Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Soldiers have been deployed throughout Italy to fight violent crime committed by illegal immigrants

By the time it is fully effective, the effort will flank regular police officers and the military police with 3,000 troops, a visible signal to citizens that the government “has responded to their demands for greater security,” Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa said in an interview on the Italian Sky News channel. The conservative government of Silvio Berlusconi won elections in April 2008 while promising to crack down on crime and illegal immigration. The new patrols of soldiers, who are not empowered to make arrests, do not seem aimed only at illegal immigrants, though the patrols were deployed to centers where illegal immigrants are housed.

Hat tip, Randall Parker!

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