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Burritos with Loopy
12.5.05
On December 2, 2005, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper was the keynote speaker at a fundraiser burrito breakfast for El Centro Humanitario para los Trabajadores - Denver's hiring hall for illegal aliens. The event was to promote and fundraiser for El Centro's new Capital Campaign to improve "home away from home" for "immigrant day laborers".
The event was held at the Centro San Juan Diego Historic Site. On the outside of the building is a plaque dated October 17, 2005 thanking Mayor John Hickenlooper and the City and County of Denver for providing funding for exterior renovation.
El Centro was founded in 2002 and "is Denver's first day laborer organization that provides day laborers with a safe and dignified gathering place for them to seek employment and education."
Surprisingly, the Mayor found himself confronted by Colorado Minutemen and CAIR activists who questioned him on Denver's sanctuary city policy for illegal aliens. CAIR's director asked the Mayor point-blank if he would issue an executive order mandating that he update the Denver Police Manual to require full cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Predictably, the Mayor told CAIR's director and spokesperson that "there is no sanctuary policy in Denver." We beg to differ.
Video, photos, and the rest of the story: http://www.cairco.org/sanctuary/el_centro.html (CAIR) and http://www.sovereigntycolorado.com/minuteman.htm (Colorado Minutemen). Don't miss video the segment taken outside where American citizens are told that "You are a guest on this land. We will keep you as a guest until the day we want you out."
Fred Elbel
Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform (CAIR)
www.CAIRCO.org
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