What do you think Police: Illegals responsible for majority of drug trade?

[teyrnon72]

A lot of the stories centered around undocumented immigrants deal with hard-working people trying to make a better life for themselves and their families. While much of that is true, Utah is also being flooded with illicit drugs brought in large part by those in the country illegally.

Most of the groups busted by the Utah County Major Crimes task force are made up of Hispanics, said director Lt. Phil Murphy.

"The majority of them are not residents," he said.

His Weber-Morgan county counterparts have kept statistics on their drugs busts.

Of the 483 busts made between May 2009 and May 2010, 8 percent involved undocumented immigrants. But those 38 people were responsible for 82 percent of the total amount of drugs seized.

Just a few short years ago, Utah was infamous across the country for having a massive number of meth labs. Strict laws have since cut the number a labs nearly to zero. But Murphy says that even at the height of Utah's meth lab days, the state wasn't producing anything like the amounts being brought in from Mexico. They're mixing huge amounts of it in "superlabs," then sending it north. Illegal immigrants are not only bringing it to the country, they're doing it in such a way that they're difficult to catch.

"They're basically assigned to come to this area," Murphy said. "It's a very corporate mentality. A business mentality."

And like anything tied to immigration, there are no easy answers.

State Sen. Jon Greiner, R-Ogden, has tried for years to pass legislation cracking down on gang activity -- often running into resistance from colleagues because of concerns over 4th Amendment rights such as unreasonable searches and seizures.

"Because we're so afraid of being painted with the racial profiling brush, we're not as aggressive as we should be or would be," said Greiner, who is also Ogden's police chief.

He said he doesn't have recorded data to prove it, but 35 years in law enforcement makes him conclude that about 25 percent of illegal immigrants involved in the drug trade are transient, while 75 percent live in the area.
http://heraldextra.com/news/local/article_bc4564db-e4b3-535d-9684-d27d36fee426.html

[donough]

obama knows about mexican drug cartels that come in and out because there is no amnesty.
Obama is suing arizona...
Mexican official is suing nebraska...for wanted to deny illegal immigrant jobs

[fitche]

Like we are always told by the supports or the illegal alien racist la raza nazi KKKlan with a Tan MESSYcans. Their just here to do the jobs we Americans won't do.

Like DRUG DEALING.

[shipley]

If Obama and Holder both have their way each of the illegals will receive amnesty. A vote is more important than laws

[jung-hwa75]

The most power full drug cartel in the world is in Mexico

[janyd]

I'm MEXICAN, i don't understand why society blames Mexico and the people that it's our fault for causing this problem. We get labled as bad just because of all the cartels and drug issue in Mexico. It's not all of Mexico's fault. Mexico is the only country in the south of the US border that touches the US. So you can be from South America, Central American or around the Gulf of Mexico entering Mexico to cross into the US. Not every illegal that Crosses from Mexico is Mexican. Mexico just happens to be by the US.People should seriously stop judging us and say Mexiacn this and that. That's just bull. Yes there are drugs problems in Mexico but there are not all mexicans. people should do more research. And yeah, alot of illegals are resposible for the drug trade. That's there job but not every illegal does that.

[tonibraxton]

I hung out with illegals for years, and I can tell you for a fact that 98% of the cocaine is being smuggled in by illegal hispanics, mostly Mexicans.

[bocley]

Mexico makes most of its gdp off of America in more ways then one.If we shut all the money flow to Mexico maybe they would finally be forced to fix there problems at home ending the need for us to have to deal with it and stop us from always looking like the bad guys.

[link]

would not have a drug trade problem if the people HERE would just stop BUYING AND USING THEM......