Alabama (“Show me your papers” state) arrests "wrong" immigrant. Oops.

[The T]

Ala. city drops immigration law case against Mercedes-Benz exec arrested under new crackdown - The Washington Post

Republicans who support the immigration law say it will help create jobs for legal Alabama residents by driving away illegal immigrants, but some business leaders and critics of the law contend similar arrests could hurt economic development in the state by making it a less-attractive location for foreign companies.

After Alabama Arrests Mercedes Executive, St. Louis Paper Tries To Poach Mercedes Plant For Missouri | ThinkProgress

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch proposed a plan for Mercedes-Benz’s SUV plant in Alabama after one of the automaker’s German managers, Detlev Hager, was arrested under Alabama’s draconian immigration law — move the factory to Missouri instead.

Some business leaders are worried that the extreme immigration law will scare away foreign investors; by 2014, Mercedes will have invested $4 billion in Alabama after opening its first U.S. factory in the state in 1993. And with about 2,800 people employed by Mercedes in Alabama, losing the investment would compound the economic damage the immigration law is already causing in Alabama.

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Didn't we just go through this with Georgia and their losing possibly a billion dollars?

Doncha get tired of Republicans and their "unintended consequences"? This is why being "anti education" is bad. "Consequences" don't matter. It doesn't "occur" to them.

You can't go after everyone with an accent and try to attract foreign business at the same time without "thought" and "study", two things Republicans find "abhorrent". They need neither, because they have a "gut feeling" and "common sense".

The stupid fucker received what the LAW calls for. Stick it up yer ass deany.

 

[Cowman]

Alabama is a huge producer of chicken, illegal immgrants work the houses, transport them to the factory and process them into the huge array of nuggets and pieces you buy in the store. The chicken people are crying the blues, now they have to hire back all the people they fired to hire illegals. Expect chicken prices to go up.

Why would the prices go back up? We've all been told that we should bend over and taken it and accept any wage that is offered to us for a job by a company, and if we don't like it, we can find another job. So surely those Americans will take those jobs and accept the same wage as the Illegals. And if Minimum Wage kicks in... well then so help us god we will strike down that minimum wage law so that our American Workers can work for less! PATRIOTIC!

 

[RetiredGySgt]

While Tuscaloosa police arrested the man last week for not having proper citizenship documents while driving a rental car in the city, city attorney Tim Nunnally said in an email the charge was dismissed after the man later provided the documents in municipal court.

That’s not how due process and our legal system work: lack of identification is not probable cause for a search, much less arrest.

A German national subject to arrest in the United States because he couldn’t produce his papers – the irony is sickening.

He had no driver license. Legally they could not release him to drive the car. As a foreigner he is not a resident of the city or State so they could not release him to return home either.

Amazing how fucking stupid you people are.

 

[The T]

While Tuscaloosa police arrested the man last week for not having proper citizenship documents while driving a rental car in the city, city attorney Tim Nunnally said in an email the charge was dismissed after the man later provided the documents in municipal court.

That’s not how due process and our legal system work: lack of identification is not probable cause for a search, much less arrest.

A German national subject to arrest in the United States because he couldn’t produce his papers – the irony is sickening.

He had no driver license. Legally they could not release him to drive the car. As a foreigner he is not a resident of the city or State so they could not release him to return home either.

Amazing how fucking stupid you people are.

No joke...very stupid/ignorant.

 

[techieny]

rdean posting on turkey day!?

 

[Political Junky]

I'm jealous of Alabama, here in California we need to thin the beaner herd

Then the California crops can rot in the fields like they are in Alabama.

 

[The T]

rdean posting on turkey day!?

He's hiding like alot of Statist Turkeys...

 

[Harry Dresden]

The tough immigration laws in Arizona and Alabama are going to hurt their economies.

Ha, ha,...

yea and those Lax Laws sure have helped California.....

 

[The T]

The tough immigration laws in Arizona and Alabama are going to hurt their economies.

Ha, ha,...

yea and those Lax Laws sure have helped California.....

And after all? You should know, and it is there for all to see...Have you guys been annexed by Mexico yet?

 

[Harry Dresden]

The tough immigration laws in Arizona and Alabama are going to hurt their economies.

Ha, ha,...

yea and those Lax Laws sure have helped California.....

And after all? You should know, and it is there for all to see...Have you guys been annexed by Mexico yet?

some of the border cities like El Centro might as well be.....

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Here's a thought...

SO FUCKING WHAT?

 

[9thIDdoc]

Which is going to cost the auto industry more-union demands or state requirements?

 

[bripat9643]

Some business leaders are worried that the extreme immigration law will scare away foreign investors; by 2014, Mercedes will have invested $4 billion in Alabama after opening its first U.S. factory in the state in 1993. And with about 2,800 people employed by Mercedes in Alabama, losing the investment would compound the economic damage the immigration law is already causing in Alabama.

Liberal Dictionary:
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Extreme - not liberal

 

[The T]

Which is going to cost the auto industry more-union demands or state requirements?

The Former. State demands close second.

 

[bripat9643]

The tough immigration laws in Arizona and Alabama are going to hurt their economies.

Ha, ha,...

You think they are going to move their plant because a newspaper from another state wrote a story?

Probably not. But it could damage the chances for new business that might have thought about moving there.

Doubtful. Businesses locate to the area with the laws that are most favorable to business. Alabama's immigration law doesn't impede the ability of a firm to make a profit in the slightest degree.

 

[R.C. Christian]

You have to love the logic of the crimson turds. You make a law that is, obviously, geared toward Hispanics, then only to have it blow up in your face when see an opportunity to apply it evenly. Good job Alabama.

 

[bripat9643]

No new business should come to Alabama. This man being stopped proves how wrong this law is. I hope his company leaves this red state.

I fail to see how it shows the law is wrong. All he had to do is go back to his hotel and get his passport. The same thing would happen in many other countries. Only those who want to open the flood gates to illegal immigration are opposed.

 

[bripat9643]

While Tuscaloosa police arrested the man last week for not having proper citizenship documents while driving a rental car in the city, city attorney Tim Nunnally said in an email the charge was dismissed after the man later provided the documents in municipal court.

That’s not how due process and our legal system work: lack of identification is not probable cause for a search, much less arrest.

It is if you're a foriegner and not carrying ID is the law.

He was stopped because his car didn't have a license - a violation of the law. When stopped, the police routinely ask to see your driver's license. He didn't have that or any other idea. There was no violation of due process - at all.

A German national subject to arrest in the United States because he couldn’t produce his papers – the irony is sickening.

What irony? If an American citizen traveling in Germany couldn't produce a passport, he would also be subject to arrest.

 

[R.C. Christian]

No new business should come to Alabama. This man being stopped proves how wrong this law is. I hope his company leaves this red state.

I fail to see how it shows the law is wrong. All he had to do is go back to his hotel and get his passport. The same thing would happen in many other countries. Only those who want to open the flood gates to illegal immigration are opposed.

Fair point.