Posted on 01/19/2006 6:08:35 AM PST by kellynla
SANTA ANA As local law enforcement appealed to Latino leaders Wednesday to help with controversial plans to enforce immigration laws, one Hispanic activist threatened protests in Costa Mesa if the proposals are approved.
Nativo Lopez said if the plans are enacted he will ask Latinos to refuse to cooperate with Costa Mesa police through a campaign of "non-confidence and silence," will launch a boycott of businesses within the city, and will hold a mass march and rally there on President's Day weekend.
Lopez was among several people, including Sheriff Mike Carona and Costa Mesa Police Chief John Hensley, who spoke at a discussion organized by the Orange County Community Forum, an organization of faith, ethnic and grass-roots groups.
Police sweeps are nothing new, Lopez said, but now police and politicians are using fears brought on by the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to justify a public policy that they say will help cut crime.
"The fallacy of these arguments about crime and security is that they have been tried before, but previously the anti-immigrant crowd did not have the Twin Towers as their big fig leaf," Lopez said.
Carona and Hensley didn't react to Lopez's threat during the forum. Both asked Latino leaders for help in educating the community on their plans, which they said have been mischaracterized as racial profiling and sweeps aimed at undocumented immigrants.
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What, exactly should WE do, to assimilate these people. How much more should we spend of our tax dollars to get these people to simply learn English? I work with a guy who has been here 15 years and he still can't speak English to where I can understand him.
They don't want to assimilate. They like the pandering just fine the way it is. They get all the freebies and we get the bill.
: )
a couple of the posters earlier said his name was "Larry" but I personally have no idea
They threatened to call a boycott of Phoenix this summer, but it never materialized.
Can you vouch that they are all law-abiding? I think not. They have already broken laws to enter this country illegally, obtain false ID and falsely apply for employment. Even if otherwise they are law-abiding, who is to be the judge? You? If they want to be here they can do what my Great-Grandparents did and enter legally.
Sorry no, I meant this for Mr/Ms Clawrence.....
sorry, my post was for clawrence... my bad....
I guess when you come from a corrupt, lawless society it's difficult to discern right from wrong.
Gee, your thoughts on solving this problem make just too much sense. I can't see anyone listening to this ridiculously reasonable approach to immigration.
LOL!! I figured it HAD to be for someone other than HiJinx -- but it REALLY tickled me! LOL
Really shouldn't post while trying to work..... : )
I read somewhere that many illegals left the U.S. after 9/11 because they were afraid they might be drafted. When they realized that was not going to happen, they returned.
Yeah...some "friends."
In case you want some sources -- and, really, don't we all? :^) -- Nativo's name change is briefly discussed in a Sacramento Bee article by Daniel Weintraub and Michael Fumento discusses Lopez and his shenanigans in this article.
Thanks DD...
keep up the good work!
TGIF! LOL
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