Thread: Law To Deport Illegal Immigrants Makes L.A. Ballot

Law To Deport Illegal Immigrants Makes L.A. Ballot
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 15:25 — Judicial Watch Blog

An initiative requiring a sanctuary city’s police department to identify and deport illegal alien gang members got enough signatures to make next spring’s municipal election.

Named after a Los Angeles high school football star (Jamiel Shaw) murdered this year by a previously convicted illegal immigrant gang member, Jamiel’s Law will require the city’s police department to develop a policy to identify, arrest, deport and/or prosecute and imprison gang members who are in the country illegally. The Los Angeles Police Department’s longtime immigration policy is don’t ask don’t tell.

Supporters of the law had a short time to gather nearly 80,000 signatures from registered voters in Los Angeles—long an illegal immigrant haven—in order to put Jamiel’s Law on the ballot in the March 2009 municipal election. The signed petitions were given to the city clerk’s office this week, just days before the deadline.

Many in the notoriously liberal and pro-immigrant City of Angels were outraged when the gang member murdered the teenage prep football star just one day after completing a jail sentence for a previous felony. Because practically the entire state has a sanctuary policy that protects illegal immigrants, the gang banger was released rather than deported.

Had the cops identified the violent gang banger as an illegal immigrant during his numerous encounters with the law, the 17-year-old prep league most valuable player would have gone on to play college football.

Instead the star running back was gunned down in March as he walked home from the mall. Several members from the renowned Hispanic 18th Street Gang pulled up in a car and Pedro Espinoza shot the young jock on the sidewalk. Espinoza had just been released from Los Angeles County jail, where he served time for assault with a deadly weapon.

If Los Angeles citizens pass Jamiel’s Law, thugs like Espinoza will be deported after completing their sentences instead of freed into society to victimize more innocent people. The Los Angeles Police Department will also have to modify its policy (Special Order 40) preventing officers from inquiring about the immigration status of arrestees. Judicial Watch has sued the department over the illegal mandate.

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This is a blessing.

Dixie

This is good news! Now what kind of campaign help do they need?

They went through hell because of this tragedy and they went through hell and harassment just getting the signatures. Obviously their are enough registered voters in LA who have had enough.

From the L.A. Times:

"The signatures still need to be verified by the Los Angeles city clerk's office, a process that could take up to three weeks."

Yes they have to verifiy them but they should have plenty as they had a couple thousand over....so lets hope!!!

Way to go Calif. this is a good time to be heard....we need to let congress know we are fed up!

Originally Posted by jp_48504

They went through hell because of this tragedy and they went through hell and harassment just getting the signatures. Obviously their are enough registered voters in LA who have had enough.

Your exactly right JP! The pathetic political leadership in LA basically was hoping this whole effort would just go away! They wanted nothing to do with this because heaven forbid, one of their beloved illegal invaders may actually get deported if this law were ever adopted!

It's disgraceful that antonio vilareconquista( as was the case for the rest of the mexico-first leadership in LA) did NOTHING to help the Shaw family and their effort to get this on the ballot!

Funny that the Mexican government and drug cartel owned and controlled LA city council including the burro's ass masquerading as an American mayor doesn't require verification of signatures on petitions submitted by open borders advocates and illegal aliens. What really pisses me off is that like me, Jamiel's mother was serving her country in combat and the waste of oxygen ahole playboy Villalaraza didn't offer one g-d damn word of sympathy to her but only stated ICE can't deport thieving, raping, robbing, murdering, child molesting, drunk driving and identity stealing illegal aliens as the LA economy depends on cheap labor. We are second class citizens in this corrupt third world banana republic with nuclear weapons.

Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

Yes they have to verifiy them but they should have plenty as they had a couple thousand over....so lets hope!!! :lol:

Way to go Calif. this is a good time to be heard....we need to let congress know we are fed up!

I hope they make it, but it's not unusual for 10% or more of the signatures to be thrown out as invalid. And they don't have 10% more than they need.

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