The following is an excerpt from Dawn Mueller's newsletter:
THE CITIZEN SECURITY NETWORKER
for Secure Borders...Secure Immigration...Secure Citizenship...and a Secure Nation
an e-newsletter of the Illinois Citizen Security Network
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1. Lake County Sheriff pushes for ICE 287(g) program
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Good news!
On Thursday, September 18th, Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran held a press conference to announce his push to the federal government for a 287(g) program for Lake County.
As the sheriff of Lake County, I needed to assist the federal government in any way possible," Curran said. "I am able to say to these concerned and frustrated law-abiding citizens of Lake County that the Lake County Sheriff's Office is doing its part in stopping the terror inflicted by many of these illegal aliens."
"You cannot fight for crime victims and ignore the illegal immigration problem," said Curran. "You cannot fight the war against drunk drivers and ignore the illegal immigration problem. You cannot fight the drug war and ignore the illegal immigration problem. You cannot pretend to care about all the children that die from gang and drug violence and ignore the illegal immigration problem."
IMPORTANT MUST-SEE VIDEO!
Our friends, the Freedom Folks, have video of the press conference on their blog:
http://freedomfolks.com/blog/?p=4059#more-4059
(...make sure that you scroll ALL the way down the page, to catch the entire blog article...the video is in four parts...) PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO because WE WOULD LIKE TO MOTIVATE EVERY SHERIFF IN ILLINOIS TO APPLY FOR 287(g) FOR HIS OR HER COUNTY -- ESPECIALLY WINNEBAGO, BOONE, McHENRY, KANE, DEKALB, DUPAGE, KENDALL AND WILL COUNTIES to box Chicago in!
The Waukegan News-Sun ran this article:
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/news ... S1.article Sheriff Curran is a Democrat -- showing that respect for the rule of law does not have to be limited to Republican sheriffs. Here is Sheriff Curran's photo & bio:
http://www.co.lake.il.us/Sheriff/biography.asp 55th District State Representative Randy Ramey stood by Sheriff Curran's side during the press conference.
http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=95&MemberID=1311http://www.randyramey.org/main.cfm Make sure that you give Randy a phone call and tell him "THANKS!" for this show of bipartisan support for 287(g). I encourage each of us to write a letter-to-the-editor in support of Randy -- he's up for re-election!
The "sanctuary lefties" are already up-in-arms about Curran's push:
http://progressillinois.com/2008/09/19/ ... -crackdown Other related articles:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/1 ... 19.article http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi- ... 8968.story http://www.pioneerlocal.com/highlandpar ... s1.article http://www.nbc5.com/news/17511411/detail.html ==================================================================
2. Mayor Daley defends 'sanctuary city' Chicago
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Source:
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/news ... S2.article"The city of Chicago, as well as the state of Illinois, has shown little interest in cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (officials), choosing instead to ignore the problem, or worse to pander to special-interest groups and their sympathizers," Curran said at a late-morning news conference.
Earlier in the day, Curran shared similar views on WLS radio. Responding to those comments, Daley said it is not the job of the Chicago Police Department to deport immigrants.
"Immigrants do not commit the high percentage of crime that sometimes those anti-immigrant groups (claim)," said Daley. "They're hard-working, family-oriented, very religious and (have a) commitment to the American dream."
You can watch Mayor Daley's reaction, here:
http://video.nbc5.com/player/?id=668004