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Houston police Capt. Juan Trevino made the pledge to 400 people who attended a meeting Tuesday night organized by The Metropolitan Organization, an interfaith grass-roots political action group.
Trevino said that "an isolated handful of officers" took immigrants' photographs after a business owner on North Shepherd recently complained that they "were walking on private property."
Addressing the TMO gathering in Spanish and English, Trevino said that the Houston police department will work with the organization to encourage immigrant workers to seek work at the east side day labor center.
"We have initiated a policy where, at this time, we are instructing all officers that they cannot photograph any of the day laborers that are currently out in the field," Trevino said.
After the meeting at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Trevino said the photographs of immigrants involved "an isolated handful of officers — it was maybe only one or two."
"But currently the department has given directions down through the captains to instruct all officers to cease that practice until our legal services investigation ... until that matter has been clarified," Trevino said. ..........................***
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Well I live in Houston in Queenie Jackass Lee's Congressional district. and as far as Im concerned the Minutemen are more than welcome here. In fact I'll probably wind up helping them this fall or at least buy lunch for a few of them. Given the fact that fully a third of all Federal prisoners are illegals, I would say that 'public safety'as defined by Mayor White clearly includes keeping an eye on illegals
"I just don't see how it could work in Houston," said Wanda Schultz, a West University Place resident who participated in patrols in Arizona last April. "How would anybody know who is illegal or legal?"Here's a hint: they'll be standing at the intersection of Bellaire and Hillcroft waiting for a contractor to offer them an under-the-table job.
Hint #2: If you approach them and ask them their name and they respond, "¿Que?" you've got your hombre.
This feigned ignorance on the part of the illegal apologists is quite ridiculous.
But if an American Citizen gets pulled over for a minor traffic violation one of the first things the cop (read dougnut hunter on wheels drawing a public funded salary) asks is- "are there any guns or drugs in the car?"
U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, is about as unofficial, untrained and uncontrolled as I have ever witnessed!
Here's where they gather by my neighborhood: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&country=US&addtohistory=&location=64SjRbxOucKFC7PxxwAt0RXagqzUBS0br4vN3JNPSTafB6QyL4HvQGO3leXuxsJveIQZNt14gMI44d3k18P2eBRt3wVsfKp2LXV4cBdsmBdNuKpKvZS36GDezKoMzV1ldYlYQTgPa5w%3d Conviently located right off of U.S. 59. Lots of new warehouses are being built for all the NAFTA/CAFTA trucks as well since 59 is a primary route to the eastern USA from south Texas.
From the Houston Comical article: " "This is a welcoming community, and (the Minutemen) should let the law do its job," said City Councilman Gordon Quan". What a bunch of barf. Well Gordo, how about you untie the HPD's hands and allow them to ask a criminal about his nationality?
I think the good Councilman Adrian GARCIA has somthing more important to "worry" about. Somthing like if you can't tell the legals from the ILLEGALS then there are too damn many ILLEGALS!