Illegal Immigrants Charged With Trespassing

This is great! A small town New Hampshire police chief is gathering national attention for his creative approach to a touchy subject. Illegal Immigration has become a growing problem in this country with over 8 MILLION illegal imigrants — almost half a million of whom are "fleeing" deportation. Opponents point out the large security risk such lax enforcement creates in a post 9/11 world. Proponents claim that enforcing immigration law would create racial/ethnic atrocities and that illegal immigration should be overlooked since most illegals are simply looking for work. This article is great because it shows that small communities can still handle things themselves without needing the Federal Government for every exigency. Which is the true reason the ACLU is concerned. Not fears "that a police chief has the right to set federal policy", but that people might realize that local governments could set their own policy instead of wringing their hands waiting for the feds. The ACLU has been learning that the American people are not as easy to control as the Federal government. …Chamberlain was nudged into action in the summer of 2004, when he stopped a van for speeding along New Ipswich's short main drag. He found 10 Ecuadoran men inside, all of whom readily admitted they lacked legal papers. Chamberlain placed a phone call to ICE. "The feds were, like, 'Whatever. Just give them a ticket and let them go,' " Chamberlain said. "I was shocked." After that, the chief sat down with a local prosecutor and tried to find a legal foothold. They settled on New Hampshire's trespassing law, which states: "A person is guilty of criminal trespass if, knowing he is not licensed or privileged to do so, he enters or remains in any place"…