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    LAS VEGAS police react to heightened immigration enforcement

    LAS VEGAS police react to heightened immigration enforcement

    Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 | 2 a.m.

    ICE agents arrest thirty-nine-year-old Jose Martinez Cornejo in Las Vegas

    Las Vegas is not a “sanctuary city,” Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo have said. In fact, Metro Police is one of 37 local agencies nationwide that collaborate with ICE through the 287(g) program. Metro’s agreement dates back to 2008, and an accord extending it to 2019 was signed by Lombardo in mid-June.

    The agreement dictates that the identities of people arrested by Metro and booked at the Clark County Detention Center are run through federal databases to determine whether the person comes up as deportable. If so, once the inmate is processed through the agency and answers for his or her local charges, a detainer is placed, giving ICE agents a 48-hour window for pickup. In December, Lombardo said that because of a lack of resources, these inmates often went free without being processed by federal agents.

    But ICE spokeswoman Virginia Kice said in an email statement that recently instituted changes include an expanded number of transportation runs to complete such custody transfers. Kice noted that collaboration between the agencies has led to the “identification and deportation of thousands of criminal aliens who posed a potential threat to public safety.”

    Memos released this week by the Department of Homeland Security indicate 287(g) will be expanded, though it’s unclear how that might affect what is required of existing partners.

    “I absolutely agree with the removal of the worst of the worst,” Lombardo said of enforcement targeting unauthorized immigrants with criminal history. “I don’t think that anyone will argue with you with that, whether you’re on the left or the right. But when you start dipping down to people who committed a traffic infraction, and because they’re foreign born you’re making a decision to remove them, I think it’s ridiculous as far as resources and ability to even do that.”

    The Trump administration’s stance hasn’t changed how North Las Vegas police operate, spokesman/Officer Aaron Patty said, emphasizing that immigration is a federal issue. The city’s residents shouldn’t be fearful during any interaction with police, whether it’s during a traffic stop or while reporting crime, said Patty, adding: “We are not going into homes and pulling people out.”

    In Henderson, the police department doesn’t have an agreement with ICE, and no officers have undergone training, city spokeswoman Michelle French said.

    Despite police reassurances, Metro Capt. Sasha Larkin said misinformation is a problem.

    “What the officers are responsible for is enforcing the law. The officers are not a part of creating the law,” Larkin said. “Our police officers do not ask about immigration status. They don’t arrest based on immigration status. They don’t detain based on immigration status. They don’t make decisions based on immigration status. That’s a very important message for the public to understand. That is not our job. We are not federal agents; we are not ICE agents.”

    Metro’s formal efforts to develop relationships with minority communities, through the Office of Community Engagement, extend over a decade. It “helps the department reach out to communities that otherwise don’t have a voice or have a connection to the police department.” Each community has its own needs and expectations, Larkin said, and the department keeps that in mind when training officers. To counter racial profiling, officers are taught to look for suspicious behavior rather than physical stereotypes. “Our goal is to get communities that aren’t used to seeing us to make a shift,” Larkin said.

    A trusting community cooperates with law enforcement to report crime. The fear of deportation erodes that, but it was present decades before Trump took office, Larkin said. What happens when communities lose that connection with local police? Ferguson, Mo., Larkin answered, and “people that get radicalized in their mom’s basement because they’re alone and isolated and they develop a true hatred for everything government- and uniform-bound.”

    Metro spokeswoman/Officer Laura Meltzer gave an example of what could happen if an immigrant community loses trust of police. “If you have a whole segment of society that is afraid to come forward, who is a victim of a crime and is afraid to come forward, then they can be victimized by criminals in our society,” she said. “And that’s a pretty scary thing, when as a police department you’re charged with the safety of the community.” –Ricardo Torres-Cortez

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    Undocumented encouraged to seek legal advice and 'speak frankly'

    Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 | 2 a.m.

    “More people are fearful about their status,” local immigration attorney Rolando Rex Velasquez said, reflecting on President Donald Trump’s actions over the past two weeks. Since Trump’s inauguration, Velasquez said calls to his office have risen sharply. After seven years as an immigration attorney representing the government in deportation proceedings in New York, he has worked for the other side for 15 years. “I did see that people needed good-quality help on the defense side.”

