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Employment Classifieds Submit an Ad Since late October,Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck has gone head to head with the PI Find a Car group Latinos Unidos in an information battle over building the federal ICE office in Real Estate Greeley. Coupons Advertiser Directory This week,Buck and the 1,000-member Latinos Unidos refined their arguments in Entertainment preparation for a Dec. 13 hearing before the Greeley City Council, which will decide Cover Story whether to endorse Buck's proposal. Events Dining Guide Latinos Unidos plans to pack up to 1,000 residents into and around council chambers to e Movie Listings E Entertainment News make its presence felt. 4 Offbeat us g "We're still here, we're still concerned and we're still against an ICE office,"said Latinos Photos Unidos's spokeswoman, Sylvia Martinez. Katrina—Picking up the Pieces Boulder County Fair In October,Buck pitched his request for a local ICE office as a common-sense move to get 2005 illegal aliens who commit serious crimes out of the county. He quickly gained official Photo Gallery support from Sen.Wayne Allard,Rep.Marilyn Musgrave and the Weld County Best of 2004 commissioners. Ea Readers'Photos _ SIM But since mid-November two anti-ICE rallies of about 600 people each have raised Education tremendouspublic debate,with critics saying the proposal smacks of prejudice,racial Homework Help Y g P P P j , Newspaper in Ed. profiling and intolerance. Special Sections Now Buck holds three to four meetings a day with Greeley residents for and against ICE. -Fall Auto Preview 2006 Senior Expo 2005 He wrote a new resolution Nov. 29 for City Council's approval after apublic outcry that the Fall Home PP Business Spotlight wording in a resolution endorsed by Weld County commissioners was racist and seemed to 2005-0874 http://www.longmontfyi.com/Local-Story.asp?ID=4968 12/4/2005 i=1 - /3- os LongmontFYI - Sparks fly in Weld Page 2 of 4 Health &Fitness Today's Woman unfairly link Hispanics to gang-related crime. Vacation Guide Seniors Buck's new resolution, which he hopes to submit to federal immigration authorities with Bridal city leaders' signed support by the end of theyear,puts a potential ICE office in the context `t! To Your Health CU Recruiting Scandal of a larger comprehensive crime strategy. In it,Buck focuses more on criminals who are illegal immigrants rather than trying to connect crime and"foreign-born"residents. Customer Service Subscriptions The District Attorney's Office released data Thursday that estimated that 7 percent of all '----- Vacation Hold inmates in the Weld County Jail are illegal immigrants. Advertising Rates Corrections News Tips Weld County Sheriff John Cooke estimates that foreign-born inmates—not necessarily Contact Us illegal immigrants—cost county taxpayers about$2 million annually to house and feed. ±' Employment -' al Lehman Communications corp. Martinez said the county's numbers are inaccurate extrapolations. Fra Search "If the feds see a need and want to come because the numbers are so outrageous, they would LongmontFYl already be here, and that's OK,"Martinez said. "But when local officials start lobbying for things that pertain to the federal government,that's disturbing." Subrnit• Buck claims an ICE office in Greeley would employ only two or three officers and that,due to limited resources, those officers would seek to deport only the most serious violent and L4 Election 2005 sexual offenders. pacoc-`' - "I'm not talking about deporting illegal immigrants,"he said. "I'm talking about deporting mot? c criminals who are here illegally.The people who are complaining about this resolution will ' f! Syr, be living in a safer neighborhood(if we get an ICE office)." But national and Denver-based ICE officials say they are in no way limited to deporting. ^t @ only illegal immigrants with criminal histories. Uag At the rair hi>to, , "If we get a call that there are 20 illegal aliens looking for work outside a Home Depot, how do we know that they're really illegal?We'd have to vet that information but,yes, if the "ee tpe EouldeF source seemed reliable we would definitely look into that,"said Denver ICE agent Paul eouhtyi Fair F.esi,iltrs Maldonado. ✓ ,•• x ,_ In addition to jail referrals, ICE authorities do conduct independent roundups, ICE 101 ,�'. ' " spokesman Carl Rusnok said. "When we talk about prioritizing, we go after criminal aliens. r'°N. - Ery:z `. ; However,anyone who is encountered in this country illegally by law enforcement can be ?' potentially arrested,processed and removed." �E, c Of the 161,000 people ICE deported from the United States in 2004,Rusnok said, 85,000 W+l r ,"4j, i (53 percent)had committed crimes in this country or were wanted for crimes in their country of origin. The remaining 76,000(47 percent)were were noncriminal/status violators deported for reasons such as entry without inspection, overstaying visas or failure to attend an immigration hearing. 