Posted on 07/16/2007 8:28:10 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
Waukegan OK's 287(g)
July 16, 2007 NEWS-SUN STAFF REPORT The Waukegan City Council late Monday night voted to not rescind their previous vote in favor of 287(g). Amid a packed council chambers, with thousands of protestors present both in favor and against the measure, the council voted 8-2 to proceed with plans to obtain 287(g) certification that will allow Waukegan police to initiate deportation proceedings against immigrants who commit serious crimes.
This thing does seem to be really spreading from community to community in America, since the Congress and Administration will not act and the people have had enough.
The "other side", comprised of lawbreakers--with no legitimate say in the internal political workings of our country--and their supporters and facilitators, appear to promise even more demonstrations, boycotts in Waukegan, Illinois, peaceful action and of course, what not. They are whining and crying to the high heavens tonight on Chicago-based news media outlets.
YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m about 1.5 hrs south of Waukegan and am thrilled! I admit I was worried but I am so glad that this happened!
It is starting to happen all over the place. Arizona. Virginia. Georgia. Now Illinois (suburban northern Chicago)., etc. etc., etc. We are on a roll.
I have family in WAUKEGAN! They are thrilled!!! And Grateful to ALIPAC and Ted Hays and everyone who supported this.
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Wow! I live in the NW Chicago suburbs and caught the tail end of this on the news — unfortunately, not enough to know what the all fuss was about. Thanks for posting this. It’s great news!
This is the town near the Naval basic training, right? I try not to be negative but up until now this is one place I never wanted to go back to.
She said, and this is very instructive "we tried demonstrations in the past and it just did not work. It won't work tonight, either" (end quote).
She is admitting that no matter how many they have been turning out in the streets of America over the last year or so, they still cannot get widespread support and that they have lost!
I am curious what the pro-illegal demonstrators will do next. The ones leading them in Red T Shirts (how appropriate) look like the professional communist agitators trained in crowd excitement (professional rabblerousers) and I would not be surprised if they start to radicalize a certain segments of illegals for violent action in Illinois and elsewhere.
Well, that's a heck of a lot better than demonstating, but I'm not sure how much that's going to help them. I don't think God is very sympathetic to lawbreakers. (Render unto Caesar, etc.)
She is admitting that no matter how many they have been turning out in the streets of America over the last year or so, they still cannot get widespread support and that they have lost!
We can only hope! But there are still too many cities and states more than willing to provide some kind of sanctuary or benefits for them. For example, every day you hear about more colleges/universities willing to give them a break on tuition. When I think of how much my parents paid for me to go to college...Ugh!
...I would not be surprised if they start to radicalize a certain segments of illegals for violent action in Illinois and elsewhere.
They can go ahead, make our day, and make complete fools out of themselves. More and more people will be against them.
Yes, it's near Great Lakes Naval Station.
Are YOU and I ever on the SAME SHEET!! ;-)
Now Waukegan has to apply to the Fed Govt for the 287G program, hire new officers to use in the program, or train current officers...the officers are trained in TX or somewhere...It costs about $500 for the training...
Our county applied months ago....Last I heard is that it would be sometime after July 1st before the officers would be hired and start training...isnt it dumb that such a program is not automatic...
The acual training takes about 5 weeks...local LEO learn how to arrest and process illegal aliens and hold them till ICE show’s up to take them...
During the time the illegal aliens are in the custody of the local county jail, the Fed Govt pays for everything...the county gets reimbursed....
This program is a provision of the 1996 Immigration Bill and is finally being utilized...Davidson County (Nashville) started using 287G about 3 months ago..
So much for enforcing the law...
BTW Our new sheriff wanted about $300,000 more in his first budget..He didnt get it...I think our new officers and the 287G program was just axed last week...
And our county is on the new border in SE TN...
U.S. Constitution, Article 4 Section 4:
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,
1. The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.
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Let’s hope that this stance taken by the mayor and city council spreads to other cities across the U.S.
Mayor Richard Hyde was a guest on AM560 WIND http://560wind.townhall.com/talkradio/show.aspx?radioshowid=25
this morning and he said the 90 percent of the protesters were outsiders, with many Chicago, Cook County protesters bussed in to Lake County.
Thousands protest, but city still wants deportation authority
BY BOB SUSNJARA AND JASON KING
Posted Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Waukegan was in the spotlight on the national debate over illegal immigration Monday night through the city’s plan to have police gain special federal deportation authority.
