Thread: 2 C'ville trustees vow to advance own law.

2 C'ville trustees vow to advance own law
(http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/cour ... S2.article)

July 27, 2007

By Rebecca O'Halloran STAFF WRITER

CARPENTERSVILLE -- On Thursday afternoon, Trustee Paul Humpfer was on Page 8 of the 206-page court ruling handed down to the town of Hazleton, Pa.

He will read the entire document before he tailors a similar Carpentersville proposal and brings it back to the village board in "a matter of weeks."

"It's not a matter of whether we can pass this type of ordinance and withstand a lawsuit, it is (a matter of) how and when," said Humpfer, who supports the Illegal Immigration Relief Act, a proposed ordinance that would punish businesses and landlords that deal with illegal immigrants. A federal judge in Allentown, Pa., found Hazleton's ordinance unconstitutional.

The Carpentersville Village Board tabled the proposal in October and decided to let the Hazleton law be the guinea pig in the court system before the board votes on a similar local proposal.

The federal judge dismissed other counts in the lawsuit that deal with equal protection, fair housing and privacy rights, which shows promise locally, Humpfer said.

"We'll have to build off those and make sure we have a good law when we move forward," he said.

The ordinance was "foolhardy" at best, said Village President Bill Sarto, who opposes the local proposal.

"This probably says what I've been saying all along, and that this is not a matter for local government to be involved with," he said. "It really is up to the federal government to deal with the immigration issues in this country."

That's just the problem, Trustee Judy Sigwalt said.

"They've proven they can't handle it," said Sigwalt, a proponent of a local illegal immigration ordinance. "I would think that this (ruling) would really upset the American people to where more and more are going to stand up and say, 'You know what, enough is enough, we can't take it anymore.' "

Despite the ruling, which Sigwalt called "a slap in the face to every American citizen," she said she will continue working on the proposal with fellow supporters.

"We're not going away," she said.

This will go to the supreme court. It will be there for a while. That is good advertisment for us because the nation as a whole with come unglued over this one. Just keep it up illegals and just keep going stupid mentally ill Liberals.

Thank-you Carpentersville and Hazleton for having the backbone to do this....the American citizens are behind you....Las Vegas has no clue....One of the big Hotel/casino just had a spokesperson print in the LV Review Journal 2 Sundays ago that they were PROUD that they employ illegals..."such nice people" they actually bragged about it... there is NO enforcement of hiring laws...why doesn't everyone Boycott Las Vegas and let the Hotels/Casinos know why....
Ensign is getting better at understanding where his people stand but Reid is totally useless
The Welfare Dept here wrote in the paper that "it is not their job " to ask if the person that they are handing MY tax money to is an illegal...What a load of you know what....It is MY money and I don't want it to go to illegals....plain and simple
so thank you every city/county that has the backbone to put a stop to this....

This is the email of Trustee

phumpfer@vil.carpentersville.il.us

Send him an e-mail to let them know we are behind them.

grandmasmad;
What a ridiculous comment by the Welfare dept. where you are!!! If that's the case then you or I should go get a handout??? OR DO THEY HAVE TO DETERMINE IF WE ARE FINANCIALLY ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE IT?????? AND THEY CAN'T DETERMINE ANYTHING ELSE??????
UTTERLY AMAZING.