Immigration Chronicles

That just puts more of a tarnish on our image. If these guys commit crimes, convict them, sentence them. But treating them inhumanely is not going to help their cause. Sheriff Joe is another media hound dog. What good does do this do for the American people? Send them back fine but parading them in front of millions is supposed to do exactly what? Guess we haven't learned from our many mistakes.
"Shackling and marching fellow human beings for all to see is not in line with the values of the American people. While Guantanamo (Bay) is being closed, another one is being started in Arizona," Kevin Appleby, the Director of Migration and Refugee Policy with U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said."

Way to go Sheriff. We need to do this with all of the inmates so that they will not like being inmates and not commit crimes.

Thank you, Sherrif Arpaio. Finally, someone with a set of cahones big enough to let these criminals know that what their doing is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. We need more law enforcement officials like him who are not afraid to be politically correct and are willing to keep America a great nation.

Way to Go, Joe! You are DOING what has to be done to curb the tide of illegal immigrations, if not in the country, then in your county. We need more people in the country like this.

I dont see anything wrong with it. But why not do something to people who deserve it like child abusers. Parading these people isn't doing anything wrong.

Nice photo. The inmates seem to be enjoying the notariety. Reading of immigration law seems appropriate.

Hey they look pretty happy to be part of the parade.

This is PERFECT!

Good for Sheriff Joe...

So this is such a violation of human decency that the Chronicle published a photo without protecting the inmate's identity? I smell agenda driven "journalism".

This should be the standard! These people broke the law! Sherriff Arpaio is a hero!

Enjoy it while it last xenophobes because this will probably be Sheriff Joe's last term. I really doubt he will be able to get re-elected at 80 years old in 2012 no matter what publicity stunts he pulls. So sit back and enjoy the show because I think it's just going to get more outrageous every year.

YES! we need more of this! Besides they arent being treated any different than the other criminals in that jail. This sheriff is known for his tactics, does an illegal criminal deserve better than an american criminal?

WAT TO GO JOE, SHOULD PUT THEM IN PINK UNDERWEAR AND WALK THEM THERE AND BACK A COUPLE OF TIMES JUST MAYBE THEY MIGHT WANT TO GO BACK FROM WHERE THEY CAME FROM.

Why should we pay for them? He should have put them on a train and sent them to Mexico City and Guatemala and all points in between.

What a great sheriff.

Wild Bill

"Shackling and marching fellow human beings for all to see is not in line with the values of the American people. While Guantanamo (Bay) is being closed, another one is being started in Arizona," Kevin Appleby, the Director of Migration and Refugee Policy with U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said.
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If they don't like the punishment, don't do the crime. And yes, Illegal Immigration IS a crime.

Way to go Sheriff Joe! That is all I have to say.

Way to go sheriff Joe, God, how I wish you were a sheriff in Texas. These people are prisoners and they belong in a chain gang, keeps them from running off and someone having to chase them. I only wish every state in the union had a Sheriff Joe. I am actually thinking about retiring in Arizona mostly because of the great man, maybe some relief to be had somewhere from the infestation of illegals dragging this country into a cesspool.

you can tell Kevin Appleby, the Director of Migration and Refugee Policy with U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, to round up all the catholic priests who have molested unsuspecting children and teenagers,and add them to the Sheriff's chain gang

Welcome to America.....

This sheriff should be paraded like a dog and see how he likes it.

I got an idea...Don't break and enter, Don't forge documents and lie, Don't cheat our system, Don't steal from America because your Country isn't as good...it's the 10 commandments...8,9,10...
8. Thou shall not steal
9. Thou shall not bear false witness
10. Thou shall not covet
Send them home and save their eternal souls, the whole World is not their Catholic Church where they can go once a year and ask a Priest for forgiveness...Get forgiveness from Americans by leaving and according to the Bible paying back twice what you have stolen...

Joe Arpaio 2012

Here's an idea: Offer them to stay in prison for 4 years, straight time, or serve the Army/ USMC as Infantry for 5 years and then get legal residency and then they can file for permanent residence and become productive members of our society? Sounds crazy, I know, but just an idea...Or lock them up, send them home, and then lock them up again when they come back and continue to waste our money like this?

