(Note: Not an American Patrol event)
PLEASE JOIN IMMIGRATION
REFORM ACTIVISTS
In support of the Costa Mesa Mayor & City Council
via telephone and email
Friday, December 23, 2005 3pm - 5pm, Open Border Activists
will protest the City of Costa Mesa's plan that would only allow
illegal immigrants to be reported by certain jail personnel and
investigators
PLEASE CALL FRIDAY AND EXPRESS YOUR SUPPORT OF THE COSTA MESA
PLAN. Read the article below for a summary.
CONTACT INFO
Mayor/City Council Phone Number (714) 754-5285
| Orange
County Register -- December 7, 2005 Costa Mesa police will enforce immigration law The City Council early today approved training city police to enforce federal immigration law. The plan was scaled back from an original proposal that could have allowed patrol officers to detain illegal immigrants first stopped for minor offenses such as jaywalking or soliciting day labor. More...... |
EMAIL your support
CMCouncil@ci.costa-mesa.ca.us
op2council@ci.costa-mesa.ca.us
CAgenda@ci.costa-mesa.ca.us
City of Costa
Mesa
http://www.ci.costa-mesa.ca.us
Read the open border activists plan, pasted in below.
From Indymedia
March/Protest Against Costa Mesa's Decision to Deputize
Police Officers
by Street Soldier Monday, Dec. 19, 2005 at 9:05 PM
matlazinka@hotmail.com
See below
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March/Protest Against Costa Mesa's Decision to Deputize Police Officers
COSTA MESA- On Friday, December 23, concerned citizens throughout Orange County will converge upon the Costa Mesa Police Department in protest of the City Council's decision to train city police to enforce immigration law. The measure was approved by the council on December 7, 2005. Costa Mesa will be the first United States city to merge police and immigration duties.
This measure raises concern among Mexican, Central American, and other so-called "Latinos." People with brown skin will be subject to racial profiling, based on appearance and surname. The measure will also erode relations between immigrants and police, as immigrants will fear reporting crimes. Furthermore, vigilantism may increase, as residents may attack and harass people that they perceive to be "illegal."
Police officers are not border patrol agents! All are invited to demand the repeal of the City Council's decision and prevent racial profiling and unfair attacks on immigrants in Costa Mesa.
WHEN: Friday, December 23, 2005
TIME/WHERE: March begins at 3PM at the corner of Bristol and Sunflower, near South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa
Protest begins at 4:30 PM at the Costa Mesa Police Department located at 33 Fair Drive
For more information, e-mail matlazinka@hotmai.com
