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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsScalise says House immigration bill will include new language to "properly compensate" sherrifs
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At the National Sheriffs Association meeting in New Orleans, Majority Whip @SteveScalise says House immigration bill will include new language to properly compensate local sheriffs for holding immigrants for ICE.
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This is effectively making it profitable for Cops to arrest people for no reason.......Good holy crap, this is beyond disgraceful.
GOP is going to make it a moneymaker for themselves.......Who gets the money......wanna bet?
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Scalise says House immigration bill will include new language to "properly compensate" sherrifs (Original Post)
sunonmars
Jun 2018
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Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)1. Stop, Thief!
These guys are shameless. They cannot keep their grubby, filthy paws out of the US treasury.
This whole thing is about stealing our treasure. The detention, the wall...all of it!
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)2. Got that right.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)3. This will be used to arrest people for payment, it will lead to so many wrongful arrests.
pwb
(11,292 posts)4. Yea, like cops don't have enough shit already.?
Maybe a big bonus for every child they abduct.
BannonsLiver
(16,493 posts)5. No form of law enforcement more corrupt than county sheriffs
We've had more than a dozen indicted in my state in the last decade.
Solly Mack
(90,789 posts)6. Pay to prey.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,371 posts)7. Yay, best thing since Civil Asset Forfeiture.
Do I need to say ?
One more style of police corruption.
Trek4Truth
(515 posts)8. Oh so it's a bounty...how nice. nt