If there's no way to verify address and identity, he said, police might bring the driver into the station to check his fingerprints against a national database.
But if the driver presents a false ID, police can arrest him for committing a felony -- an indictable crime that requires referral to immigration under the directive.
That's what happened to Elder Salazar, 24, who was arrested in West Deptford in February after showing a phony Michigan license when he was pulled over for driving 14 miles over the speed limit. Salazar was released on bond but could face deportation at a pending hearing.
Although referring false documentation charges to immigration follows the directive, advocates worried how that would affect immigrant communities. With no way to obtain a government-issued ID, they said, buying a fake has become common practice. Officials may not have accepted them, but up until now, illegal immigrants rarely got arrested, much less deported, for presenting one, they said.
';The community is afraid of being stopped because they don't know how the police are going to act,'; said Manuel Guzman, an organizer for the Farmworkers' Support Committee in Glassboro.
Guzman said he believed police pulled him over in March for ignoring a stop sign in South Harrison because his license plates were from Pennsylvania, where registration requirements are not as strict. Then, he said, police went so far as to ask for ID from his friend, Aurelio Torres, 30, who was a passenger in the car. The officer arrested Torres after checking his Mexican ID against a national crime database.Police Chief Warren Mabey said Torres had the same name as a wanted criminal. At the station, officers sorted out the truth, released Torres and never called immigration officials. Still, Torres said the experience left him -- and others -- with an aversion to the police.
';You say you are someone and they don't believe you just because you're Hispanic,'; he said. ';When they stop someone, they shouldn't be racist.';
Jimenez, 29, was arrested in August after an officer who pulled him over for speeding in Evesham saw an outstanding warrant for his arrest from four unpaid speeding tickets.
Jimenez said he hadn't paid them because money was tight a few years ago.
Why do advocates 4 illegals believe false documentation is not suppose to be a crime or a felony for illegals?
It's amazing isn't it. they come here illegally then they want to be treated as if they are legal citizens with all the rights. You break the law, you pay the price. The illegal should be held accountable exactly as a citizen would.
When the police stop someone for a Traffic violation they check ID of all adults in the vehicle. It's a common practice, it isn't being racist.
I am so sick of their racist excuse for breaking the law and getting caught. ';I wasn't doing anything you just stopped me because I'm Mexican';. Is that a 5 year old or an adult?
I was just reading some of LaRaza's info and they state ';Our affiliates are working every day to help hispanic immigrants intergrate fully into American Society by providing Eng Lang classes, civic classes, and naturalization services.';
If they are offering these services doesn't that tell you the illegal knows the documents are fake and illegal?Why do advocates 4 illegals believe false documentation is not suppose to be a crime or a felony for illegals?
I know it's B.S. All you can do is write your congressman, so they can toughen up our immigration laws.
the advocates are just working to keep the money train running
can someone tell me why illegals cant get an id or a driver license
that's an easy way to identify them if they are criminals
you know where they live and you can go arrest them
if they don't have an id where can you look for them??
Round them up and get them out of here one by one. In my state, they want to give them Driver's Licenses (I have a Democratic governor). Does that make sense - let illegals have a valid form of ID? The problem is that no one wants to lose that Hispanic vote so they won't lay down the law.
Because they are full of excuses and they have blinders on. They refuse to see the damage being caused to the US because of this illegal immigration plague.
The concepts of personal responsibility and accountability for one's actions is a foreign concept to them.
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