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Encantada Gallery’s 10th anniversary exhibit

­by Juliet Blalack

Day of Dead at the Mission Cultural Center. Nov. 2-Dec 6Day of Dead at the Mission Cultural Center. Nov. 2-Dec 6

The works of over 60 artists from all over the country will cover the walls of Encantada Gallery. The theme of the art is “El Amor, La Muerte, y La Vida.” The opening will be Nov. 1st, 6-9 p.m. at Encantada, 908 Valencia St. For more information call 415-642-3939.

Gala and fundraiser for women’s activism

California Women’s Agenda and Women’s Intercultural Network will celebrate 12 years of activism with, dance, music, special guests, and an ethnic buffet. CAWA and WIN both began in San Francisco and grew across the country and the world. The gala will take place at The Delancey Street Town Hall, at 600 Embarcadero, San Francisco. Tickets are $50. To fi nd out more visit ­www.win-cawa.org or call 415-221-4841.

Day of the Dead at Cypress Lawn Memorial

Bring your whole family to celebrate the Day of Dead. Food, raffl es and entertainment ALL FREE! Saturday Oct. 27, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Cypress Lawn, 1370 El Camino Real, Colma. For more information call Mercedes at 650-922-2743 or Graciela at 650-550-8822.

Free homeownership event

The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals-San Francisco Chapter (NAHREP-SF) is hosting a free educational event, Creating Wealth Through Homeownership Exposition.

This important community outreach expo will provide first-time Latino homebuyers and existing Latino homeowners with access to the information necessary for successful homeownership and wealth creation.

The homeownership exposition will take place Saturday, October 27th from 9:30am to 5:30pm at Herbert Hoover Middle School, 2290 – 14th Ave. in San Francisco.

Anew America’s gala and microbusiness expo

The gala will feature immigrant entrepreneurs showcasing their work and catering their own food. There will also be a bar and live music. Awards will be presented to outstanding community leaders. Nov. 14 at 6 p.m. at 8945 Golf Links Rd. in Oakland. Tickets are $85, and are tax deductible. For more information contact Britt Riss at (510) 540-7785, ext. 306 or via email at briss@anewamerica.org.

Halloween dance party with Cubanacan

Music performed by Cubanacan & Nicaraguan singer Marlene Ayerdis. The party will take place at Playa Azul Restaurant, located at 1428 Contra Costa Blvd. in Pleasant Hill on Oct. 27 from 9:15 p.m. to 1 a.m. $10 at the door. Call (925) 676-0600 for more information.

2nd Annual Day at the Races for literacy

Three races to promote literacy: for children 6-12, for all ages with costumes optional, and for entrants 15-90. There will also be rock music, a spaghetti lunch, and a reading from Ray Bradbury’s classic Fahrenheit 451. The events will be at the Concord Hilton at 1970 Diamond Blvd., and the adjacent Iron Horse Trail on Oct. 27 beginning 8:30 a.m. The $20 entry fee is tax deductible. Call or email David Cantando 929-349-2654, david.cantando@hilton.com.

Paul Krugman on the disappearing middle class

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman will address the state of the country’s economics and the future of America’s social and fiscal policy. He will examine what happened to the middle class of the 20th century. Reception begins at 5:30, and the lecture at 6. Location: Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St., San Francisco. Tickets are $18. Contact: Riki Rafner, 415- 597-6712.

­Board of Supervisors President addresses election issues

Aaron Peskin of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will discuss transportation, homelessness, affordable housing, and the scandal surrounding Supervisor Ed Jew. Reception at 5:30, program at 6 at Commonwealth Club offi ce, 595 Market St., San Francisco. Tickets are $18. Contact: Riki Rafner 415-597-6712.

More in Spanish for entertainment, Ricky Martin to Walk of Fame

by Antonio Mejías-Rentas

Ricky Martin­Ricky Martin

MÁS EN ESPANOL: Three very different Spanish language TV networks announced major alliances with cable and satellite providers last week in Los Angeles.

V-Me, a channel created by private investors in alliance with public TV stations and launched in the spring, announced its carriage by Southern California’s dominant cable provider Time Warner.

The network, which is seen nationally on the Dish satellite service and basic cable services in major U.S. Hispanic markets, boasts of being the fastest  growing Latino channel in history. According to press materials, its national penetration is surpassed only by Galavisi6n, an 1 8-year-old cable channel that’s part of the Univision Network. Its 24/7 content include gramming, such as its nightly talk-show Viva Voz.

