Thread: Guide coaches illegals on raids

The audacity of people to help other people break our laws never ceases to amaze and infuritate me. Guess we can thank our so-called leaders for this.
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Guide coaches illegals on raids

By Jerry Seper
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published May 7, 2007

A Maryland-based immigrant-advocacy group is distributing guidebooks instructing those targeted by federal immigration agents during job-site raids not to cooperate with authorities if they are arrested or detained.
The eight-page, two-color illustrated book lists what rights "people who are not United States citizens" have if detained by immigration agents, details what to do if served with a warrant or charged with a crime, and urges them to remain silent if they are arrested.
The book also says they should refuse to provide authorities with any information about their immigration status.
Included in the book is a "Know Your Rights" card to be cut out and presented to arresting agents, showing that those detained choose to exercise their "right to remain silent, the right to refuse to answer your questions" and to "refuse to sign anything until I consult with my attorney."
The book, which features cartoonlike drawings of armed black and white police officers escorting Hispanic men in handcuffs and shows babies crying because their fathers are behind bars, is the product of CASA of Maryland Inc., working with other organizations.
Gustavo Torres, CASA's executive director, has not been available for comment.
Locally, the organization has been involved in the establishment of day-laborer sites for illegal aliens, and helped mobilize more than 500,000 demonstrators at the Washington Monument last year for what it called a "historic immigrant rights march."
Kim Propeack, the group's director of community organizing and political action, said CASA has "become aware that some segments of our community" are frightened about the prospect of immigration raids and may avoid interacting with government institutions even if they have nothing to do with immigration.
"We consider providing people with accurate information about their rights fundamentally important to the people we serve, the local community concerned about public safety, and to the national community, which has adopted a bill of rights," she said.
CASA, originally known as the Central American Solidarity and Assistance of Maryland, is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, charitable organization established in 1985. According to its latest IRS public-disclosure report filed on April 24, 2006, it received $1.14 million in private donations and $1.64 million in government fees and contracts -- $2.78 million in revenue in the year ending June 30, 2005.
Its government funds came from the cities of Baltimore and Takoma Park, Montgomery and Prince George's counties, the state of Maryland, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in an effort to gain operational control of the border, has targeted for arrest illegal aliens and the employers who hire them, describing the strategy as key in the fight against illegal immigration and protecting the homeland.
The agency removed nearly 200,000 illegals from the country in fiscal 2006, a 10 percent increase over fiscal 2005. There were more than seven times as many job-site enforcement cases last year than in 2002. Between 12 million and 20 million illegal aliens are thought to be in the United States.
"No one is above the law, and we will continue to aggressively and professionally protect public safety and national security by enforcing the nation's immigration and customs laws," ICE spokesman Marc Raimonde said.
Rep. Dana Rohrbacher of California, ranking Republican on the House investigations and oversight subcommittee, said distributing materials that teach illegal aliens "how to circumvent the law" suggests that CASA is "aiding and abetting criminal activity."
Mr. Rohrbacher called the CASA book program "harmful to America."
Demos Chrissos, who co-founded Citizens Above Party in Maryland to investigate suspected links between illegal immigration and widespread voter fraud, said the book's distribution warranted an investigation to determine whether taxpayer funds were being used to advance CASA's agenda.
"Is CASA using the people's money to fund their own agenda and is that not worthy of an investigation?" Mr. Chrissos said. "I'd like to see how they justify putting out a publication on how to skirt U.S. immigration law."
The CASA book advises those facing arrest not to lie to immigration agents, warns against using false documents and urges them not to carry papers from another country because they could be used in a deportation proceeding.
The book says that during a job-site raid, immigration agents need to have a warrant signed by a judge and urges those at the site: "Stay calm. Do not run. This may be viewed as an admission that you have something to hide."
It says immigration agents and police cannot make arrests unless they have a warrant or evidence of nonresidency, adding: "Do not tell immigration your immigration status or where you were born." If confronted with a search warrant, the book advises: "Do not open the door. Ask the officer to slip the warrant underneath the door" to avoid giving agents the impression that they have "consent" to enter.
The book says those arrested should demand their right to a telephone call, contact their foreign consulate, and be aware that formal charges have to be brought within 48 hours or they have to be released.
It also says government agents may try to "intimidate" those detained into signing documents and warns: "Don't let yourself be tricked. You may be signing away your right to a hearing before an immigration judge."

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You know now I’m mad again I have been saying the same things for a long time, and now they got a book about it. I sure should have published mine

1. hands in the air
2. tell your name
3. sit down and shut up
4. put on your seat belt
5. hold on tight youll be home soon.

maybe not enough for a book
huh???

Originally Posted by GREGAGREATAMERICAN

You know now I’m mad again I have been saying the same things for a long time, and now they got a book about it. I sure should have published mine

1. hands in the air
2. tell your name
3. sit down and shut up
4. put on your seat belt
5. hold on tight youll be home soon.

maybe not enough for a book
huh???

Rep. Dana Rohrbacher of California, ranking Republican on the House investigations and oversight subcommittee, said distributing materials that teach illegal aliens "how to circumvent the law" suggests that CASA is "aiding and abetting criminal activity."

So why not arrest their racist, illegal behinds

AIM Editor to Confront Post Chairman on Financial Assistance for Illegal Aliens

Tue May 8, 3:31 PM ET


Contact: Sarah Schaerr Norton of Accuracy in Media, +1-202-364-4401 ext. 107, Sarah.Schaerr@aim.org


WASHINGTON, May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With news breaking about a plot by Islamic radicals, including at least three illegal aliens in the U.S., to kill American soldiers at Fort Dix, Accuracy in Media editor Cliff Kincaid announced today that he intends to confront Washington Post chairman Donald E. Graham about a foundation associated with the media company that contributed funds to a Maryland organization that supports illegal immigrants.


CASA of Maryland, which distributes an eight-page book telling illegal aliens how to avoid law enforcement authorities, names the Philip L. Graham Fund as one of its financial supporters in its annual report. The Graham Fund is staffed by current and former officials of the Washington Post and includes Donald E. Graham, chairman of the board and CEO of The Washington Post Company, as a trustee.


The CASA book, "Know Your Rights," tells illegal aliens not to carry "any documents from your country of origin" and that "providing your name" to a police officer "has risks" because "your name can be used to start a deportation process." It flatly says, "Don't provide government officials information about your immigration status."


The book was prepared by CASA with the assistance of the far-left National Lawyers Guild and the Detention Watch Network, a group opposed to detention of "non-citizens."


"The CASA book is an effort to obstruct justice and thwart enforcement of our immigration laws," stated Accuracy in Media editor Cliff Kincaid. "It is shocking that a foundation associated with the Washington Post would put funds into an organization associated with such an activity."


Another matter Kincaid intends to raise with Graham involves the regular appearances that Post media reporter Howard Kurtz made on the Don Imus radio/TV show, even though Imus was a shock jock whose offensive utterances were well-known and well-documented.


The Post meeting will be held in the Community Meeting Room, The Washington Post Building, 1150 15th Street, N.W. in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, May 10, at 8:00 a.m.


Accuracy in Media (AIM) is a nonprofit media watchdog. Founded in 1969, AIM is the oldest press watchdog group in America. For more information, please visit http://www.aim.org.

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