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The following letter was faxed to all L.A. City Council members today by a reader:
October 5, 2001
Los Angeles City Councilmember Cindy Miscikowski
Regarding Special Order 40
Dear Councilmember Miscikowski:
In 1996, Congress passed the Illegal Immigration Reform And Immigrant Responsibility Act. Section 133 of that legislation encourages local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration laws.
Challenges to Section 133 were denied three times by federal district courts:
1) May 11, 1999: 10th Circuit Court upheld Sec. 133, denying challenge against it
2) May 20, 1999: 2nd Circuit Court upheld Sec. 133, denying challenge against it
3) Sept. 6, 2001: 10th Circuit Court upheld Sec. 133, again denying challenge against it
A legal opinion by former California Attorney General Dan Lungren dated November 19, 1992, hand delivered to your offices on October 3, 2001, was that Special Order 40 is unconstitutional - therefore an illegal ordinance.
Also hand delivered to your offices on October 3, 2001, was a copy of California Penal Code Sec. 834b that every law enforcement agency in California shall fully cooperate with the I.N.S.
You can decide to be a law-abiding city council NOW, or a court can order you to be a law-abiding city council.