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Press - June 4, 2002 L.A. City Attorney will fight local enforcement The city attorney said Monday he will resist a proposal being considered by the U.S. Justice Department that would give local and state police the authority to enforce federal immigration laws. -- Such a policy change would place a burden on the already overtaxed Los Angeles Police Department and jeopardize relationships that officers have built with the city's immigrant communities, said City Attorney Rockard J. Delgadillo. [Could this have been prevented if local cops actually enforced all laws?] [E-mail Delgadillo] Related article: "We believe that the federal government cannot force us to do this," Delgadillo said. |
Delgadillo Writes Bush, Raps INS Role for Police
Delgadillo: Immigrant laws are feds' job
Delgadillo: What? US enforce the law in L.A.? No way! (Roughly translated by Google.com)
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L.A. city attorney: Keep cops away from immigration
