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    Debate Over Car Impound Initiative Heating Up In Denver

    Debate Over Impound Initiative Heating Up In Denver
    Area Clergy Rally In Opposition Of Proposal
    By Lance Hernandez, 7NEWS Reporter

    POSTED: 11:28 pm MDT July 28, 2008
    UPDATED: 1:00 am MDT July 29, 2008

    DENVER -- A new group called We Believe Colorado is gearing up to battle Initiative 100.

    That's the proposal that would mandate Denver police confiscate the vehicles of unlicensed drivers.

    Some Denver City Council members said I-100 unfairly targets illegal immigrants. Others said the measure is simply intended to make Denver streets safer.

    "Officers in my district have told me that up to four in 10 of the cars they stop are being driven by unlicensed drivers," said Councilwoman Jeanne Faatz.

    But Councilman Paul Lopez said there are already laws on the books prohibiting driving without a license.

    "I understand we have a broken immigration system," Lopez said. "But this is not the way to handle it. In the month of April (police) impounded 340 odd cars. Cars can be impounded for 19 separate reasons."

    The group behind I-100 told 7NEWS that the courts are backed up with drivers who've been ticketed for not having a license.

    "They pay a little fine then go right back out to their car and drive away," said Daniel Hayes of FutureDenver.com.

    Several clergy members who rallied against the proposal Monday evening said the measure is divisive.

    "It is one of the first steps toward defacing and dehumanizing an entire population," said Rev. Andrew Simpson, presiding Elder with the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

    "It's a step backwards, Simpson said. "It goes back to the day when racial and ethnic profiling was considered good public policy."

    Simpson added that the $2,500 bond required once the car is impounded, "is aimed at getting rid of certain people, not just trying to make the streets safer."

    Hayes disagrees.

    "Nobody's going to jail over this," he said. "It's simply a matter of taking their vehicle."

    Lopez said that if the proposal passes, police will have to spend more time waiting for a car to be towed when they should be out handling more important calls.

    Faatz said that making streets safer is the priority.

    "I feel that driving while unlicensed is a very serious offense," she said.
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    They didn't hesitate to impound my husbands car in Florida when an illegal switched plates on his car. After they found out what happened and he was exonerated.....he still had to pay to get his car back, lost his job because they arrested him at work, and turned him out 35 miles away from his home. And this is being 100% innocent. My heart does not bleed at all for the illegals.
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    Totally agree with you crazybird, no mercy for illegal criminal aliens breaking laws and using taxpayers dollars to do so.

    The aliens and government do not care if your husband was damaged.

    So did the government refund him for his losses.

    It should be required that when an American is damaged the federal, state, and local government is required to pay for damages.
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    So did the government refund him for his losses.
    Heck no. Not even an I'm sorry for the inconvience.
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