Thread: VIDEO's of Costa Mesa City Council Meeting.

People from all over Los Angeles were on hand to show their support or disdain for the City Council’s decision to be the first city in the nation to enforce immigration laws using local police.

The first video is of Benito Acosta from the Tonantzin Collective getting arrested. After the police escort him outside, a crazy woman bursts out singing “We Shall Overcome!�

There's lot's of good stuff here. Check it out.

http://www.immigrationwatchdog.com/?page_id=531

I rather enjoyed watching the videos.. it's interesting to see how people, on both sides, interact with one another. But obviously, the bad guys were the menaces, not the good guys.

Nice Work WatchDog!!

Great job Watchdog!

I hope you don't mind me passing this link out to everyone I know!

Thanks!

Lou covered this story last night. Transcript below:

A group of pro-illegal alien activists staged an outrageous protest in California. They're trying to stop one California city from prosecuting illegal aliens who commit crimes because, they claim, it's racist to do so.

Casey Wian reports from Costa Mesa, California.

CASEY WIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Police broke up a hostile protest by supporters of illegal alien rights Tuesday night in Costa Mesa, California. Protesters are angry that the city council last month approved a measure allowing the local police department to train officers to help enforce federal immigration laws.

This protester tried to take over the meeting and was forcibly removed and arrested by police. He's charged with disrupting an assembly and obstructing an arresting officer.

Others held up a sign claiming Costa Mesa's mayor, who first proposed the immigration enforcement idea, is a bigot. All this because police will now check the immigration status of criminal suspects.

MAYOR ALLAN MANSOOR, COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA: I don't see how anyone could protest the very basics, the very least that the American public is expecting from its law enforcement and its elected officials, which is to enforce our basic laws, when people are not only here illegally, but they're breaking the law, committing a crime here while in the United States.

WIAN: Supporters of the mayor were outnumbered at the meeting about two to one.

LUPE MORENO, BORDER SECURITY ACTIVIST: I'm a Latina, but before anything else I'm an American. And one of the things that really bothers me as a Latina is that I am grouped together with people that don't have any respect for our laws, continue to break our laws, and they think they can get away with that.

No, they can't. They need to be deported.

WIAN: And that will happen to more criminal illegal aliens under Costa Mesa's new policy.

WIAN: Costa Mesa is part of a growing national movement. Three California counties and three states have already approved similar programs for their law enforcement officers, and Costa Mesa's mayor says he's heard from several other cities around the country who want to help enforce immigration laws -- Lou.

DOBBS: Casey, give us a somewhat larger sense of just exactly who those are in protesting what seems to be a perfectly reasonable, lawful and responsible action for any city to take in this country.

WIAN: That's a good point, Lou. Frankly, many of them are folks who advocate 00 they're Reconquistas, folks who advocate returning the southwest United States or much of the Southwest United States to Mexican control.

And we're not talking about a new policy that is going to round up immigrants on the street. We're talking about checking the immigration status of criminal suspects. It's one thing to advocate for the rights of illegal aliens, quite another to advocate for the rights of criminal illegal aliens -- Lou.

DOBBS: The Reconquistas, as they are called, who suggest that large parts of the Southwest, a large part of the United States be simply returned to Mexico, they have broad support beyond their own organization? Because they're showing up increasingly at all of these -- these rallies and protests.

WIAN: They don't have broad support. The mayor of Costa Mesa says he's received overwhelming support from the citizens of this city in favor of this new measure. They're just the most vocal and they happen to show up at many of these events where illegal immigration is on the agenda.

DOBBS: And my guess is that the open borders advocates and those who are advocates for illegal aliens would personally like to see them not show up at so many of these rallies and events.

Casey Wian, thank you for that excellent report. Casey Wian, from Costa Mesa, California.

We'd like to know what you think about this issue. And in tonight's poll, our question is: Do you believe federal, state and local authorities should be compelled to determine the citizenship status of any criminal suspect?

Cast your vote at loudobbs.com. We'll bring you the results here later in the broadcast

The vast majority of the "protesters" were unable to understand English. This was obvious when Captian Ron Smith was speaking to them and they had to have a Spanish news woman translate.

It's safe to assume that the "protesters" were illegal aliens.

BTTT

added to the homepage with links to pics and video

http://www.alipac.us/article-960-thread-1-0.html

Better coverage by Lou Dobbs added to homepage too.

http://www.alipac.us/article-961-thread-1-0.html

I have an enormous amount of respect for Mr. Dobbs, he is very much a voice of reason in a PC wilderness. A man of great courage and a personal inspiration of mine.