    Immigration attorney Jocelyn Cortez of Las Vegas' De Castroverde Law Group echoed Velasquez, saying fears reached a “fever pitch” after Trump’s executive orders were announced. Her office not only has seen an uptick in phone calls and consultation appointments, but the type of clients with immigration worries has broadened. “I worry about how the families will be affected in terms of children who may be displaced because mom or dad is getting detained and expelled from the United States,” Cortez said. “I think it has much bigger repercussions than we’re probably prepared to understand at this point.”

    Raids haven’t yet happened in Las Vegas, immigration attorney Rolando Rex Velasquez said, but others reported around the country may be foreshadowing. “The administration will likely become very aggressive with immigration enforcement,” he said, “so that has made the community very hysterical. ... I would not be surprised if there was some kind of enforcement action being planned (locally) right now.” But that planning includes ICE ensuring proper detention space and clarity on whom they’re targeting. “They don’t just go out and sweep the neighborhood,” Velasquez said. “They actually go looking for specific individuals. That’s how they try to catch people.”

    Cortez recommended that immigrants worried about their status reach out to established and experienced immigration law practitioners and “speak frankly” with them. There may be a remedy available that can be explored that isn’t known to the client, she said, and those who may be affected should be proactive while they’re not detained. Her other recommendations:

    • Prepare an emergency plan and important documents, such as birth certificates, marriage certificates or the biography page of a passport. Tenga listos sus documentos importantes, como certificados de nacimiento, matrimonio o la página biográfica de su pasaporte.

    • Save money. Funds also will come in handy if you have to hire an attorney or post bail. Unlike the criminal justice system, the immigration system allows attorney representation but doesn’t provide it. Ahorre dinero en caso de tener que pagar fianza o contratar a un abogado. El sistema de inmigración no le proporciona la representación legal, como el sistema de justicia criminal de los Estados Unidos. Solo se permite la representación de abogados contratados por usted.

    • Stay out of trouble with the law. Evite delitos y problemas con la ley. “Keep our noses clean,” Cortez said, and make sure “we don’t get into trouble and that we don’t give anybody a reason to look for us, and just hold tight and hopefully the storm will pass.” –Ricardo Torres-Cortez

    What rights do unauthorized people have in the U.S.?

    Regardless of how people make their way into the country, they’re guaranteed the same unalienable rights as citizens are under the U.S. Constitution, said ACLU of Nevada Legal Director Amy Rose. The notable exception is the right to vote. Rights include: La Constitución de los Estados Unidos le otorga los mismos derechos a usted que a cualquier otra persona en este país sin importar su estado migratorio, según la Unión Americana de Libertades Civiles (ACLU). La notable excepción es el derecho al voto. Eso incluye:

    • To remain silent when confronted by law enforcement. El derecho a mantener el silencio cuando es confrontado por oficiales de la ley.

    • Protection against unlawful search and seizure. La protección contra la búsqueda de sus pertenencias y su detención sin una orden de la corte.

    • The right to due process in the judicial system. El derecho al debido proceso en el sistema judicial.

    ACLU recommendations if immigration authorities are at your door (Recomendaciones de la ACLU en caso que agentes de ICE llegen a su casa)

    1. Don’t open the door. No abra la puerta.

    2. Ask why they’re there (you have a right to ask for an interpreter). Pregunteles por qué están allí (tiene el derecho pedir un intérprete).

    3. If they ask to enter, ask for a warrant signed by a judge and have them slip it through a window or under the door. Si ellos le piden entrar, pidales una orden firmada por un juez y que se la deslicen a través de una ventana o por debajo de la puerta.

    4. If they don’t present a warrant, ask them to leave information at your door (warrant forms I-200 and I-205 do not give agents the right to enter your home). Si no le presentan una orden, pídales que dejen información en su puerta (formas de orden I-200 y I-205 no dan derecho a los agentes a entrar a su casa).

    5. If they enter anyway, remain calm, tell them they don’t have your permission to search, and tell everyone to remain silent. Si ellos logran entrar, mantenga la calma, dígales que no tienen permiso para buscar, y diga a todos los habitantes de la casa que permanezcan en silencio.