The Oct. 17 announcement by V-Me coincided with the national launch of Mega TV, a South Florida station operated by the nation’s second-largest radio network, Spanish Broadcasting System, and now carried nationally by the Direct TV satellite service.

A good chunk of Mega TV’s programming is in fact based on its “Radio  en TV concept, simultaneous broadcasts of the radio network’s two highest-rated morning drive programs, New York’s El vacilón and Los Angeles’s El Cucuy. The latter’s star, Renán Almenáarez Coello, was among celebrities at a rooftop party at a Los Angeles highrise.

Making a similar announcement the day after was Shop Latino TV, an onair marketplace launched in June and carried nationally by Dish Network.

In a related item, the Buenos Aires-based Dori Media Group announced the launching of its third telenovela channel on YouTube. The channel, seen on www.youtube.com/elrefugio, airs a soap opera from Israeli-Argentinean producer Yair Dori. The group also operates www.youtube.com/telenovela abd www.youtube.com/ rebelde.

ONE LINER: On Oct. 16, Ricky Martin received the 2,351st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at a ceremony shared with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and actress Rita Moreno.

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Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval introduces a resolution to prevent foreclosure

by Juliet Blalack

At a Board of Supervisors meeting, Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval introduced a resolution demanding that the Mayor’s Office diminish the frequency of foreclosures in San Francisco.

­“In this moment, there are too many foreclosures and the truth is that the effect of these executions are more felt the Latino and African-American communities,” said Supervisor Sandoval.

The resolution asks the Mayor’s Office to finance programs to help people with their mortgage payments and to create a comprehensive plan against mortgage foreclosure. On Oct 23, The Board of Supervisors REFERRED the resolution to the Land Use and Economic Development Committee.

Newsom offers teachers and police officers home loans

A new Mayor’s Office of Housing program offers home down payment loans of $20,000 to police officers and teachers in good standing, according to a city press release.

“We must do whatever we can to retain those that give the most to our community – our children’s teachers and the police who keep us safe,” said Mayor Gavin Newsom.

Officers who work in San Francisco for five years do not need to pay the loan back. Loans are also forgiven if an office is disabled or killed while working.

For teachers who work in the school district for five years, the city will begin to forgive the loan at a rate of 20 percent per year.

The loans do not require down payment or amass interest.

Presidential candidate introduces act to strengthen civil liberties

Congressman Ron Paul introduced the American Freedom Agenda act on Oct. 15th. If passed, the act would outlaw kidnapping, torture, and detentions by the President overseas. It would also ban the use of secret evidence or evidence obtained through torture.

“The constitutional grievances against the White House are chilling, reminiscent of the kingly abuses that provoked the Declaration of Independence,” reads www.americanfreedomagenda.org.

Other parts of the act include the restriction of government wiretapping and the restoration of habeas corpus rights to people tried as enemy combatants.

State bill outlaws police removing citizens’ guns during emergencies

Governor Schwarzenegger signed a bill removing the power of state police to confiscate guns during an emergency. The police superintendent in New Orleans ordered officers to take away all firearms from residents after Hurricane Katrina, according to an NRA press release.

“California’s General Assembly acted to protect the rights of law-abiding gun owners when their rights are the mot vital,” said Chris W. Cox, NRA’s chief lobbyist.

Assemblyman Doug LaMafa introduced the bill.

Gov. Schwarzenegger appoints Marc Garcia to Merced County Superior Court

The governor has appointed Marc Garcia, 39, to Merced County Superior Court. The position was made available to Garcia through SB 56, a bill that promotes inclusion of people of color, LGBT people, and people with disabilities in the legal profession, according to American Bar Association’s website. Garcia previously served as the deputy District Attorney in Merced County.

Marchers in Oakland call attention to police brutality

About 100 people marched from Mosswood Park to Oakland City Hall to demand an end to police brutality on Oct. 22, the 12th National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality. Many protestors said they saw a ­loved one killed or injured by police. The organizers called attention to cases like the alleged killing of Gary King, Jr. by an Oakland police offi cer last month.

Prop D is bad for library and its users

by Peter Warfield

Proposition D, titled “renewing Library Preservation Fund,” actually hurts the things we want most in our libraries: good book collections, services, and open hours.

