Lileks broaches a touchy subject
As well he should.
Well, they said this would happen if we passed NAFTA: illegal Mexcan meth* drives out local, homemade meth. This is the part that always boggles whatever portion of your brain remains unboggled at this late date:“In a routine traffic stop, if a trooper discovers that the person is here illegally, they won’t necessarily detain them. 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS showed this ‘Catch and Release’ approach to law enforcement back in May. Unless police have probable cause, they cannot look for drugs in the car or even send a K-9 unit to walk around the vehicle.”
It’s possible to question this policy and not be one of those people who thinks all illegal immigrants should be sent home tomorrow in 149-mile convoy of black vans, you know.
UPDATE: Here's the article Lileks was referring to--his link doesn't work. You never know what you'll find in these stops. Nice MSM gun illiteracy:
Investigators found a half of a pound of meth, a Tech-9 machine gun and 50 rounds of ammo in a car driven by illegal immigrants in Pine County.It's spelled TEC-9, and it's not a machine gun. It's ugly, yes, but not a machine gun.
* as opposed to the legal Mexican meth that will be authorized under the NAU!!!!!--See Dub