Should advocates who warn illegal aliens with text messages about crime sweeps be arrested,?

Question

for 'interfering with police business'.?

Is this not also aiding and abetting by helping them to avoid detection and remain?

If this would happen to citizens and they were warned, someone would be arrested, why because these are illegal aliens,are they not put in jail?
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Advocate uses texting to warn of Ariz. crime sweeps

PHOENIX (AP) — An advocate for immigrant and civil rights has started using text messages to warn residents about crime sweeps by a high-profile Arizona sheriff.
Lydia Guzman, director of the nonprofit immigrant advocacy group Respect/Respeto, is the trunk of a sophisticated texting tree designed to alert thousands of people within minutes to the details of the sweeps, which critics contend are an excuse to round up illegal immigrants, The Arizona Republic newspaper reported.

Guzman said the messages are part of an effort to protect Latinos and others from becoming victims of racial profiling by sheriff's deputies. Deputies have been accused of stopping Hispanics, including citizens and legal immigrants, for minor traffic violations to check their immigration status.

"Everyone is responsible for sending it out to their own networks, and that is how it spreads like wildfire," Guzman said of the text messages.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has repeatedly said his deputies do not engage in racial profiling, and he publicizes the details of his crime sweeps ahead of time. He said he suspects the real goal of the text messages is to help illegal immigrants avoid arrest.

"This little group of people is (in favor of) open borders, and they don't like what I am doing. That is the bottom line," Arpaio said. "But it isn't interfering with our operations because every time we do it, we still arrest a good number of people, including illegal aliens."

Arpaio has conducted 13 sweeps since March 2008, and deputies have arrested 669 people, about half of whom were held on immigration violations.

The sheriff said his opponents are walking a line between exercising free speech and breaking the law by helping immigration violators avoid detection. He said the texts are possibly even tipping off human-smuggling organizations.

Guzman said she sends the messages to a wide range of groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, Copwatch and various immigrant-rights groups such as Somos America and Puente. She concedes that some who receive the text messages likely use the information to avoid being caught and deported.

Andy Hessick, a constitutional law professor at Arizona State University, said sending warnings to people who might be subject to racial profiling would likely be considered free speech. But sending messages with the specific intent of warning illegal immigrants to help them avoid arrest could be akin to being an accomplice after a crime.

David Hudson Jr., a First Amendment scholar at the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University, said the messages are protected free speech because they are merely letting people know what Arpaio is doing, similar to publicizing DUI checkpoints and speed traps or flashing your headlights when police are nearby.

"That is not unlawful," he said. "It's the conveyance of truthful information."

Answer 1

what this so-called legal hispanic is doing is tipping off the coyote's. what a stupid little person she is. we all know they are not very bright but this women takes it to another level. i say profile every god dame one of them. these people always say they want for a better life but bring there unethical culture and lawlessness into our country then create havoc. deport every single one of them ,anchors away.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

If Im to understand the hispanic caucus leader what will happen is all 11 million will be added in a program for like 8 yrs in this time they can work legally pay taxes and that also gives us a good look at what type of citizens they would be,I,m ok with this IF they enforce it,like say a guy is in program but he beats and rapes someone he should be jailed here and when term is up sent back to mexico 11 million is alot to catch and send back lot of money,money we don,t have to spare really so yeah I could live with this bill.thing is will all 11 million sign up for it or will some want to stay under the radar,we need stiffer laws for those that hire illegal immigrants as well as a stronger border.I know alot of folks is giving Arizona s*** for what they are doing but they may be responsible for forcing capital hill to do something finally

Answer 4

Yes it's called an accomplice by aiding and abetting. A felony under our laws that are applied to everyone, not just a few.

Answer 5

I have to say that this would be considered aiding and abetting. I am against racial profiling but I am also against illigal immigration. If the police have information that leads them to believe that the sweep is conjuction with the pursuit of any illegal activity, I say go for it

Answer 6

They should be arrested for aiding and abetting. That is a crime and is normally punishable by jail time.



I also think the laws should be changed to make it a form of treason to support and aid illegal invaders.

Answer 7

It's not at all wrong for someone to alert someone else of a possible incident that could affect them. I have no problem what-so-ever if someone calls a Latino Radio Station, for example, and announces that on the I-495 Bypass in Washington DC, the police are doing license checks. Or that Immigration is carrying out raids in Arlington, VA (these are just examples I'm citing)



Nothing wrong with that. Text messages? Nothing wrong with that either.



US Government needs to do their job, yes. But all those who think they could be affected by the public services of the US Government also should do what they need to do to feel protected.



NOTHING WRONG WITH IT!!!!

Answer 8

This article only talks about one advocate for immigrant and civil rights, and it doesn't even mention anything about being advocates of illegal immigration.

Answer 9

isint it aiding a criminal in the same way as texting drug dealers that the cops are on the way,

Answer 10

NO! this just saves the tax payers money because there would be less civil rights violation law suits, less racial profiling, and physical abuse by his people. I support it!



Sheriff Joe Apraio is one of the country's most sued sheriff. He's costing his citizens MILLIONS.



http://www.joesgottogo.com/lawsuits.html

The Most Sued Sheriff in America



The lawsuits have cost Maricopa County taxpayers over $42 million. Arizona, with its culture of personal responsibility, is not a litigious place. It is Arpaio’s policies which have cost Maricopa County so much.

Answer 11

http://www.immigrationshumancost.org/ cost of illegals



Yes. We must get these criminals out of the US and back to where they came from. The cost of letting them stay is too much. See above link.



THEY ARE BREAKING OUR LAWS AND ARE CRIMINALS.

Answer 12

lock her up and throw away the key, charge her with acts against this country. send her packing with the criminals she supports.

Answer 13

When you pass a cop do you then flash your lights at oncoming traffic to warn them to slow down, there is a cop sitting up ahead? If so that can be construed to be the same thing. Should you and I, and ever one else who does this be arrested?



~~Donna~~

Answer 14

no, give these guys a fu**king beer :)

Answer 15

Man ! You really hate foreigners