Proposition D raids funds reserved for those uses, and spends them to bail out the Library’s mismanaged construction program. And it severely reduces public oversight.

The Library Preservatio­n Fund was created by the voters in 1994 to ensure good funding for library operations. It was to be kept “separate and apart from” the rest of the Library budget and spent only on operations, with a priority on increasing hours and acquiring books. Prop. D repeals the Fund two years early, and allows the monies to be drained away for other purposes – including construction and “any lawful purpose” the Library Commission decides. That may be good for contractors and architects, but it is not good for library users.

In the future under Proposition D, voters would not be asked. Library bonds, now requiring a 2/3 majority vote, could be issued by the Supervisors and the Mayor.

Why would city officials and Friends of the Library propose an end run around the voters? Because they know they probably cannot win such a vote. The library has not fulfilled its promises on previous measures. Construction promised in another recent bond measure is years behind schedule and tens of millions over budget. They are calling these new Prop D debts “revenue bonds”, but they generate no new revenue. And every penny of library income above last year’s, could be used to repay these construction bonds. This means funding for operations could be frozen for the 15-year life of this measure.

We are asked to trust the Library. But look at the record:

**Prop A, (1988, $109 million) promised room for 20 years of collection growth at the new Main. But the shelves of the new Main were full on opening day, and city-paid consultants recommended $28 million in fixes. Money for promised Branch library improvements ran out long before the job was done. Prop. E (1994) promised increased hours, acquisitions, and services. But hours increased just once, in 1995, even though Proposition E quadrupled the library budget. New books got 15% of the 1995 budget, but this year received only 11% of the budget.

Proposition A in 2000 ($106 million) promised 24 branch libraries would be improved. But seven years later, the library has only finished six projects, and says the money will run out before the job is completed. A recent City Controller’s report criticized Library management for delays and cost overruns.

Now again, we are being asked to forgive and forget, and to write another blank check. This time, the voters should say “NO” to Proposition D in order to preserve the funding for library operations, books, and open hours.

Proposition D’s proponents claim this is our last, best chance to improve our libraries. But the existing Library Preservation Fund is good until 2009. There is no need for any measure now. If the library wants to finish the branch library improvements, it can ask the Board of Supervisors for money, or ask the voters to pass another bond.

­Proposition D is bad for libraries.

Vote “NO” on Proposition D.

(Peter Warfield is co-founder and Executive Director of Library Users Association).

Another wall for the GOP – humpty dumpty’s on it

by José de la Isla

HOUSTON — The second shoe fell last week when the Christian-conservative “Values Voters” met in Washington. Out of 5,775 opinion votes cast, national frontrunner Rudy Giuliani finished next to last, with only two percent, in a field of six contenders.

The Christian right is far from reaching consensus. Meanwhile Latino evangelicals, a crucial swing bloc, have quietly left Republican hopefuls to fend for themselves.

The first shoe to drop came the day before, when Florida U.S. Senator Mel Martínez announced he was resigning as general chairman of the Republican National Committee.

Martínez took the party reins less than a year ago.

The two events are the latest evidence about how recalcitrant the party has become.

Martínez’s departure reflects how the GOP can’t pull itself together. He is expected to face a difficult Senate race in 2010. A July Quinnipiac University Poll showed him with a 38 percent disapproval rating and only 36 percent approval. The upside-down effect means the senator has repair work to do at home.

When the poll results were announced, Martínez was reported by Orlando Sentinel.com as saying, “I’m not going to worry too much about polls. My own election is too far away.”

Three months later, the 2010 race doesn’t seem so distant any more.

The reason is that Florida will by then have surpassed New York’s population, becoming the third most populous state after California and Texas. It is expected to gain three new congressional seats after the next census, one of which is attributed to the growth of the undocumented population.

­In the United States, while only citizens are permitted to vote, all persons are still represented by elected officials. That’s why representatives with a large number of undocumented residents in their districts tend to be sensitive to those concerns. And it explains in large part why the most vociferous against immigration are those who represent districts with relatively few such persons.

Martínez’s problem in 2010 was set in motion in 2006 when he carried the Bush administration’s bill in the Senate. It included a path to legalization for 12 million people as well elements ensuring strong border security. As the only immigrant serving in the Senate, Martínez was a natural leader for the bill.

