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  • Federal Judge Sides With Day Laborers (Ruling Closely Watched by Other Cities

    05/03/2006 7:16:41 AM PDT · by nckerr · 65 replies · 1,208+ views
    CBS News ^ | 5-3-2006 | CBS News
    (AP) A federal judge prohibited the city of Redondo Beach, Calif., from arresting day laborers for violating a local ordinance against soliciting work in public, a ruling likely to draw attention across the U.S. as cities face increasing numbers of day laborers. The ordinance violated the First Amendment right to free speech, U.S. District Judge Consuelo Marshall said in the strongly worded decision disclosed Tuesday by lawyers. "This sends a strong message to municipalities that they can't eliminate the presence of day laborers in the street," said Pablo Alvarado, director of the National Day Labor Organizing Network, which filed the...