    6. If they detain you, ask to speak to your corresponding consulate. Don’t give authorities false documents; do ask to speak to your lawyer and request bail. Si es detenido, pida hablar con el consulado correspondiente con su país nativo. No les dé a las autoridades documentos falsos, pida hablar con su abogado y solicite una fianza.

    7. Do not sign anything without a lawyer’s advice. The “United We Dream” organization further recommends recording any interaction with ICE agents (outside federal property), and documenting everything, including badge numbers, number of agents present and what type of vehicles they’re driving. No firme nada sin el consejo de su abogado. La organización

    “United We Dream” recomienda grabar cualquier interacción con agentes de ICE (fuera de la propiedad federal) y documentar todo, incluyendo los números de los placas de los agentes, el numero de agentes presentes y qué tipo de vehículos que están manejando.


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    What Nevada leadership is saying


    Democratic Congressional candidate Ruben Kihuen introduces his mother Blanca, a Culinary Workers
    Union member, and father Armando, right, at the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, headquarters
    Tuesday, June 14, 2016.

    U.S. Rep. Ruben Kihuen, a former undocumented immigrant from Mexico, wants to be one of 18 U.S. Representatives co-sponsoring House Resolution 496, The Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream and Grow our Economy (BRIDGE) Act, which would advance the order started by the Obama administration in June 2012. Introduced Jan. 12, the bill would protect the current provisions of the DACA program, making them law instead of just a presidential order. Kihuen had not yet joined on the bill as of Feb. 20, as his spokesman Dave Chase said the first-term Democratic congressman was waiting to pair with a Republican on the effort.

    “What (President Trump) fails to understand is that we are a nation of immigrants that thrives and grows with our diversity,” Kihuen said in a statement. “I am a perfect example. In fact, it was President Trump’s favorite President, Ronald Reagan, whose 1986 immigration reform allowed me and my family to stay and become citizens.”

    Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval
    said that while he believes Trump’s immigration policies illustrate the president’s core initiative to “secure the nation,” Sandoval said a leaked 11-page White House document published by the Associated Press suggesting that up to 100,000 National Guard troops would be used to help round up illegal immigrants in 11 states — including Nevada — was not appropriate.

    While the leaked documents were called “false” by the White House, they grant the final decision on whether to mobilize the National Guard to the governors of the 11 affected states. Sandoval said, if given the chance, he wouldn’t let the National Guard round up immigrants in Nevada.

    “I recognize that we have a very diverse population in our state and we have to respond to that.”

    While Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman advocates for “full inclusion, compassion, equality and respect,” she reiterated in a Las Vegas Sun editorial this month that the city is not one of about 30 “sanctuary cities” nationwide and will follow federal recommendations for reporting to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

    While police are instructed not to profile and detain immigrants on perceived immigration status, law-abiding citizens have been and will continue to be in good standing in the city of Las Vegas. But Goodman notes, like in nearly all major metropolitan cities across the U.S., when an undocumented immigrant commits a crime, ICE is notified, and authorities will determine whether an undocumented criminal is eligible for deportation.

    “I strongly believe the solution to our immigration issues is to find a pathway to citizenship for those in our country who came here for the same reasons many of our ancestors did: to create a better life for themselves and their families,” Goodman wrote. “That is the American dream, and it should be open to all willing to come to our country, our state, our city to build a community.”

    For North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee, the high immigrant population is a “valued” part of the community he oversees.

    With over 37 percent of the city’s residents of Hispanic ancestry, according to the most recent census data, North Las Vegas has the highest population density of Latinos among any city in Nevada. Plans to protect immigrants in the event of amped-up deportation, while still following federal laws, are still in the works.

    “We are a compassionate city that values each of our residents, and we are concerned about how the recent executive orders will impact families and our communities,” Lee said. “This is a human rights issue, and I am in discussions with community leaders regarding how best to respect the law and protect the interests of our entire community.”

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    So they've got you scared to death don't they "police"? You're afraid of them, because you know who they are, where they are, what they are doing, who they really work for, and how many there are.

    You're in essence being black-mailed.

    "Sad!"
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    Save America, Deport Congress! - Judy

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