But the opposition hammered at the controversial legalization portion in it as the politically poison word “amnesty.” Martínez preferred to refer to it as an opportunity for undocumented immigrants “to come out of the shadows.”. The opposition diverted attention away from fines and long petition waits, choosing no solution at all. In the end, this and similar bills failed. “Amnesty” became a razor blade in the immigration debate candy.

Congress’s inaction on immigration is one of the counts in the public’s indictment charging government inaction. Consequently, local and state officials have introduced up to 1,400 pieces of legislation to restrict alleged “illegal immigrants.”

Numerous other reasons have circulated as to why Mel Martínez was giving up the GOP leadership position. Still, he was highly successful in raising $55.3 million for the RNC, a lot more than the $34.8 the Democrats were able to draw.

Of all the explanations, I think the “nursery rhyme” theory hits the target.

To avoid the fate of 2008, Martínez is getting out of the way. With only four months remaining until the first expected primary, the party has failed to find a center of gravity on political values that will give it an edge. It is increasingly unlikely Republicans can select a consensus builder out of their several bizarre, often contentious, factions.

That suggests after the presidential election, all the king’s horses and all the king’s men won’t be able to put Humpty Dumpty together again.

To win his own bid, Mel Martínez is simply getting out of the way of the GOP as it splatters after the fall.

[José de la Isla, author of “The Rise of Hispanic Political Power” (Archer Books, 2003), writes a weekly commentary for Hispanic Link News Service. E-mail ­joseisla3@yahoo.com]. ©2007

Driving is a right, not a privilege

por Marvin J. Ramirez

Marvin RamirezMarvin Ramirez

(This is the last of a three-part series)

This series started with a letter to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors requesting them to consider providing a driving permit – not a license – to those undocumented immigrants living and taking sanctuary in the City and County of San Francisco – under the sanctuary law.

Our previous two editorials on the subject describe how driving is a right, not a privilege, as suggested and presumed by the law of California, as opposed to several federal court decisions, that show that in fact, states cannot infringe on those rights via the requirement of a State driver’s license.

(If you did not read the past two parts, please visit: https://elreporterosf.com/editions/?q=node/1115 for the first part. For the second part, visit: https://elreporterosf.com/editions/?q=node/1171.

by Jack McLamb

Here’s an interesting question. Is ignorance of these laws an excuse for such acts by officials?

If we are to follow the letter of the law, (as we are sworn to do), this places officials who involve themselves in such unlawful acts in an unfavorable legal situation. For it is a felony and federal crime to violate or deprive citizens of their constitutionally protected rights. Our system of law dictates that there are only two ways to legally remove a right belonging to the people.

These are (1) by lawfully amending the constitution, or (2) by a person knowingly waiving a particular right.

Some of the confusion on our present system has arisen because many millions of people have waived their right to travel unrestricted and volunteered into the jurisdiction of the state. Those who have knowingly given up these rights are now legally regulated by state law and must acquire the proper permits and registrations.

There are basically two groups of people in this category:

  • Citizens who involve themselves in commerce upon the highways of the state.

Here is what the courts have said about this:

“…For while a citizen has the right to travel upon the public highways and to transport his property thereon, that right does not extend to the use of the highways…as a place for private gain. For the latter purpose, no person has a vested right to use the highways of this state, but it is a privilege…which the (state) may grant or withhold at its discretion…” State v. Johnson, 245 P 1073.

There are many court cases that confi rm and point out the difference between the right of the citizen to travel and a government privilege and there are numerous other court decisions that spell out the jurisdiction issue in these two distinctly different activities. However, because of space restrictions, we will leave it to offi cers to research it further for themselves.

  • The second group of citizens that is legally under the jurisdiction of the state are those citizens who have voluntarily and knowingly waived their right to travel unregulated and unrestricted by requesting placement under such jurisdiction through the acquisition of a state driver’s license, vehicle registration, mandatory insurance, etc. (In other words, by contract).

We should remember what makes this legal and not a violation of the common law right to travel is that they knowingly volunteer by contract to waive their rights. If they were forced, coerced or unknowingly placed under the state’s powers, the courts have said it is a clear violation of their rights.

This in itself raises a very interesting question. What percentage of the people in each state have applied for and received licenses, registrations and obtained insurance after erroneously being advised by their government that it was mandatory?

Many of our courts, attorneys and police offi cials are just becoming informed about this important issue and the difference between privileges and rights.

