After my city council approved applying for 287g training I was curious what the local La Raza and other papers may say. Very interesting. Our city hasn't even applied and already it appears that some people are leaving or considering moving to other towns.

I just happened to come across this story in La Raza. Here is a rough BABEL translation. Ms. Carrasco and another activist went to Mayor Hyde's house to speak about 287g?! I don't see how one can argue against having the 'criminal element' deported from Waukegan. It will make the town safer to for all of us.

http://www.laraza.com/print.php?nid=44431&origen=1

2007, the Chicago Race, Inc. Published 06-08-2007 Rejection to migratory police The fear seized of the inhabitants from this suburb when spreading the news that municipal police could stop undocumented immigrants, protected in program 287 (g), but two regidores gave back the tranquillity apparently: "That is responsibility of the federal government", sentence. Writing The Race Only the two Latin regidores of Waukegan thought separately that the idea that is not nothing viable the local police act as migratory agents and noticed that they will not accept the proposal. The leadership of the Hondurans in this city says that that "would be the worse thing" and hopes does not take shape, but for Alexander DomÃ*nguez, to whom the same local police sent it by error to prison during 4 years and 9 months it says: "In Waukegan everything is possible because of hatred". Wednesday 30 of May, one week after a jury of the County of Lake ordered to the city to pay 2,3 million dollars to the family of an undocumented person who died in a shock with a patrol, the newspaper in English News Sun mentioned declarations of the spokesman of the police Give Greathouse. "the city looks for to have the certification of HOISTS in section 287", would have said.

This certification is a voluntary program for cities of the country that wish to enable with federal bottoms the police to detect undocumented people by any cause and to give them to migratory agents, and to obtain is only necessary it to send a request letter. In the same news of day 30 of May, the newspaper informed: "Although the federal authorities have prevented to the municipalities the application of migratory laws," Waukegan will not remain thus ", said to the mayor Richard Hyde. The declaration of the head of the city seeded fear and uncertainty between the Latin community, that is majority between the 90 thousand inhabitants of this suburb located to the north of Illinois.

No, not and no The Race contacted both to regidores Latin of the city: Rafael Creek, that are head of the Committee of Public Security, and Tony Figueroa, a politician very connected with the Latins and in special with the retailers, since he is the one who the greater Mexican parade organizes the 16 of September. Rafael Creek objected the news, immediately said that that idea to bring program 287 already had discussed in a meeting of the Committee Security, "I I investigate thorough what is the 287 because somebody mentioned it, was spoken of it and I thought that everything had been there", said surprised. Creek responded to the question soon if it would be had to vote thus by a law: "I would not vote for that reason", she answered. The head of the Committee of Public Security opposed the idea that municipal police make the work of the migratory agents: "That is responsibility of the federal government, and the federal government is trying to give more responsibility to us to the municipal governments", accused the Puerto Rican politician. Creek confirmed that the police yes works with the office of Immigration (HOISTS) but solely in the detection of delinquents who represent a risk for the community. "We are only going to find to the dangerous ones", expressed. The councilman also rejected the measures approved by some cities to deny house to undocumented immigrants. "That is only going to bring demands", argued in inconforme tone.

On the matter Tony Figuera agreed with its homologous one of which to apply the 287 to Waukegan already had been discussed in a meeting of the Committee of Public Security, and it was known that there was no advantage for the security. Figueroa, like Creek, said that it would not vote by the approval to enable the police to detect undocumented people. Very annoying One of the main inconformes with the news is Alexander DomÃ*nguez, who was imprisoned 4 years and 9 months accused to violate a woman. It was stopped by the police of Waukegan and years later its innocence was verified, and now the city must pay 9 million to him dollars like indemnification.

DomÃ*nguez, next to the activist Margaret Carrasco, went the week last to the house of the mayor Richard Hyde to make an oration. Extremely annoying, Alexander thinks that in Waukegan everything can happen against the immigrants: "a human being does not react thus, is people with hatred and in Waukegan everything can happen", says to the activist whom works in Center Without Borders and that lost 4 years and 9 months of its life in a cell. DomÃ*nguez accused racist groups that they say are those that intensify the ideas anti-immigrants in Waukegan. Margaret Carrasco has been also first in repelling the idea to have the program 287 (g) in Waukegan. She says that the economy will go away downwards, in addition of which with migratory police nobody is going to want to denounce a crime from fear of being deported.

Mario Stems, owner of a factory of United cars and leader of Honduran, opposed of equal way: "We are totally in against because already there is a bad situation in Waukegan, because the businesses are very low with the fine that one of 500 dollars (to the conductors surprised without license, in addition to the seizure of the vehicle)". Stems, that become jumbled in migratory parades, meetings and factories, say: "We know people who had three cars; they were three clients, first a the wife took off it, later to the son, and soon the papa whom finally it has had to use bicycle ". "Now your you know how it is the situation to obtain 800 dollars, 500 of the fine, the going to the cut and the crane", added annoying the leader of the Hondurans.

"I think that if the laws follow therefore people are going away to go of the town and are going to emigrate to other sites, I already am lost a pile of clients", added annoying. The fine of 500 dollars that talks about, is a decree that allows the police of Waukegan to seize a car whose conductor lacks license and/or insurance. In order to recover it it must pay 500 dollars, the cost of the transfer in crane, plus the additional days that the vehicle was kept, as well as the costs and fines in the cut of the County of Lake. The main ones stopped have been people without documents, and there has already been a series of protests that culminated with a provisional suspension ordered by a federal judge because a person gained a demand to the city by more than 500 thousand dollars by the illegal seizure of her car.

In another case, Wilson Alexander Lopez, a Honduran undocumented person, died in 2005 pressed inside his car by a patrol that did not respect a stop signal. The family demanded to the city and a jury of the County of Lake has ordered that pays 2,3 million to him dollars. One week after the failure the news that spread the same police catches undocumented people. They are already seven Police According to the electronic site of the Department of Seguridad Nacional (DHS), seven local police bodies adhered to program 287 (g) exist, and they 11 more look for to also do it. Altogether 160 state and local police have trained. The White House has also informed in its page Web that the government is working closely with agents of the law of local and state agencies to stop illegal immigration. The Service of Immigration and Control of Customs (Immigration and Customs Enforcement or HOISTS) has the resources to train to 1.500 agents of the law of local and state agencies under the program 287(g) in 2006 and 2007. The Department of National Security (Department of Homeland Security or DHS) will work with local and state allies to extend these programs and received $50 million in the 2006, © the Race