What, Did the Sherriff Do something wrong? or did you hear the word ILLEGAL Immigrants. So I guess you will not have to join the chain gang if you come into US legalllllllll

Good! They need to be put on a chain gang regardless to pay back some of the costs they have incurred to my country by breaking into it.

Good for Sheriff Joe....We need more like him..

These people WHO ONLY THINK OF MY RIGHTS are about
2 million miles off base. These Illegals are in
violation of OUR LAWS when they sneak into the USA. They want to get all the benefits afforded to US CITIZENS, but don't want to do it the RIGHT WAY. Tattoo them and send them back to where they came from, and if they return again take drastic action against them

This is very degrading!! Why doesn't he go do this to child molestors or murderers? People who have actually committed a crime?? He needs to be put off sheriff, someone in Arizona please dethrone him!!!! Get him out of your jail system!! Put more important matters to work, other than some measely immigrants & parading them around like a prize from hunting season!!

If Sheriff Arpaio were in charge of the Department of Homeland Security we could begin to see some REAL enforcement of our immigration laws.

If everyone understood the costs of illegal immigration to this country and the violence inflicted on Americans by illegal aliens, there would be an even greater outrage than the one that stopped the amnesty last year.

Until the new Harris County Court House was built all of the jail inmates were taken in a chain gang across the public streets were anyone could see them. This was just the way it was, and nobody thought this procession violated human rights. So if this is the best way to move the illegal aliens to tent city, so be it.

Last time I checked, criminals don't have rights. There was nothing harsh about this, no one was injured or died. Embarrassment, definitely!!! They're in this country illegally which goes back to my first comment. They are criminals!!!!

G-man there are already programs such as what you mention where folks can get a fast track to green card and citizenship if they join the military. And it doesn't sound crazy, because many of these illegal immigrants came from Mexico, and Mexican Americans have served in the military with great valor and distinction, having won more Congressional Medals of Honor than any other ethnic group. However this Sheriff Arpoho is a big showman, and mainly full of himself. If he keeps getting attention, he'll keep doing more, but nothing that he does makes a difference--it's just a show to appeal to the lowest common dominator.

Your right Argelia, this is degrading. However, keep in mind this quote from the article: "According to Arpaio the inmates will not be treated any differently than other inmates". I have visited AZ many times, you see this with other inmates but, as usual, the media is sensationalizing these people. They do deserve the same rights as those in GITMO, and that would be NONE. They are not citizens. Having them here is costing tax dollars; they should be breaking rocks.

Two words:

Media W**re

I just love Sheriff Joe.

Jason- thanks. I know that me and my brother came to this country when we were kids and once we hit 18, he joined the USMC and I, the Amry, both as Infantry and both ended up as Machine Gunners, go figure that. Anyways, we both always appreciated what this country did for us and our family, so it was only right that we serve her in the military. I bet that many of the illegals don't know about serving in the military, since their numbers are low, and that way, they can both get on the fast track and serve this great nation. Wonder how many of these Naturally born chicken hawks ever served?

As Brazoria County becomes more and more saturated with the influx of illegal aliens, we need a sheriff who is on the same page as Sheriff Joe Araipo. I have lost my job three times in a row because of employers who would rather pay an illegal alien less than me. If President Hussein wants to pass a stimulus package, the best one he could come up with would be one that rounds up and deports all the illegal aliens. It is mainly the illegal aliens that have eroded the foundations of our economy. Sheriff Joe knows this, and is approaching a solution to the problem in the only way he can under the circumstances. And the bleeding heart liberals are a major obstacle to the solution of the overall problem.

Great job. This should be done across the country.

take them to Joe's house in pasadena......

see some real vigilante justice!!!!

hahahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahhah

Bleeding hearts need to shut thier "pie hole".

Someday our current population will be over-run with illegal's if we don't stop it now.

Think about your children and grandchildren before shieding a tear for these outlaws.

Hopefully hero sheriff Joe gets caught slipping soon.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, he's my hero! We need more top officials like this all around the country to deter and humiliate the criminals of this country! If your going to commit a crime/break the law, we the law abiding public are going to have a hell of a time making fun of you and treating you as if you are scum!!!!! More power to you Sheriff Arpaio!!!!!

