Our Response to the Posting:
Mr. Gutierrez, Thank you for your positive comments on our website.  I have had a chance to look at your site and it is the opposition to the Federal Program 287(g).  Our site, support287g.com, was created to support the Program as it moves forward.  The Program 287(g) was not created for the purpose of racial profiling.  The Federal Government has given local administrations and law enforcement additional means and another avenue to enforce the law.  By continual reference to profiling made by the opposition, it IS creating a fear in the undocumented communities.  Anyone living in the Village of Suffern should not live in fear.  It is for the CRIMINAL Illegal alien.  The illegal CRIMINAL need not remain among the people they have no respect for.

Your site makes reference to 2 towns where the program was not received well or implemented.  There are currently 47 active 287(g) Memorandum of Agreements (MOA’s), nearly 700 officers have been trained and certified through the 287(g) program and there are more than 90 pending requests as of April, 28, 2008.  Sr. Fran Gorsuch of Good Samaritan Hospital met with Chief Osborn; please speak to him for an updated on that meeting.

Your post states “We will continually dissuade individuals that we feel are leveraging this issue incorrectly on the "con" side of 287g”.  Each time a reference is made to profiling, it implies that this is not a welcoming Village, that people are afraid to live here.  You further state: "How we integrate will determine the greatness of our village."  Help to maintain the history of this Village and Town not implied badness.  Using profiling as the opposition to 287(g) is the fear we are speaking of.  This community is aware of many different types of immigrants around us who are producing and creating good things for us here.  Your site is concerned about the Latino community.  This program does NOT target a particular community; it targets CRIMINALS of all origins who are here illegally.

The only people who should be concerned to live here are CRIMINALS who are illegal.  If they commit and are convicted of a felony they will be sent back to their place of origin.  There will receive due process, upon completion of their sentence they will be deported not released back into our community.  It is a wiser use of taxpayer money.

There is no hatred toward Biensy Rosa; there is opposition to her position.  Her contribution to the community as a merchant is welcome.  We cannot censor the blogs especially anonymous comments.  We do not agree with any rude or derogatory comments.  We expect people to use the power of the petition and their right to vote as means to communicate their position.

We thank you again for your positive acceptance to our site and service of education.  We look forward to the acceptance of the Program 287(g) and what it offers to all.