Amapolisa e-Alabama abambe kwaye abambe ngokufutshane umphathi weMercedes-Benz ovela eJamani ngenxa yokungabi nalayisenisi yokuqhuba, etsala ingqalelo kumthetho omtsha we-US ophikisanayo wokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe.
Ngokutsho kwe-Associated Press, umphathi oneminyaka engama-46 ubudala ongachazwanga igama wakwazi ukubonisa ikhadi lesazisi laseJamani xa watsalwa ngamapolisa aseTuscaloosa ngoLwesithathu odlulileyo. Emva koko wabanjwa kwaye wahlawuliswa ngokungabi nesazisi esifanelekileyo njengoko kufunwa ngumthetho omtsha wokufuduka wase-Alabama, oye wagxekwa ngokuba yi-draconian.
Ekugqibeleni, umntu asebenza naye wakwazi ukufumana incwadana yokundwendwela yale ndoda, i-visa kunye nelayisenisi yokuqhuba kwihotele yakhe wayisa emapoliseni, awathi emva koko akhulula isigqeba sikaDaimler, i-Associated Press inike ingxelo.
Ikomkhulu likaMercedes-Benz eJamani likuqinisekisile ukubanjwa, kodwa lalile ukuphawula ngakumbi, libhekisa yonke imibuzo kwi-subsidiary yayo yase-US, ebingafumaneki ngoMvulo kusasa.
“Sivile ukuba akanalo ilayisenisi yokuqhuba kodwa asinalo olunye ulwazi ngoku,” isithethi saxelela iThe Local.
Esi siganeko sibonakala sitsalela kwirhuluneli yase-Alabama, owabiza abasemagunyeni ukuba babone ukuba kwenzeke ntoni, nangona iofisi yakhe yaphika ukuba ibeke uxinzelelo kumapolisa.
Isigqeba sibanjwe kwingxabano ejikeleze umthetho wase-Alabama owapasiswa ngoJuni, obonwa ngokubanzi njengowona ungqongqo eMelika. Uninzi lomthetho, ofuna ukuba amapolisa aqinisekise ubume bomntu wokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe ukuba amagosa “anokurhanela okufanelekileyo” ukuba angaba use-United States ngokungekho mthethweni, uye waxhaswa ziinkundla ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, nangona kukho imingeni evela kumagqwetha enkululeko.
I-Mercedes-Benz iye yakha iimoto kwisityalo esikufutshane neTuscaloosa ukususela ngo-1993 kwaye kwi-2000 ityale i-$ 600 yezigidi (i-€ 445 yezigidi) ekwandisweni kweziko. Ngokutsho kwenkampani, isityalo sibonelela ngemisebenzi engaphezulu kwe-22,000 kwaye i-Alabama ithengisa ngaphandle, ithumela i-1 yezigidigidi zeedola (i-743 yezigidi zeedola) kwiimpahla ezithunyelwa ngaphandle kwihlabathi jikelele.
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- The executive was caught up in the controversy surrounding an Alabama law passed in June, which is widely considered to be the strictest in America.
- Most of the law, which requires police to verify someone's immigration status if officers have a “reasonable suspicion” he or she could be in the United States illegally, has been upheld by courts so far, despite challenges by civil liberties advocates.
- Eventually, a colleague was able to find the man's passport, visa and drivers licence at his hotel and took it to police, who subsequently released the Daimler executive, the Associated Press reported.