Let's see...

sambo, Roughneck Bob, mari, and Argelia Moctezuma:
You're all outnumbered by every commentor on this board. Does that tell you something? And don't give us this xenophobe garbage either Roughneck...it doesn't fly. These illegal immigrants came to this country and committed crimes and that's why they are in jail. And when you are a victim of one of these people like my family was, you'll change pro-illegal immigrant nonsense. This is affecting you too.

There is sure a chitload of them! What's so humiliating about the criminals being paraded from one end of the place to the other? Not like we all don't see the illegals parading around all over our cities and towns and not to mention protesting in our streets waving their country of origin's flag! I don't think that Americans being detained in a foreign country for the same crime would be treated any better as a matter of fact this would be a welcome treatment if this is the worst that they would have to endure!

Way to go JOE! That is the way these criminal scumbags need to be treated. Hopefully they won't enjoy their stay and will think twice about coming back here illegally. The next time abide by our laws!!!!

Good for the sheriff. They ARE breaking the law. They ARE illegals. Chain'em and send them back.

Great job joe!

Its inhumane that us American tax payers pay for the cleanup, pregnancies, welfare, car insurance, etc. of these people.!

That's the real crime.

This is not the way America was built into history's most powerful nation...but it is the way it will decline.

These are not illegal immigrants - they are legally challanged visitors (Democrats definition).

The nature of all incarcerations at any county jail are designed to inhibit future visits. (See Rambo 1st Blood) Desperate measures for desperate times I suppose is his thinking. Something should have been done about this long ago but the voters keep sending him back. They're the ones to question. BTW-there ain't too many bleeding heart liberals in Texas, let alone Brazoria county. A Texas liberal may not believe in the death penalty but they'll kill you in their backyard at night. I am a Democrat and so is my wife. She thinks land mines and cattle cars will help the illegal flow rate to lower drastically. I think an active chip in their passport will help w/the rest, but none of this will work with our past govt's polices. Send 'em back and tell to fix their own country or die trying. In the mean time, women here need to demand access to the selective service registration for their gender.

if these are american values, then we deserve what we get.

We need 254 Sheriffs like that here in Texas and a AG that will back them.

Way to go Joe !! About time people took crime serious

Why can't we do this to Conservatives?

KIND OF REMINDS ME OF THE JEWISH CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN GERMANY DURING THE HITLER ERA...ONLY THE FACES HAVE CHANGED. FOR SHAME ON THIS SHERIFF. These people are mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers to someone. No one under any circumstance should be treated as disrespectfully. Most of them come to this country to find work. There is no work in Mexico. What can anyone expect from hungry people?

I wonder what will be happen if the native Americans -including the Mexican population have been taking the same measures back to 1770s.

Waaaayyyy to go Sheriff !!!! proves you can have a political position AND go-nads at the same time....

Good Job Sheriff....please run for President of the U.S. in 2012...............
to all that hink this is wrong, ALL prisoners are handcuffed and shackled while in transport.........

Joe for president

I'd like to buy a T-shirt that says, "Sheriff Joe Arpaio ROCKS!"

You GO Sheriff Joe! At least there is one LEO on American's side! The libs can't stand to see so many of their pets like his but tough nutz! They are convicted criminals all and we have a Constitutional right to see their faces.
We need more Sheriffs like this one! He has the right attitude; Protect America!

TODAY IS THE MEXICAN AMERICAN, TOMORROW WHO KNOWS.

They moved people from point A to B which only took 15 minutes on foot. So, what exactly is wrong?

Should they have broken them into small groups and done it 5 at a time taking upwards of 10 hours?

I know, maybe they should have driven them in pattywagons and spent the gas to vill dozens of vehicles to drive 2 minutes.

Or is it because they are being segregated... Because last I check with segregate all criminals from society... Are we complaining that criminals shouldn't be segregated from criminals now?

Take it as it is people, an efficient transfer from point A to point B...

Are these men who have been incarcerated because they entered this country illegally, or is it also because they have committed felonies? The article doesn't really say.

Hooray for sheriff Joe Arpaio!! This country needs a lot more just like Him.

