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 Post subject: Safe Haven in Calumet City?
PostPosted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:45 pm 
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I suggest that you look at the example of the city of Aurora, Colorado.
That city is being sued by a woman who was injured when a man who she says was not deported due to that city's 'sanctuary' laws. The man crashed a vehicle into a business that the woman was patronizing. Allegedly, the city's police had numerous contacts with this man, but due to ill conceived ideas like Calumet City's pending resolution, the laws of the land were not enforced, and the woman claims this led to her injuries. Apparently, Calumet City doesn't have enough litigation pending and would like to invite more?
The Times wrote:
Alderman: Immigrant plan would protect families

By Paul Czapkowicz

CALUMET CITY | First Ward Alderman Edward Gonzalez said that "family unification" is the main concept behind a safe space resolution that city officials continue to discuss with an eye toward fair and equal treatment of immigrants.

Gonzalez said that the proposed resolution would seek to ensure, "that our local police are not going to act as a federal agent enforcing federal immigration laws."

Gonzalez stressed that passage of the resolution would not mean that federal narcotic laws would not be enforced.

He said that the proposed resolution, which was discussed during Monday's committee of the whole meeting, is meant to guarantee that people are afforded "a process," rather than being automatically pulled away from their families because of illegal immigrant status.

"You can't separate them from their children or their families, because it's very traumatic," Gonzalez said.

The resolution would apply to residents of Calumet City and anyone traveling through the city.

"For simple traffic stops or any simple roadside check, immigration status should not be one of the questions asked by a local police officer," Gonzalez said.

Calumet City Police Chief Edward Gilmore said that there is no legitimate reason why such a question would be asked during a simple traffic stop.

"I can see there would be instances where a person doesn't have a valid driver's license, but we still would not get into that to the realm of their immigration status," Gilmore said.

Gonzalez said that no particular incident happened in the city to prompt the proposed resolution.

"A few people came forward complaining of incidents, but the incidents they complained about didn't really take place here in Calumet City," Gonzalez said.

The City Council could potentially vote on the resolution by the end of the month.

http://www.nwitimes.com/articles/2009/0 ... 027184.txt

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 Post subject: Re: Safe Haven in Calumet City?
PostPosted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:14 pm 
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What part of illegal does State Policeman Gonzales not understand........It kind of makes me wonder about the Quack and the rest of the Dwarfs They would do anything for votes.....including raising the dead...


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 Post subject: Re: Safe Haven in Calumet City?
PostPosted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:56 am 
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You see, this is all very confusing. For example:
IF you are black, you cannot be pulled over for running a STOP sign. (Racial profiling)
IF you are Mexican, you cannot be pulled over for running a STOP sign. (Harassing a Hispanic)
IF you are white, you cannot be pulled over for running a STOP sign. (now the MINORITY in Calumet City)
Why do we need laws, police, and a City Council? We don't.

-anarchy.

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 Post subject: Re: Safe Haven in Calumet City?
PostPosted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:43 am 
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Update: April 25, 2009
The Times wrote:
CALUMET CITY | Next month, the City Council is likely to consider the fate of a resolution intended to keep families together in cases when some are U.S. citizens and others are not.

Ald. Edward Gonzalez of the 1st Ward said Thursday he plans to bring his immigration resolution up for a final vote when the council meets on May 12. Council members expressed no opposition to that happening.

The council has been discussing the issue since February. Under the resolution, local law enforcement authorities would be restricted from inquiring about a person's status with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

Gonzalez calls his measure a "safe space" proposal that would turn Calumet City into a place that will not harass people. He says his ultimate goal is to keep families intact, rather than having situations where local police might discover that a parent is not a citizen, and that parent ultimately gets deported.

Gonzalez has said he would not pursue this issue if he did not have the support of Mayor Michelle Markiewicz Qualkinbush. Thus far, neither City Council officials nor the Calumet City police have expressed any opposition to the general concept.

The "safe space" concept is similar to the "sanctuary city" status that places such as Chicago and Cook County have given themselves. Chicago police and the Cook County sheriff's office are forbidden from doing anything that would be construed as cooperation with federal immigration officials.

Gonzalez has said he thinks the Chicago measure goes too far in interfering with law enforcement. But he says some other Illinois towns, such as Cicero, adopted measures that do not provide enough legal protection for their noncitizen residents, and that he hopes the ultimate Calumet City resolution lies somewhere between the two municipalities.

The concept was introduced following a meeting between Gonzalez and Qualkinbush, and the members of St. Victor's Church, where the heavy Latino congregation told the two they sense hostility and harassment at times from local police, although Gonzalez has said there was no specific incident that triggered the resolution.

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 Post subject: Re: Safe Haven in Calumet City?
PostPosted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:39 pm 
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Hammond appears to be next. Word is Salinas is going to put it forward, guess he really wants those votes for Mayor in the next election real bad!


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 Post subject: Re: Safe Haven in Calumet City?
PostPosted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:14 pm 
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I'm shocked at the idea of safe haven. The Feds want to protect their borders more now than ever, yet we have an alderman who is suppose to be a law inforcement officer who wants the CC police dept. to turn their backs on people who are in this country illegal? How much of the taxpayers money might they be depending on to live in the U.S, ? So this alderman has a hispanic name Gonzalez, how interesting!! And might the illegals that might get harass hispanic? Perhaps some of which might be related?


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 Post subject: Re: Safe Haven in Calumet City?
PostPosted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:46 am 
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funnyman wrote:
I'm shocked at the idea of safe haven. The Feds want to protect their borders more now than ever, yet we have an alderman who is suppose to be a law inforcement officer who wants the CC police dept. to turn their backs on people who are in this country illegal? How much of the taxpayers money might they be depending on to live in the U.S, ? So this alderman has a hispanic name Gonzalez, how interesting!! And might the illegals that might get harass hispanic? Perhaps some of which might be related?

In the comments section of the Times article, one person commented about filing a class action suit towards the City. That could be very interesting, citing a violation of the Oath of Office. Anyone voting in favor, could be removed from office, including the Mayor, as the article states that she was in favor of this ordinance.

http://www.nwitimes.com/articles/2009/0 ... 0a4def.txt

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 Post subject: Re: Safe Haven in Calumet City?
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It does not make any difference Big Burt will find a way for them to wiggle out of it.......


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