As more than 3,000 people on both sides of the issue chanted on the street outside city hall, Waukegan aldermen and Mayor Richard Hyde voted 8-2 against the idea of reconsidering a vote last month giving permission for police to file an application to enforce the federal immigration laws.
“If we don’t obey the law, we don’t have a country,” said Alderman John Balen, who initially wanted to reconsider but retreated after giving the issue further thought.
Alderman Tony Figueroa, who voted in favor of revisiting the issue, said while he’s against illegal immigration, he has concerns about “demonizing” against certain ethnic groups. He said the federal government is to blame for the growing number of illegal immigrants.
“They (the government) have continued this problem,” Figueroa said, “and now Waukegan is the lightning rod for the entire United States.”
Vietnam War veteran Angel Del Rivero of Chicago listens as Lilia Paredes of Chicago uses a megaphone to translate his words into Spanish to protesters outside of the Waukegan City Council meeting at city hall in Waukegan. (Brett Nadal/Daily Herald)
Police in riot-control uniforms form a line in front of pro-immigration demonstrators Monday evening outside Waukegan city hall. (Brett Nadal/Daily Herald)
The Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston, of Mandell United Methodist Church in Chicago, holds a crucifix pro-immigration demonstrators Monday evening outside Waukegan city hall. (Brett Nadal/Daily Herald)
On Martin Luther King Jr. Drive outside city hall, the decision by elected officials to not reconsider whether to have police pursue the special deportation authority was followed by thousands of protesters filing out and a bilingual prayer that ended with a vow that the fight was not over.
“We will be back,” they shouted alternately in English and Spanish.
The final vote outcome ended a seemingly unprecedented day in Waukegan.
Late in the day, a Lake County judge told the city it had to change the way it was distributing the limited number of tickets available for people to attend the meeting.
Associate Judge Mitchell Hoffmann said the city’s plan to distribute the tickets at the Waukegan Public Beach violated the rights of people who may not have the means to drive to the remote location to pick up the tickets.Supporters numbering in the hundreds filled in an area designated on the north side of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, while 100 yards to the south, thousands of protesters chanted, sang and prayed for upward of five hours.
As the council meeting began, hundreds of police in riot gear, 14 K-9 units and four police officers on horseback filed into the expanse as tensions ratcheted up.
Despite the opposing sides - which took verbal shots at each other from time to time - the protest ended peacefully.
Supporters applauded as the vote was taken.
Police Chief Bill Biang said Waukegan could have summoned up to 300 officers if the crowd got out of control. The evening’s detail included officers prowling the police headquarters roof adjacent to city hall, dogs and four officers on horses.
If Waukegan gains approval from the Department of Homeland Security, the special federal program would allow police to identify, process and detain immigration offenders they encounter on the job. City officials said it might take up to a year to receive federal permission, with rejection a possibility.
Biang said two officers would be trained to enforce the federal immigration laws. He said it would be a way for Waukegan to prosecute suspects in felonies such as homicide, rape and child abuse - not minor traffic offenses.
“You’ve got to remember,” Biang said, “this is for documented and undocumented aliens.”
At a town-hall meeting last month, Hyde pledged the city won’t participate in or condone raids on employers or community institutions. About 1,500 mostly Hispanic spectators attended the meeting at Holy Family Catholic Church, while another 5,000 were outside because of fire code regulations.
However, many in the crowd demanded the city reconsider its vote to seek the special powers to enforce the federal immigration laws.
Some activists have accused Waukegan police of racial profiling in the past.
Several signs carried by Hispanic protesters Monday night reflected a wariness of Waukegan police and city officials.
One sign read: “Forget Iraq. Waukegan Has Its Own Private War with the Mexicans.”
Another placard stated: “Mistrust Unreported Crime.”
Alderman Patrick Needham spoke for some of his colleagues when he said officials just want police to have as many tools as possible when fighting crime. Needham reiterated only accused felons who are illegal immigrants would be targeted by police.
“Not one of us will tolerate any abuses,” Needham said.
Hyde said police, with the federal deportation powers, likely would need one to two weeks to send an illegal immigrant out of the United States. He said the current process is exceedingly slow.
“The immigration office right now doesn’t have the money to deport them,” Hyde said.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/lakestory.asp?id=332038&cc=k&tc=&t=
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