If Joe is going to do this to the Mexicans, he ought to do this to all the others that come into this country. I am hoping this will end his career as sheriff in Arizonia because higher ups will see this, as I did and people will demand that he should resign as Sheriff.

Rosa,

You have blown this way out of proportion and compared illegal immigrants with rights to individuals who were starved to death, burn to death, and tortured to death...

Congratulations on trying to bring people to your cause but please be considerate and accurate...

WHAT THIS SHOWS IS A COMPLETE LACK OF COMPASSION BY THIS SHERIFF.............................

To treat individuals so disrespectfully not only instigates the maltreatment of all immigrants but also shows the sheriff's complete lack of compassion for another human being. We cannot assume to know why these prisoners are in chains, yet I would suspect that these men are in the country for anything from crossing the border to work to ... No human being should be paraded around like this. This sheriff lacks the judgement necessary to run the prison. He should be dismissed from duty.

He treats all his prisoners the same way. The illegals want the same rights, they got em.

Great work Joe!! Finally someone who isn't getting sucked into the political correct bullshit. They should be humiliated, they are criminals.

All those who are anti-immigrants must watch this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhEl6HdfqWM

Shame on all!

Keep rounding them up Joe. Good job. Give them all a little pink tutu for the bus ride home.

Ole' Joe is getting old. I hope there are others to continue his ways after he retires. He is what we need here.

Now THAT is the most entertaining thing I have seen all day. It gives me hope that there is at least one elected public official out there, who is not afraid to stick it in the face of the "politically correct" crowds, and take on a very real, and growing concern for most American citizens.....I have to admit, he is a bit unorthodoxed, but effective.

Parade them right back across the BORDER where THEY BELONG!

Wow, I have never seen this many postings on this blog and the overwhelming majority are for Sheriff Joe. Give you a clue, illegal supporters, where our sentiments are? I hope our new sheriff will get the message as well. WE ARE SICK OF ILLEGALS AND HAVE NOTHING BUT DISTAIN FOR ILLEGAL SUPPORTERS! AND THAT IS THE TRUTH...hey, you have problem with this treatment then don't come here illegally and I have even less respect and compassion for those that support illegals!

ross, i am jewish and don't you dare try to compare this to the concentration camps of WWII.

these people might be mothers, fathers, siblins, and relatives of people, but they are HERE ILLEGALLY!!!

no work in mexico? go south, not north to the U.S.

There are plenty of people who come to this country and attempt to be here legally..those are the ones who take pride in themselves and the opportunities this country can provide.

to those that are calling these immigrants; they are illegal aliens..there is quite a difference.

how is shackling people to chains taking away human rights?? it looks like a lot of the people in the picture are smiling or posing nice for the picture.

Hopefully hero sheriff Joe gets caught slipping soon.-Illegal Amigo

Likewise.

Sherrif Arpaio for Mayor of Houston !! It's payback time for all these illegals running around here raping, stealing, and murdering taxpaying citizens.

Good job. Keep up the good work, Joe

David in Chester:

Many illegals are arrested for being an accessory to smuggling. Most commit other crimes while they are here; in their sociopathic mindset, they are doing nothing wrong.

All those who are anti-immigrants must watch this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhEl6HdfqWM

Shame on all!

Posted by: GOPundit at February 5, 2009 01:25 PM
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OK...I watched it...and??

Why are these people still in the United States? If they've been found guilty of being here illegally, they should be deported immediately!

The village in Arizona is missing its idiot.

Interesting. This is in the same state whose Senator was paraded (and abused)through numerous villages and the streets of Hanoi when shot down over 'Nam during that war. And we decried that as inhumane and uncivilized. Guess the world has changed, eh?

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good for Joe.

Yeah enjoy your time in the sun closet racists. the NY times had it right when it said racists have been hiding behind the "we're just against illegals" badge. There would have already been an amnesty but you guys exploited 9/11 to hide behind your racist agenda as well.

These people are human beings whose only crime is to want a better life. Many came here as children too without any choice and this is the only country they know. So here is what's going to happen: these people are eventually going to be legalized because it's the right thing to do and they contribute to this country. So you can hold on kicking and screaming the way your parents did when blacks wanted rights, or you can join the side of the good and give these people their freedom.