We can assume that the majority of those North Americans carrying state licenses and vehicle registrations have no knowledge of the rights they waived in obeying laws such as these that the U.S. Constitution clearly states are unlawful, i.e. laws of no effect laws  that are not laws at all.

­An area of serious consideration for every police offi cer is to understand that the most important law in our land which he has taken an oath to protect, defend, and enforce, is not state laws and city or county ordinances, but the law that supercedes all other laws — the U.S. Constitution. If laws in a particular state or local community confl ict with the supreme law of our nation, there is no question that the offi cer’s duty is to uphold the U.S. Constitution.

Every police officer should keep the following U.S. court ruling –discussed earlier — in mind before issuing citations concerning licensing, registration, and insurance:

“The claim and exercise of a constitutional right cannot be converted into a crime.”

Miller v. US, 230 F 486, 489.

And as we have seen, traveling freely, going about one’s daily activities, is the exercise of a most basic right.

Survey: One third of respondents were bothered by Spanish speaking; 10 percent prejudiced against Latinos

by Alex Meneses Miyashita

One third of respondents to a survey on immigration said they are “bothered” by Spanish speaking in the United States.

The ABC News Good Morning America poll of 1,035 adults found 33 percent were troubled by it while a two-third majority’ 66 percent said they were not.

More than half of those surveyed (55 percent) said they o-ften come into contact with Spanish speakers, while 23 percent said “sometimes,” 17 percent “rarely” and only 5 percent “never.”

The vast majority of respondents (89 percent) held 8no “feelings of prejudice” against Hispanics, but 10 percent said they did.

Feelings of prejudice against Hispanics were low compared to other groups, the study noted.

As many as a quarter of respondents in a survey released in March 2006 expressed prejudice against Arabs and 27 percent against Muslims. A 2005 poll showed 35 percent expressed prejudice against overweight people.

The survey also found most respondents, 54 percent, said undocumented immigrants hurt the country, compared to 34 percent opining they help the country.

The views were reversed when asked about legal immigrants 59 percent said they help the country, 26 percent said they hurt it.

In spite of respondents’ inclination to view undocumented immigrants as hurting the country, 56 percent said they would support their legalization if they fulfill certain requirements, including paying a fine, while 35 percent opposed the idea.

The poll was conducted from Sept. 27 to 30.

It had a margin of error of three points.

To view results, visit -http://abcnews.com/ polivault.html.
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Workers walk with hope

by the El Reportero staff

ID for the undocumented: Members of the Day Labor Program march on Mission St. toward City Hall to support legislation. (photo by Marvin J. Ramirez)ID for the undocumented Members of the Day Labor Program march on Mission St. toward City Hall to support legislation. (photo by Marvin J. Ramirez)

The legislation sponsored by San Francisco Supervisor Tom Ammiano which will provide undocumented with a City ID card, received strong support from labor and immigrant rights groups at a City Hall hearing on Wednesday after filling in some details.

If it passes, it San Francisco will become the first mayor city in the nation to pass such legislation.

­From the Mission District, members of the Day Labor Program marched to City Hall to express their support to the proposal, which will bring them out, a little bit, from the shadow.

As the proposed legislation now stands, residents would be required to complete an application form, show proof of identity and San Francisco residency to receive a city ID card.

For immigrants without state ID or a passport, identity could be demonstrated by providing any number of documents, from a foreign birth certificate, to a Social Security card.

To prove residency, applicants would be asked to present documents showing both a name and a residential address in San Francisco. Those documents ­include utility bills, rental agreements, homeless shelter forms and bank statements.

The action on Wednesday sent the legislation proposal to a committee to be voted on at another date.

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Ailing Castro votes from his bed

by the El Reportero news services

Fidel CastroFidel Castro

Havana – An ailing Fidel Castro cast his ballot in private on Sunday in Cuba’s municipal elections, which he said were a rejection of United States pressures for political change in the communist state.

Castro, who has not appeared in public for 15 months, summoned an electoral official to his convalescence quarters to vote in the first elections since he turned over power to his brother Raul last year.

“The commander in chief expressed his confidence in the massive and enthusiastic turnout of our people in these elections that are an outright rejection of (US President George) Bush’s threats,” government-run media reported.