41\ •� The removal of law-abiding,undocumented workers represents much of what most worries members of Latinos Unidos. 101 Slack market'-..-' Ara.ifunnl Fund Report AP M o n e y W i r e According to Martinez's letters urging City Council not to support the resolution,an ICE office would fuel racist sentiments and be a source of intimidation to all of Greeley's 33 percent minority population. The City Council also received a letter Thursday from state Rep. Dave Schultheis,R- Colorado Springs, who encouraged them to endorse Buck's petition: "Those here illegally are basically willing to work for slave-labor wages,which undercuts wages for the legal http://www.longmontfyi.com/Loca1-Story.asp?ID-4968 12/4/2005 • LongmontFYI - Sparks fly in Weld Page 3 of 4 citizens of Greeley. Your first allegiance is to the citizens of Greeley who elected you to office, and not to `residents' from across the border. ... Objections only come from those who would disrespect our immigration laws and who want to 'jump to the head of the line,"' Schultheis wrote. Buck says the Greeley ICE issue has been"muddied by larger immigration debate we're having in the country"and that"extremists on either side of the issue have created a hysteria that has not been helpful for the discussion." Though Martinez thinks relatively few racists live in Greeley, she fears an ICE office would encourage bigots to make daily calls trying to get"different-looking"people removed. "It would exacerbate ignorance and the reluctance to get to know people of color,"Martinez said. "ICE brings fear—fear of racial profiling, fear of people asking what legal status do you have.When an ICE office is planted in Greeley, they're not going to be targeting Asians or Canadians,but Hispanics." Latinos Unidos also sent letters Thursday to Musgrave and Allard expressing concern that their endorsement letters to federal authorities for a Greeley ICE office cited no data or actual numbers. "We are United States citizens and are very concerned that a representative from U.S. Congress would make such a request without any specific facts,"Martinez wrote. Though the spotlight has fallen on Greeley City Council's pending decision on whether to support Buck's resolution, it may not matter in the end. "There's no way to answer how much public demand or approval weighs in on our decision (to build a new ICE office in Greeley),"Rusnok said. ICE authorities will primarily consider necessity and available resources,he said. Ben Ready can be reached at 303-684-5326, or by e-mail at bready@times-call.com. Why nit •atak r V. 12Q5"s.n ah, Longmont 303-772-1462 A ��}v Lt -• it �f - tlaSAClick for What's at the 11 as 4: a'; Suicide Prevention irifMovies? F a. 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This material may not be published,broadcast,rewritten,or redistributed for any commercial purpose. • http://www.longmontfyi.com/Local-Story.asp?ID=4968 12/4/2005 Original Message From: Fred Elbel [mailto:felbel@ecofuture.org) Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 1:07 PM To: CAIR Alerts Subject: CAIR Alert - Your attendance is needed in Greeley this Tuesday evening Sunday, December 4, 2005 CAIR Alert - Your attendance is needed at the Greeley City Council Meeting this Tuesday evening Folks: there are two items in this alert: one is that we need you this Tuesday! Two is a report on Burritos with Loopy: • Item 1 - Attend the Greeley City Council Meeting this Tuesday • This is very important, Your help is needed: You can make a difference! . We are at a pivotal point in Greeley, Colorado. Tuesday night, December 6, 2005 will be very important. That is when we turn in the petitions supporting the proposal by Ken Buck (the Weld County District Attorney) [ to • li place an Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Greeley. This resolution only deals with the *criminal* element pertaining to the - Illegal -aliens that are here_ _�.,,.. . 