The choice is yours, but then there are many people in Texas who don't think the slaves should have been freed. This is modern day slavery since when the choice is between your family starving and crossing the border illegally, there really isn't much of a choice.

Our enlisted men and women of the United States Military forces are living in tents in Iraq, and have been doing so for almost 6 years.

I find it disturbing that the illegal alien "rights" lunatics think housing illegal aliens in tents is so "inhumane", yet not once has any one of them whined, or cry-babied, or protested about the heroic men and women of our US military being housed in tents in the Iraq desert.

You illegal alien sympathizers are ludicrous.

Johnny:

Save your bleeding heart liberal bs for someone else. Being against ILLEGAL immigration does not make one a racist. Nothing wrong with wanting immigration done legally and for immigrants to assimilate into OUR culture. We do not want this country to become like their former country.

Stay out of my state and country illegally and you won't have to go there.
ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE ALL CRIMINALS.
JOE FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!

good for Sheriff Joe - - he is the only bastion of true law enforcement left in the US

Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time. Or the deportation, as the case might be.

And it's up to you to worry about your anchor babies being left behind, not me. They should be deported with you until they are 18, and then they alone should be allowed to come back to the U.S.

Did anyone actually read the story?



"Approximately 200 convicted illegal immigrants handcuffed together are moved into a separate area of Tent City, by orders of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, for incarceration until their sentences are served and they are deported to their home countries Wednesday in Phoenix."



These are CRIMINAL illegal aliens, they are being incarcerated to serve a sentence for committing other crimes (like burglary, theft, assault etc.) , not for being in the country illegally. Sheriff Joe is treating them no differently than he would treat a citizen of this country who had been convicted of the same crimes. How did it escape everyones attention that this is not an ICE detention facility, but an Arizona Criminal Justice facility? The media as usual is trying to "make news" by sensationalizing the fact that this group of prisoners happens to be illegal aliens.

If you don't live in Arizona & in fear of what crime the next illegal is going to do, you don't have a right to complain about this! These are NOT "Mexican Americans", they are ILLEGAL MEXICANS! Why is that so hard to understand? We love Joe & the fact that all those jailed by him are not handled like they are in the country club!
Wake up America!

I applaude the sheriff for his tactics. The poor illegals...sniff sniff...Bullshit...The reason so many criminals and illegals commit crimes is because of our permissive liberal government. Jail is not meant to be fun...It is punishment!!! If they are degraded, so be it...They should have not commited the crime and they would not be there. Get real. If one came to your home and raped the women there, would you feel so sympathatic? I think not...When we start treating criminals like criminals, maybe they will stop commiting the crimes and returning to the prison system...

"The village in Arizona is missing its idiot."
Posted by: miemaw

...and I'm sure they miss you. When are you going back?

These people are NOT in prison for being illegal immigrants. The are criminals convicted of crimes. Mostly, serious felonies. If they are merely illegal immigrants, they are sent straight back to their home countries. Take a look at the kind of ugly things these men have done before you feel too sorry for them.

You go Joe! Criminal aliens are just that, criminals and illegal aliens. If they don't like it maybe they won't come back.

I think Joe needs to take this show on the road...say to Washington DC for all the Libs to get in a lather about...what a great way to make a point. Keep it up Joe and don't let the whiners stop you!

I don't think Americans are anti-immigration but anti-illegal immigration.

Yes, Sheriff Joe may be a publisity hound. But coddeling these crimminals will not keep them in line. These guys are usually repete offenders. They have no reguard for our laws or our way of life. All they care about is themselves and that is that. So if you make them ashamed, maybe, just maybe they will think next time.

I lost my job in NYC as a house painter to an illegal immigrant who had five roommates and could survive on half the pay. He bragged how he was sending his money to Mexico where his wife was building a house.

Meanwhile I'm out of a job and I'm an American.

Kick the Hispanics out of the country!

Not sure who is the bigger Putz...Joe, or Obama.

