Thread: ACLU Alleges Abuse, Neglect Of Invaders At Firestorm Evac Ce

Report Alleges Abuse, Neglect At Evac Centers
POSTED: 11:39 am PDT November 1, 2007
UPDATED: 1:49 pm PDT November 1, 2007

SAN DIEGO -- A group of human-rights activists issued an explosive report in the wake of what they allege to be minority abuse and neglect at firestorm evacuation centers.

The report was issued Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Immigrant Rights Consortium and Justice Overcoming Boundaries.

According to the report, hundreds of people reported incidents to those organizations in which people's civil rights and liberties were abused. The report says that the alleged victims include undocumented immigrants and transients who were unable to furnish authorities with identification. Other examples cited in the report provide details of incidents involving "an extended family with three children arrested and deported for taking more donated goods than someone thought reasonable, [and] a young Filipino volunteer evicted from the stadium for helping evacuees carry donated goods to their vehicles."

The report also states that journalists were denied access to evacuation centers.



Also listed in the report are a series of other alleged incidents at evacuation centers, including the one established at Qualcomm stadium, which, at one point, sheltered more than 10,000 evacuees. According to the report, dozens of families left the stadium in the wake of the arrest and deportation of the family with three young children because they feared deportation. Also in the report are allegations that at least three families told volunteers at a table set up by the Immigrant Rights Consortium that at about midnight on the morning of Oct. 25, San Diego police went through the stadium, waking up families and asking for identification to prove that the people lived in evacuated zones. A volunteer inside the stadium told the groups compiling the report that he witnessed the ID checks and saw people escorted out of the stadium who had requested to be allowed to stay through the night.

IRC officials also maintain that they received more than 12 complaints from people -- including "persons of Mexican or Central American descent ... an African American mother and a Filipino volunteer" -- who thought they had been discriminated against by volunteers.

One example cited in the report involves a family whose members said they had been surrounded by five police officers, who asked them to account for the property inside their vehicle. The reports said that the officers were "implying that they suspected the family of stealing the items."

IRC volunteers also said a mother of Mexican descent who asked for Size 5 diapers was told there were none available and then witnessed a white woman who made the same request get a box of Size 5 diapers. " An American Friends Service Committee volunteer subsequently accompanied her to ask for diapers again; this time, they were given diapers," the report states.

Also in the report is a request by the organizations that in future, officials refrain from conducting ID checks when emergency supplies are being distributed; that, temporarily, immigration laws not be enforced at evacuation centers; that interpreters be made available at those sites; that local leaders make guarantees that all victims can access emergency assistance when necessary; and that a task force be formed to study the relevant issues and implement policies that all members of the community -- victims, volunteers and law enforcement -- would then be made aware of.

NBC 7/39 is trying to contact law enforcement officials to get a response to the report.
http://www.immigrationwatchdog.com/?p=5026

San Diego police went through the stadium, waking up families and asking for identification to prove that the people lived in evacuated zones. A volunteer inside the stadium told the groups compiling the report that he witnessed the ID checks and saw people escorted out of the stadium who had requested to be allowed to stay through the night.

Oh for Pete's sake! That's standard operating procedure in national disasters! They ask EVERYONE for ID. When we were flooded out, we were not allowed back in until we showed ID proving we lived in the flood zone! It's to prevent looters from entering.

I knew it would be just a matter of time before I would hear this nonsense. I wonder did any American citizens have complaints or was it just the usual invaders!

that, temporarily, immigration laws not be enforced at evacuation centers; that interpreters be made available at those sites

Interpreters? Come on!! Don't we provide enough interpreters for everything else, without having a slew of them on call in case of a national disaster? And why SHOULD illegals get free aid and supplies?? Those are reserved for U.S. CITIZENS!!

What really galls me is:

Other examples cited in the report provide details of incidents involving "an extended family with three children arrested and deported for taking more donated goods than someone thought reasonable . . . dozens of families left the stadium in the wake of the arrest and deportation of the family with three young children because they feared deportation.

Yeah, nice skewing of the facts, people!! They were arrested and deported because they ADMITTED they were stealing supplies and bringing them to someone to re-sell!!! Two to three truckloads of supplies is a heck of a lot more than "taking more donated goods than someone thought reasonable."

I hope these cases are thrown out. And there is ALWAYS someone out there who will throw the race card in when they don't get what they want. It's very sad to see people throw in the race card when it's something really NOT race related, and then some of the REAL incidents of racial discrimination are less likely to be found due to the enormous number of people using the race card one too many times.

TexasGal

TexasGal wrote:

Yeah, nice skewing of the facts, people!! They were arrested and deported because they ADMITTED they were stealing supplies and bringing them to someone to re-sell!!! Two to three truckloads of supplies is a heck of a lot more than "taking more donated goods than someone thought reasonable."

Unfortunately, the actual facts are probably irrelevant to the ACLU and IRC. Their real interest is in gaining publicity to the plight of the illegal alien. History has proven, every chance the ACLU gets to draw attention to the illegal immigration issue - they pounce!

For more insight into the workings of the ACLU, please watch this video:

http://www.chbn.com/Clip.aspx?key=34E738E89A076578

I thought it was a very good video.

What exactly does any of this have to do with civil rights violations? The so-called ACLU has lost what little credibility they once had and now become simply a ragged bunch of leftist Anti-American agitator lawyers. Thanks MW for that excellent video link about the ACLU ( Enemies of the American people!)

First of all, they're lucky they received help at all, if illegal. Second, don't complain about the cops looking around for illegals. Illegal aliens should not have been there. Just like they should not be in the country. Cry me a river.

ICEChargerRT wrote:

Thanks MW for that excellent video link about the ACLU ( Enemies of the American people!)

You're welcome.