama Administration will not protect him from lawsuits even though the charge is legal. Consequently, the Illegals are committing violent crimes upon the citizens of his county.
Sheriff Jones has resorted to politics and publicity, in hopes of relief. The 7 minute video (in the original article) is worth watching, as he details the ways in which his county is unable to both support the federal mandate to accommodate the Illegals and at the same time protect and serve the legal citizens of Butler County, Ohio.
Ohio is ... what? ... a thousand miles from the Southern border? He is astonished that people would travel so far to bring such grief. In hopes that he will bring SOME relief to his county, he billed both the Mexican and the American governments for the millions of dollars which the Illegals have sucked out the economy of Butler County. He obviously has no expectation that either government will even respond, let alone act to bring justice to the county.
It's apparent that this is a cry for help; one which is not directed at either of the governments (Mexican or American) which have no concerns for American citizens, but to ensure that Americans are aware of just how onerous is the burden of "social justice" (as defined by "Community Organizers").
When illegal activity is condoned by 'higher authority', the consequence is chaos.
Is this what American President Obama had in mind when he campaigned under the banner "Hope and Change!"?
Okay, we got the Change. We're still hoping for the Hope.
2 comments:
No doubt history will show the Mr. Obama had a costly reign. He certainly is a high maintenance president.
It is not illegal immigration. They are all officially refugees from something or other. Our president has spoken and acted. We elected him, we must live with his decisions.
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