Thank God for Sheriff Joe, we need thousands more like him!

thank you, yeah im also tired of all this bull - get out!! idiots that believe this to be an outrage - i suggest being put in chains yourself if you feel so strongly about these poor illegal thugs - that have come over here and have cost the tax payer's 600.50 billion dollars in just health care alone.... pffffffff this country has lost its guts period.

IT'S ALL GOOD BECAUSE MANY OF YOU ARE ALREADY CHAINED TO THE GANG OF EVIL, SICK MINDED AND SATAN WORSHIPING HERD. YOU THAT CLAIM THE 7/8/9TH COMMANDMENT, YOU MAKE GOD SICK. WHAT ABOUT THE REST INCLUDING THE 2 NEW COMMANDMENTS. FOR ALL OF YOU WHO PROFESS CHRISTIANITY, TUFF LUCK YOU WORSHIP AN IMMIGRANT WHO CAME TO THIS WORLD NOT BEING OF THIS WORLD. ENJOY YOU STUPID NATIONALISTIC MINDSETS...READ DANIEL CHAPTER 2. GOD'S EMPIRE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WILL BE ETERNAL!

Its Interesting how so many liberal Americans don't understand what obeying the law means...

IT IS NOT OK FOR PEOPLE TO ENTER HERE ILEGALLY. BUT IT IS WORSE TO MISTREAT THE ALIENS AND HURT THE DIGNITY OF ANOTHER HUMAN. IMMIGRATION LAWS ARE OUTDATED, OBSOLETE AND NEED TO BE CHANGED. THESE LAWS ARE NOT A GOOD EXCUSE FOR HATRED AND ABUSE. THE IMMIGRANTS ARE NOT STEALING ANYTHING, THEY WANT A CHANCE IN LIFE. THEY RISK MUCH TO COME HERE ONLY TO FIND PUBLIC HUMILIATION LIKE THIS. THIS IS NAZISM. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO STOP THIS SHERIFF FROM THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOUR.IT IS INHUMAN AND UNGODLY. IT IS REPULSIVE. I SINCERELY HOPE THAT HIGHER AUTHORITIES INTERVENE. THE PEOPLE WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS KIND OF ABUSE TOO MUCH LONGER.

I agree with this comment:
"I watched this event from ten feet away. These inmates were moved maybe 100 yards from a building to the entrance of tent city. There were 50 heavily armed police officers, two police helicopters, and all of the requisite media circus lapping it up. The whole event was so anticlimactic because it was a non event. In any other state this would be standard day to day operations. Under Sheriff Joe, however, it is an opportunity to be on television. It was quality entertainment."

In addition, these guys are handcuffed and chained like any other criminal is. What's the difference? Also, they did not need buses to move these guys 100 yards. How idiotic would that be?

He has so many illegal aliens to deal with, that walking them 100 yards was much simplier.

I just love a parade! Don't you?

Nothing else seems to deter these pieces of crap from living in damned near a jungle and thinking the rest of us are here to abuse as they see fit.

The old stocks and pillories permitting scofflaws to be the targets for tomotoes, sticks, garbage, etc., were effective; more so than any punishment we have now. You know what? No one viewed those as "cruel", only incredibly embarrassing.

"THE IMMIGRANTS ARE NOT STEALING ANYTHING,"
Posted by: Wil

You're right. The Immigrants aren't stealing anything. In case you missed the point of the article, Wil, these are ILLEGAL immigrants who committed crimes in America, which included stealing, as well as rape and murder. Get it? See the caption under the picture? It says "Illegal" Immigrants"...that's the issue here. Um, shouldn't you be helping mommy with the chores today?

Rights? Treating them inhumanly? I'm sorry but once you break the law and get sent to any State or County Prison you shouldn't have any rights. No TV, no cigarettes, no work out equipment and yes they should be in black and white striped outfits so everyone who sees them will know that they are a prisoner. And they should be paraded around in chains and made to work in chain gangs to help clean up the city's around there prison. Any city that has a prison in it should get free labor from the prison to paint curbs, pick up trash or dig ditches. You want rights, don't break the law or enter our country illegally. I think any illegal alien caught in our country should be sent to one of these chain gangs for two years before they are deported. And if they get caught a second time, make it four years and so on. My grandparents came to this country from Europe and they did it legally why can't they?