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According to the Associated Press, $4 million worth of cocaine was seized from a Mexican national during a traffic stop in Forsyth County, Georgia.

[Forsyth County Sheriff Ted] Paxton said Patrol Deputy Lawrence Tanner spotted a light extended cab pick-up truck making an illegal lane change on Buford Highway at Highway 400.

Tanner noticed the driver was a Mexican national with a Mexican driver’s permit in a locally registered vehicle and in the vehicle were several suitcases in plain view.

When searched, deputies found they held 60-kilo packages of cocaine.

“In our terms it turns out to be 132 pounds, that’s 132 pounds of cocaine, and in and of itself is the largest seizure of cocaine in Forsyth County,” Paxton said.

Deputy Tanner charged 45-year-old Justo Alberto Lazano-Schadtler of Mission San Carlos, Mexico with failure to maintain a lane, but he is in jail without bond for trafficking in cocaine.

Previously:

• February 2007: $89,600 meth delivery seized in Gainesville, GA
• February 2007: 1000 pounds of marijuana seized in Athens, GA
• November 2006: $9 million in cocaine and crystal meth seized in Lilburn and Lawrenceville, GA
• November 2006: $29,600 in cocaine seized in Gainesville, GA
• November 2006: $497,000 in cocaine seized in Gainesville, GA
• October 2006: $27 million in cocaine and crystal methamphetamine seized in Clayton County, GA
• September 2006: $10 million in cocaine seized in Gainesville, GA
• August 2006: $50 million in crystal meth seized in Gainesville, GA
• August 2006: $25 million in crystal meth seized in Buford, GA

              

In a baffling move, it appears that President Bush and other “get-tough” Republicans appear poised to propose indefinite amnesty for immigration law breakers and. Interestingly enough, the Associated Press calls this a ‘conservative plan’, conservative I guess in the sense that it does not grant immediate retroactive citizenship on anyone breaking the law.

Under the plan, undocumented workers could apply for three-year work visas, which the plan dubs “Z'’ visas. They would be renewable indefinitely but renewal would cost $3,500 each time.

The undocumented workers would have legal status with the visas, but to get a green card, making them legal permanent residents, they’d have to return to their home country, apply at a U.S. embassy or consulate to re-enter legally and pay a $10,000 fine.

Can someone please explain how blocking a path to citizenship, but allowing indefinite work visas to anyone and everyone will either change employer hiring practices or discourage people from flowing in and breaking the laws?

Well anyway, I guess we have some of our first candidates for the “Z” Visa - discovered crammed into a van during a routine traffic stop on I-85 near Buford, GA, 18 suspected illegal aliens arrested in Buford:

A Gwinnett County Police officer discovers 18 suspected illegal immigrants in a van during a routine traffic stop on I-85 in Buford.

The officer initially pulled the van over because it had a paper drive out tag covered in a plastic bag with heavily tinted windows.

Despite a language barrier, the officer was able to determine that including the driver, Cesar Guzman Garciahere, 19, there were 18 occupants inside the van–17 men and one woman.

Inside the van authorities found food wrappers, clothing, and numerous plastic containers filled with human waste. Cpl. Darren Moloney says that leads police to think they were trying to stop as little as possible.

All of the occupants were taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Agents say all 18 were illegal aliens from Mexico. Their exact destination and how they entered the country is unknown.

Not sure why it matters: please issue them a Z Visa, a drivers license, and food stamps immediately. Once you get here, we need you. Oh, and by the way, please dispose of the containers of human waste you’ve been sitting with once you get here.