Express Your Stance On Sanctuary Cities...

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Please forward this email...below is a nationwide telephone and email rally.



MMP National Rally Spokesman Raymond Herrera was featured on Spanish TV Univision News and put the Spanish speaking population on notice - and announced that Californians are going to stop pro-illegal immigration legislation just as amnesty was stopped in Washington, DC. "We will hog tie Sacramento politically speaking," according Herrera.


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At the end of this email is the press release from the office of Assemblyman John Benoit. http://republican.assembly.ca.gov/members/a64/index.as
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Assemblyman Benoit introduced AB 2601:



April 16: AB 2601 to limit funding to sanctuary cities in California did not pass out of committee (4 to 2 vote) HOWEVER please call and email each of the four committee members below who voted against AB2601 - express your stance on California sanctuary cities - help to put Sacramento on notice that we the people demand our immigration laws be upheld.



The four California assembly members below voted on behalf of illegal aliens and seek to maintain a privileged status for illegal aliens in California sanctuary cities.



TAKE ACTION - CA Assembly - Local Government Committee - express your stance on sanctuary cities to the following committee members:



Anna M. Caballero - Chair Dem-28 (916) 319-2028 Assemblymember.caballero@assembly.ca.gov



Hector De La Torre Dem-50 (916) 319-2050 Assemblymember.DeLaTorre@assembly.ca.gov



Sally J. Lieber Dem-22 (916) 319-2022
Assemblywoman.lieber@assembly.ca.gov



Lori Saldaña Dem-76 (916) 319-2076
Assemblymember.Saldana@assembly.ca.gov



PRESS RELEASE FROM ASSEMBLYMAN JOHN BENOIT


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
4/16/08



CONTACTS:
Barry Nestande, District Office, 951-369-6644
Kyle Packham, Capitol Office, 916-319-2064



Assembly Democrats Sink Sanctuary City Ban



SACRAMENTO – Signaling further acceptance of the status quo on the state’s illegal immigration problem, Democrats on the Assembly Local Government Committee today voted down Assemblyman John J. Benoit’s (R-Bermuda Dunes) Illegal Immigration Sanctuary City Ban by a party-line vote of 2-4. Benoit’s measure would have cut off state funding for cities that actively undermine federal immigration enforcement, and applied those funds towards local jurisdictions that cooperate with federal immigration authorities.



“Californians had a chance to send a clear message that we don’t tolerate Sanctuary Cities that turn a blind eye to the law of the land,” said Assemblyman Benoit. “This bill would have provided a carrot-and-stick approach to illegal immigration, by penalizing those cities that protect people who violate our laws and rewarding responsible cities willing to cooperate in the enforcement of all our laws. I think the message sent by the Committee today is wrong and irresponsible.”



A sanctuary city is defined as any municipality that adopts a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy by not requiring their employers, including law enforcement officers, to report known illegal aliens present in the city, to federal immigration officials. According to a 2006 report released by the Congressional Research Service, the localities in California that have sanctuary status include: the cities of Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco, and the County of Sonoma.



Benoit’s bill would have removed Vehicle Licensing Fee funding from sanctuary cities, and deposited those monies into an account to fund law enforcement training under Section 287(g) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act. Section 287(g) authorizes the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to enter into agreements with state and local law enforcement agencies, permitting designated officers to perform immigration law enforcement functions.



In December 2006, the City of Costa Mesa became the first city in California to provide training to their jailers, under the supervision of sworn U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. Under Costa Mesa’s program, a full-time ICE agent works in the city’s jail and checks the immigration status of felony offenders. In the first year of their program, the City of Costa Mesa cooperated in the deportation of 360 criminal aliens, with 114 entering proceedings that could lead to their removal.




Assemblyman John J. Benoit, a former volunteer fire captain and 31-year law enforcement veteran, represents the 64th Assembly District, which includes Anza, Bermuda Dunes, Canyon Lake, Idyllwild, Indian Wells, March Air Force Base, Mountain Center, Palm Desert, Quail Valley, Rancho Mirage, Riverside, Woodcrest, and portions of Hemet, Indio, Lake Elsinore, Menifee, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, Perris, Sun City, Temecula, Wildomar, and Winchester. Further information regarding Assemblyman Benoit is available on his web site at: www.assembly.ca.gov/Benoit.