“Bush is obsessed with Cuba,” Castro said in a statement read out on state television. He criticised the war in Iraq and the torture of detainees at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Preparing the ground for a slimmer, redirected Plan Colombia

President Alvaro Uribe’s plea to the US Congress to maintain the aid it has been providing for his anti-drugs and counter-insurgency campaigns seems highly unlikely to be heeded.

The US ambassador in Colombia is already predicting figures as much as a third lower than the Bush administration’s request, and has announced that aspects of Plan Colombia will start to be handed over to the Colombian government. Military training has already been reduced by a quarter in 2006.

Colombian defense minister slams Chávez

On 18 October Colombia’s defence minister, Juan Manuel Santos, said that the possible prisoner swap between his government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) was a “godsend” for Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez.

Santos almost certainly said what the Colombian government and the US believes in secret. However, the official line of both governments is that they want Chávez to do everything he can to secure the prisoner swap, especially because many Colombians and many Latin American leaders believe that Chávez is the one person who could make such a deal possible.

Narrow win still leaves Cafta-DR implementation into doubt

Costa Rica’s implementation of the free trade agreement between Central America, the Dominican Republic ­and the US (Cafta-DR) remains in doubt despite the victory of those supporting the deal in a popular referendum on 7 October.

Indeed, even though the referendum has ratified the Cafta-DR without the need of further legislative action, congress still has to approve 13 measures that are required to adjust Costa Rican law to what was promised during the treaty’s negotiations.

Crucially, opponents of the agreement may be able to delay the approval of these measures until after March next year – when the CAFTA-DR implementation deadline expires.­

Prince William County, Va., goes forward with immigration resolution

by Adolfo Flores

Marielena HincapiéMarielena Hincapié

Early next year the undocumented community in Prince William County, Va., will walk and drive on eggshells. A resolution passed 7by the County Board of Supervisors Oct. 17 will give police officers the power to check immigration status during traffic stops If they have “probable cause” to do so.

After a 12-hour session during which 375 people addressed the eight-member board on the issue, it voted unanimously to implement provisions allowing local police to enforce immigration ­laws and further deny undocumented immigrants services.

Reading from notes he had written on three pieces of paper, 11-year-old Jonathan Aldaz, whose head could barely be seen over the podium, said with emotion, “l think all the time that they will deport my family and now I just say no, don’t approve this law,” Many members of the community expressed their concern that the resolution would lead to racial profiling.

The board agreed as part of the resolution to refer to a consulting group or a university after two years to ensure the resolution is fair in that regard.

“We’re not going to be stopping the mother at the grocery store with the baby, we’re not going to be stopping someone who is getting coffee at 7-11 because of their skin color,” Supervisor Hilda M. Barg said moments before the vote. “This is not going to happen.”

Other members of the community expressed satisfaction that the resolution was passed and something was done with regard to undocumented immigration.

“We don’t think of (undocumented people) as anything other than human,” said Maureen Wood, who stayed until the early hours of the morning for the vote, “but still that doesn’t mean you can cross a border and expect people not to be upset by this. Board Chairman Corey Stewart said that through extensive and thorough training the authorities will avoid racial profiling. He said the resolutions are not geared at Latinos, but the undocumented community.

The total cost of implementing the police aspect of the resolution is projected to be $14 million through the course of 5 years. The board agreed to allocate $325,000 for the time being. The chairman said the county will come up with the rest of the funding one way or another.

Seven offi­cers will be trained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to make up a Criminal Alien Unit, six detective positions and one crime analyst position. The other police offi cers will be trained to check for documentation. It will take several months for them to be fully trained.

Another part of the resolution further restricts public services to undocumented immigrants, for example business licenses and services offered at senior citizen center.

President of the grassroots anti-immigrant organization, Help Save Manassas Greg Letiecq said that police have already started to enforce aspects of this resolution. “Tuesday (Oct. 16) Prince William County police offi cers stopped a van with 10 illegal immigrants and turned them over to ICE,” he said.

The Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund has fi led a lawsuit on behalf of the Woodbridge Workers Committee and 21 residents, some of them reportedly undocumented.

It claims the measures are unconstitutional because enforcement of immigration laws is a federal matter. It calls for halting its implementation.

“We feel extremely hurt, but at the same time we are conscious about the fact this was going to happen,” said general coordinator for Mexicans Without Borders Ricardo Juarez. “Now we are going to focus on getting justice through the federal court.”

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