Posted on 01/04/2011 12:29:57 PM PST by moonshinner_09
Social justice and immigration advocates joined with some Herndon residents Tuesday morning to ask the Herndon Town Council to rescind an ordinance they say violates day laborers' civil rights.
The anti-solicitation ordinance prohibits people standing on town roads to communicate to drivers that they are looking for work, distribute pamphlets or ask for contributions.
The council is scheduled to discuss the ordinance in closed session Tuesday night.
Specifically forbidding people to tell drivers they are looking for work instead of outlawing all communication is a violation of a person's First Amendment rights, said Anita Sinha, an attorney with Advancement Project, which has filed lawsuits in similar cases in the past.
Herndon resident Nancy Ramirez said, through a translator, the ordinance is "discriminatory for everyone who lives in the town of Herndon."
"Rescind this ordinance. In the last election I voted for this kind of change, but it seems the council members are forgetting that commitment to us," said Ramirez, a U.S. citizen and six-year town resident.
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Anita is a nutball ~ she knows very well that American law does not protect commercial speech. At the moment Judge Thomas is the only Justice known to take the position that commercial speech should have the same liberty as private or political speech.
I like not having to dodge illegals and beggars when I drive.
These illegal alien rights people are annoying
as if outlawing all communication wouldn’t violate peoples rights.... sheesh.
You know that when the red light on the back of a vehicle turns on, it is a communication to indicate that the vehicle is slowing down and/or stopping....
road signs are also a form of communication that say STOP! or ‘don’t drive faster than this’.
should this be banned too??
“immigration advocates” = invasion collaborators
I’ve got mixed feelings about this. I applaud the effort to stop illegal alien invaders from earning illegal wages while being a blight on the community. However, I’m not sure a person who has the legal right to seek work, or distribute pamphlets or seek contributions should be forbidden from doing so.
Perhaps a free permit should be required to engage in these activities. To receive the permit, an individual would simply need to prove they are legally permitted to live and work in the United States.
Also, why not make hiring stations (like the one’s some municipalities have set up for illegals) where the workers would be required to show proof of legal status.
Ping!
does this include hookers who stand on the corner and talk to drivers to get work?
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