4, _z,... 4 MSN Hotmail- Page 2 of 3 • The background is'as follows: five years ago, an ICE office in Greeley was opposed by the city, so ICE opened an office in Brush. In October of this . • year, Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave and Senator Wayne Allard sent . letters of support for the placement of an ICE office in Weld County. Xen Buck then • petitioned the Weld County board of Commissioners. The Weld County Board • • of Commissioners passed a supporting resolution. Three weeks ago the Greeley City Council had this on their agenda, just . before the Council meeting the open border crowd held a rally in Greeley, . it was reported that six hundred showed up. City officials felt the heat and took the item dealing with the ICE office off the 4gefida. But they allowed citizen input. / When a friend and.I showed up at the council chambers at 6:30 we went , through a crowd cif about five to six-hundred,. as near as I could tell, they were all illegal aliens, and a few antagonistic, and very angry ring • leaders. There were only seven of us that were pro ICE. And it seemed they ' were very much emboldened by the feeling of intimidating the City • Council. Afterwards they had as rally just to the side of the Council chambers outside. Racist chants could be heard inside "Viva Mexico Viva Mexico - Viva La Raza Viva La Raza" ("long live the race") . ' We have been gathering signatures on- a- petition toe place an, ICE office- . in • Greeley. This is where the pivotal action comes in, if the City Council • and • Mayor Of Greeley Cave on this, it will even mere embelden the Open boidar crowd. We have been told by ICE agents, and elected officials that we need large numbers of supporters to show their support'. - - Anyone in Colorado can sign the petition. We also need- lots of people • to show up at the Greeley City Council this Tuesday[ December fi,. 2006_.The council starts at six thirty but we need to gather at about five or .so • in order to get a seat in front of the illegal aliens. . • ===> Where: City of Greeley, Council Chambers of the Public Safety Building - 919 7th Street Greeley., CO. • http://www.ci.greeley.co.us/cogidefaulLasp?fkOrgID-1 970,350.9774 Map: • . http://www.ci.greeley.co.us/cog/PageContctUs.asp?fkOrgID=66 • From Highway 85 bypass go west- on 8th Street to 8th Avenue. ' Turn right I and coF to_Zth Street Tum.aack_w.es_t_go.J.and a half blacks. The_City. Council meeting will be held in a square building attached to the • library building. If the parking Dot is'full there wiIT be plenty of'parking in the streets._ Just south. is. a park and the Court House.. ' MSN Hotmail - Page 3 of 3 • __> When: Meetings begin at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 6., 2005. Get there quite early to get a seat! It will be very crowded! ===> What: Sign petitions and-sign up to speak. • Sign our petitions when you arrive. Concerned Colorado citizens will be allowed to speak for a few minutes when the meeting starts. Please sign • up to speak. Please focus your comments on the law enforcement and.crime aspects. of having. an. ICE. office in. Greeley_ This is. not the time to. debate the overall illegal immigration issue. Rather, we need to offer focused support in favor of the ICE office. If we do this, the City-Council will be able to say that large numbers of concerned *citizens/want an ICE office in dreeley. • AS always, bring a cell phone, digital recorder, small camera, or a ' video. camera if you have one. . Please make a difference! We need you! Please do attend! Sincerely: • R. - concerned citizen in Greeley • edited - Fred Elbel; CAIR director - • • Item 2 Burritos.with.Loopy -.CAIn. and-'Colorado.Minutemen. visit Denver's.Illegal. Alien Hiring Hall. On December 2, 2005, concerned sovereign Coloradans surprised Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper at a burrito.breakfast.fundraiser at El Centro • - Denver's Illegal Alien Hiring Hall. Citizens questioned him on Denver's sanctuary . city-policy and- demanded the- Denver Police Manual be,-changed- to- require full cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) . See pictures and video of the confrontation and of Denver's illegal alien hiring,.ball at..http://www.cairco.org/sanctuary/el_centro.html Thank you for your continued perseverance against government-mandated open • borders. • Fred'Elbel- Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform (CAIR) www_CAIRCO_.org. • Hello