Friday, May 21, 2010

City Ban On Arizona Travel Stokes Immigration Debate

Mayor Michael B. Coleman has banned city workers from traveling to Arizona on government business, a decision that plunged Columbus yesterday deep into the nation's emotional debate over illegal immigration.

Coleman, who opposes a new Arizona law allowing police to demand documentation from people who they suspect are in the country illegally, has told city department heads that he will not authorize travel to the state and will review contracts with businesses based there on a case-by-case basis.

The travel ban started several weeks ago when the mayor rejected a request from the city's technology director to attend a seminar in Phoenix, Coleman spokesman Dan Williamson said.

"He agrees with those who want to send a message to the state of Arizona that this is not the American way," Williamson said.

But the decision brought swift calls for retaliation from supporters of the Arizona law, who insist the state is not targeting people based on race or ethnicity but simply reacting to a lack of federal action to enforce existing immigration laws.

News of the policy first was reported on Dispatch.com yesterday morning. By early afternoon, after conservative websites began linking to the story, a boycott against Columbus was brewing.

"I was about to book a week in Columbus so my son could attend a sports camp at OSU," wrote one reader, a resident of Virginia. "I guess I will take my money elsewhere. No summer trip to Columbus for my family."

A reader from Michigan wrote: "This settles it for me then. I will no longer stop in Columbus for my meals, fuel and hotel while traveling from Michigan. I will just go a little farther down I-70 and give my money to Zanesville."...

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Why was this passed as an Emergency Resolution?

On May 17, 2010, Cleveland City Council passed Emergency Resolution 675, a resolution opposing Arizona's SB1070, supporting CIR, and affirming the contributions of all immigrants. Latino community members who were present have reported that the testimony advanced was overwhelmingly positive and empowering.
Ward 11
Michael D. Polensek

Council Phone: (216) 664-4236
Home: (216) 531-7648
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Ward 2
Zachary Reed

Council Phone: (216) 664-4945
Home: (216) 921-5117
council2@clevelandcitycouncil.org
Ward 13
Kevin J. Kelley - Majority Whip
Council Phone: (216) 664-2943
Ward Office: (216) 351-7077
council13@clevelandcitycouncil.org
Ward 4
Kenneth L. Johnson
Council Phone: (216) 664-4941
Ward Office: (216) 421-8639
Home: (216) 421-8639
council4@clevelandcitycouncil.org
Ward 14
Brian J. Cummins

Council Phone: (216) 664-4238
Ward Office: (216) 459-8400
Home: (216) 661-6821
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Ward 5
Phyllis Cleveland -Majority Leader

Council Phone: (216) 664-2309
Home: (216) 431-3349
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Ward 15
Matt Zone

Council Phone: (216) 664-4235
Ward Office: (216) 939-1717
Home: (216) 961-1235
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Ward 6
Mamie J. Mitchell
Council Phone: (216) 664-4234
Ward Office: (216) 791-8683
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Ward 16
Jay Westbrook

Council Phone: (216) 664-4230
Ward Office: (216) 664-4230
Home: (216) 281-1811
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Ward 7
TJ Dow

Council Phone: (216) 664-2908
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Ward 17
Dona Brady

Council Phone: (216) 664-3708
Ward Office: (216) 961-4999
Home: (216) 961-4999
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Ward 9
Kevin Conwell

Council Office: (216) 664-4252
Ward Office: (216) 791-6642
council9@clevelandcitycouncil.org

William Gheen Calls for "End to Illegal Immigration" on Alex Jones Tv (05/19/2010)









TheAlexJonesChannel May 19, 2010Alex welcomes back to the show William Gheen, the leader of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC or ALIPAC, which is one of the largest grassroots organizations in America fighting for more immigration enforcement, border security and against illegal immigration and Amnesty. Gheen appears regularly on hundreds of talk radio shows across America, as well as on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, and CBS. Mr. Gheen is often quoted in newspaper articles and is sourced in publications like USA Today, the New York Times, the LA Times, the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post and the Washington Times.
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Napoitano Admits She Hasn't Read Arizona Immigration Law In Detail

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano admitted Monday that she has not read the controversial Arizona immigration law even though she's gone on television to criticize it, and continued to assert that it was "bad law enforcement law."

The admission comes after Attorney General Eric Holder, who earlier warned the law could create a "slippery slope" toward racial profiling, told a House committee last week that he had not read the bill either. On Tuesday, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said he too had not read the bill, even as he defended diplomatic official Michael Posner for comparing the law to Chinese human rights violations.

Napolitano discussed the policy under questioning by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on the BP oil spill response.

"I have not reviewed it in detail. I certainly know of it," the former Arizona governor said when asked by McCain whether she had a chance to give the language a close look...

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Cost Of Illegal Immigration Rising Rapidly In Arizona, Study Finds

Arizona’s illegal immigrant population is costing the state’s taxpayers even more than once thought -- a whopping $2.7 billion in 2009, according to researchers at the public interest group that helped write the state's new immigration law.

Researchers at FAIR – The Federation for American Immigration Reform -- released data exclusively to FoxNews.com that show a steady cost climb in multiple areas, including incarceration, education and health, in the last five years.

FAIR’s cost estimates – compiled for a comprehensive national immigration report it plans to release next month – include several new cost areas, including welfare and the justice system, that weren’t in previous reports...

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Illegal Aliens In Custody After Fleeing Cops On Ohio Turnpike (Amherst, Ohio - May 17, 2010)

AMHERST, OH -- Five illegal immigrants were captured after an intense search took place on the Ohio Turnpike Friday morning.

After doing a routine cruise on the Ohio turnpike at approximately 9:55 am, the U.S. Border Patrol noticed a suspicious acting vehicle. Agents attempted to perform a vehicle stop near the Vermillion Valley Service Plaza, however, as the mini-van was pulling over, three passengers in the back seat bailed out and ran south into a heavily wooded area behind the plaza. Once the vehicle came to a complete stop, the driver and front passenger also bailed out of the van and began following the other three subjects in an attempt to escape Border Patrol agents.

Agents immediately contacted the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Great Lakes Air Branch and an AS-350 ASTAR Light Enforcement Helicopter was dispatched to the scene. Additionally, Border Patrol agents requested assistance from the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Lorain County Sheriff’s Department, and Amherst Police Department in locating the fleeing subjects...

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