Posted on 09/16/2010 2:56:24 PM PDT by NoLibZone
NOVATO -- Police arrested lawyer and immigration activist Jerome Ghigliotti at Novato's City Council meeting Tuesday night and led him away in handcuffs after the council declared his actions in support of the city's controversial E-Verify ballot measure to be out of order.
Ghigliotti, a spokesman for Citizens for Legal Employment and Contracting, had planned to criticize the Novato council for refusing to place a measure on the Nov. 2 ballot that would require contractors working for the city to determine the immigration status of their employees using a federal database. Although Ghigliotti's group obtained signatures from 12 percent of the city's registered voters -- more than the 10 percent required to place a measure on the ballot -- city officials have declined to sign off on a measure that would conflict with federal law.
As he has in the past, Ghigliotti rose to speak Tuesday during the council's "open time" for public comment -- but turned his back on the council, preferring to address the audience at Novato's City Hall.
His refusal to address the council or respond to its requests led Mayor Jeanne MacLeamy to call a recess. While the council left its chambers, Novato police Chief Joseph Kreins approached Ghigliotti and asked him to stop speaking.
"I told him, 'You need to sit down and stop disturbing this meeting. If not, you will be under arrest,'" Kreins said. "He said to me, 'You do your job and I'll do my job,' and he
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Arrested beacuse he addressed the citizens rather than the council .
surprise surprise. /s
and of course the council hasn’t heard of any illegal immigrants killing citizens and visitors?
Ah! One of the rarest of endangered species.....a good lawyer!
FYI, Novato is in the North Bay, about 65 miles from San Jose.
Peter Zenger: “No nation, ancient or modern, ever lost the liberty of speaking freely, writing, or publishing their sentiments, but forthwith lost their liberty in general and became slaves”
Does it really conflict with federal law, or, are they just saying that..........knowing that they can get away with such a statement.......that the Big Liberal Media won't refute their leftist buds?
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Your are right.
I picked up the South Bay from the google link.
Section 8 USC 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv)(b)(iii)
State and local law enforcement officials have the general power to investigate and arrest violators of federal immigration statutes without prior INS knowledge or approval, as long as they are authorized to do so by state law. There is no extant federal limitation on this authority.
Where is the Fourth Estate?
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Ping!
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