U.S. sues over squalor at (CA) desert trailer park

Los Angeles Times ^ | October 10, 2007 | David Kelly

[Tennessee Nana]

The suit demands that the park's owner either make improvements or be closed down. Thousands of migrant workers could face eviction. -Snip-

"There are severe health and safety concerns at the mobile home park, and while Harvey Duro has promised to alleviate those issues, he hasn't, and he will have to make them immediately or we will shut him down," said Thom Mrozek, spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles, where the suit was filed in U.S. District Court.

The suit describes a place of Third World squalor with tenants beset by hazards on every side.

Poor construction, improper sewage disposal, fire threats from tightly packed trailers and jerry-built electrical systems create the potential for what is described as a "catastrophic event." -Snip-

Drinking water at the Trailer Park is not safe . . . presenting the risk to residents of cholera and other diseases," the lawsuit said.

"Human waste in the Trailer Park is drained from trailers and businesses and dumped in a series of open lagoons . . . some of which are located within 30 feet of mobile homes."

The system itself leaks sewage under and around trailer and common area." -Snip-

12,000 people live in the parks. But the BIA insists the parks are illegal because they do not have government-approved leases. No one knows what would happen to the residents if Duroville were shut down, and the government has been meeting with Riverside County officials to discuss the possibility.

The Environmental Protection Agency and the BIA recently inspected the other three parks and found numerous water, electrical and sewage violations. The owners, all tribal members, have been ordered to hire professional electricians and engineers to make repairs or the owners would face further sanctions."

david.kelly@latimes.com

[vpintheak]

GET THEM THE HECK OUT, NOW!! SEND THEM BACK TO MEXICO NOW!!!

[Tennessee Nana]

BARF ALERT PING

[2banana]

About about the US enforcing its own laws on immigration so parks like this would not exist?

[RolandBurnam]

but hey, they will cut your yard cheap.

[stephenjohnbanker]

They must be making a fortune!

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[ontap]

At my present weight it would not hurt for me to cut my own yard.LOL

[IslandJeff]

It’s not squalor - it’s economic diversity!

[VOA]

U.S. sues over squalor at (CA) desert trailer park

Nice.
Now some ILLEGALS will get a taste of the unpleasant episodes
that some of my "Okie" relatives got during their stay in California.

And they were legal US Citizens!!!!!!

(rent the old movie "Grapes of Wrath" to get a taste of how
California would treat migrants from the rest of the USA.
And the Californians think it cruel when we use the term "Californication"
when their economic refugees try to SCREW-UP places like Colorado,
Idaho, etc.!)

[EggsAckley]

“No one knows what would happen to the residents if Duroville were shut down.....”

A trip back to Mexico is the logical thing.

[SENTINEL]

For a second I thought they were talking about Tijuana.

[Man50D]

I thought illegals are good for the economy? ;O)

[processing please hold]

Ewwwww

[Andy'smom]

Hey, they’re just trying to replicate a little bit of Mexico, so they don’t get homesick, what’s the problem?

[IronJack]

Isn't multiculturalism grand? Maybe we overly civilized gringos could take a lesson from the simple, bucolic ways of these happy peasant folk. They are not obsessed with material wealth and the trappings of sophistication. Instead, they entreat with the Earth, nestle themselves and their excrement deep in her nurturing bosom, and spread disease and filth with equal abandon ...

Think of it as Dances with Feces.

[He'sComingBack!]

Ahhh, just like being back home in Mexico.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Can we conclude from this that California doesn’t get tornadoes?

(I responded to your post, because post #1 is gone.)

[SIDENET]

The suit describes a place of Third World squalor with tenants beset by hazards on every side.

Coming soon to your town. (or already there)

[Travis McGee]

Bienvenidos a Amexica! At least rents will be cheap for our kids.