Register for draft, jailed migrants told

[45th Med]

Daniel González

Jan. 13, 2004: (The Arizona Republic) Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, citing war and terrorism concerns, said Monday that he is ordering all undocumented immigrants currently in jail to register for the draft.

Register For Draft, jailed Migrants told

[Sapphocrat]

1. Can he do this?

I know Arpaio gets away with murder (so to speak), but can he do this, legally?

On edit: I guess he can. And while I suppose there's nothing technically wrong with forcing inmates to comply with the Selective Service (never mind what I think about the SS itself), I realize the real reason this grates on me at all is that I can't stand Arpaio.

[burrowowl]

2. Sounds like

empressment. The British Navy used to get people drunk and then drag them on board ship and voila! Same principle.

[mobuto]

9. No, because all males over 18

in the United States are required by law to register with the selective service administration. If he were actually signing a contract for them and empressing them into the armed forces, then yes, that would be very disturbing. This is merely silly.

[Ernesto]

14. And the early days of the USMC.

Ever hear of "Tun's Tavern"?

[Sapphocrat]

16. I'm guessing...

...that was a big "shanghai" spot?

(Apologies if "shanghai" as a verb is offensive to anyone -- I don't know if it is or not, but I'm sure if it is, someone will say so.)

[Ernesto]

18. That's right according to the legend.

Tun's Tavern was the birthplace of the USMC on Nov. 10, 1775. It was (& still is) located near the Philadelphia Navy Yard. It was where an able bodied young man could get plenty of free grog but then wake up aboard ship the next morning.

[tom_paine]

24. Sure, Imperial Amerika is very close to the entityt the Founding Fathers

rebelled against.

MUCH closer, now that we have a mental defective, a bully and a liar for a King.

[Judi Lynn]

3. Sherriff Arpaio isn't worthy of the power he wields in Arizona

He assures himself of reelection regulary by thinking of new ways to torment the people in his charge, from the green baloney sandwiches, to striped uniforms, to chain gangs for everyone, etc., etc., etc.

This entertains and amuses and satiates a lower level of citizenry probably not too far from criminality itself. What other kind of people could take so much enjoyment from considering the prisoners living without air conditioning in tents in Arizona, working on chain gangs, and eating those tasty green baloney sandwiches?

This new power he has taken for himself is far more sadistic. He shouldn't have the ability to force these people to serve as cannon fodder for oridnarily insignifigant crimes.

[DS1]

11. Wait until they find his collection of little shoes...

/Hicks

I have no doubt he's compensating for something really vicious he's doing on his own time.

[JusticeForAll]

4. I HATE THIS STATE!!!!!

I cannot believe that I CHOSE to live here. At least (I think) I have a choice during elections.

[Judi Lynn]

5. Get back to us after November! n/t

[confusius]

20. Tucson is nice

It went for gore in the last election. Of course we have repug reps.

[7th_Sephiroth]

6. This guy really

needs to be forced to live for 1 week in the conditions he treats his prisoners

[LiberalFighter]

22. 1 week not long enough

At least 6 months without medical supervision

[femmecahors]

7. French Foreign Legionesque

Maybe the U.S. should set up an American Foreign Legion. This might solve the prison overcrowding problems. (I think they should decriminalize drugs, to really solve the problem, but that's another issue. And, I'd like to wait on that until AFTER LIMBAUGH spends some time in the slammer.)

Here in France, I was just discussing it the other day with a neighbor, if you are convicted of a crime that isn't a murder or an attack on a human, you have the choice of joining the Foreign Legion. Five years of service, and the offence is wiped off your record.

Foreigners can join, and after five years of service they get citizenship.

But the trick is that it's an option . . . joining the army is not forced upon you. You can choose to go to jail instead.

[ursacorwin]

17. how bad is the FFL?

i mean, is it a living hell or just a regular military? the citizenship thing sounds good for a five year heal in something like our air force...(i was usmc:rotc but didn't take comm)

[hadrons]

8. yeah Sheriff Joe, let's have criminals fight the war on terrorism ....

what a jerk

[NashVegas]

10. Do You Have a Link for the Original Article?

I went to your website and saw the full story posted, but no link. Didn't see it on AZ Central.

I'm not doubting it, I'd just like to have the link to the original source.

[ConcernedCanuk]

12. Mexicans beware, this is what the Texacutioner's "amnesty" is about.

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. Bush has made many MANY references to "jobs that Americans don't want"

And I think the Military is getting very close to being the Number ONE career that Americans may be shying away from



"Vee needz Kannon Fawder" - NOW !!

[ConcernedCanuk]

13. LINK to origonal story

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From the Article:

"There are about 500 undocumented immigrants housed in the county's jail system who have not complied with a 1980 federal law that requires all young men between 18 and 26 to register for the draft, regardless of their immigration status, Arpaio said. An additional 2,300 inmates, out of 8,700 total inmates, will also be ordered to register because they failed to do so earlier, Arpaio said. Arpaio will begin registering the inmates Wednesday at Tent City.

"I can't say that I've ever heard anything like this, but we do appreciate any effort toward compliance," said Dan Amon, a spokesman for the Selective Service System in Washington, D.C.

/snip/ I BET they "appreciate" the effort, specially when enlistment of recruits is not exactly booming !

More from the article:

Amon said, "I think your sheriff may be doing these individuals a favor because registering for the Selective Service is tied to a number of benefits including (citizenship). If they are illegals and they want to (legalize) their status, the first thing they would be asked is whether they registered for the Selective Service."

/snip/

Doing them a favor, hmm

right

[missile_bender]

15. Why doesn't he go after the people HIRING the illegals, and make

THEM join the draft? What, the immigrants aren't saying who hired them?

Unembedded.com

[ElementaryPenguin]

19. Here we go! Scheme behind Bushler's "Guest Workers" scam!

Slave labor & fresh cannon fodder!

:argh:

[stevedeshazer]

21. This sort of thing was common during Vietnam

In my small town, those who got busted for pot were given the chance to volunteer for the military to have the charges dismissed.≥

[noonwitch]

25. It didn't just happen to non-violent defendants, either

Those type of policies during Vietnam led to some really unstable people being sent over there, and coming back even worse off. I'm sure it didn't really help the war effort, either, since those kind of guys were a risk to everyone in their platoon.

[dusty64]

23. Guess this explains

a lot about chimp's "amnesty" plan.