A.G. asks sheriffs to back Bush

Source: Salt Lake Tribune

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales asked the nation's sheriffs Tuesday to support immigration legislation pending in the Senate and backed by President Bush, but the association representing the sheriffs remains noncommittal.

"This bill represents our best chance at real, meaningful reform and a comprehensive solution to our broken immigration system," Gonzales said, speaking to the National Sheriffs' Association annual convention in Salt Lake City. "This issue is simply too important for us to wait any longer. We need to be able to enforce the law."

Gonzales said he and the president hope the Senate acts on the immigration legislation, "and that your organization will encourage them to give us the tools that I believe will ultimately make your job easier."

The sheriffs, however, have not jumped on board. In a closed session, sheriffs questioned the attorney general on particulars of the department's illegal immigration strategy, federal financial assistance and other matters.
The sheriffs' question to Gonzales, said Laramie County, Wyo., Sheriff Danny Glick, was, "What we can expect from our federal brethren?"


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The AG interceding politically on behalf of the president's pet project?

Seems strange to me...

That's almost funny.