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10-12-2007, 10:00 PM
Groups to rally Saturday over Irving’s use of Criminal Alien Program
The Citizens for Immigration Reform, a Dallas-based volunteer group, will rally at Irving City Hall on Saturday in support of the Irving Police Department’s use of a controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement program.
“They’re doing what they’re supposed to be doing,” John Gorena, the group’s rally chairman and a board member, said of the city. “If you look at their oath, they’re supposed to protect the Constitution and uphold the laws of the U.S.”
The rally will begin at 2 p.m. at City Hall in response to a planned march Saturday, organized by Accion America, that will protest the city’s use of the Criminal Alien Program.
The program provides around-the-clock communication with federal authorities. Irving officials say that they aren’t deporting anyone but rather working with federal officials in a program open to all cities. Police have turned over more than 1,600 people to Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the last year. (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/101207dnmetirvingrallies.15edb3203.html)
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Calls, e-mails back police crackdown in Irving (http://thevoice.name/?p=3763)
IRVING — When pro-immigrant activists held a rally Wednesday against a police program that has led to more than 1,500 deportations this year, they told the crowd to call City Hall and demand an end to the program.
City officials said they were swamped with nearly 500 calls the next day. But the calls were overwhelmingly in favor of the police crackdown, called the Criminal Alien Program.
We received a ton of phone calls at City Hall,. and they have mostly been in support of our program,¨ Mayor Herbert Gears said. He said he also got 265 e-mails Thursday, only two of them opposing the program.
City Hall receptionist Edna Brown said she had about triple the number of calls she usually gets.
It was so many calls, I even had 45 calls on hold,¨ she said. The majority of them were for it, and not that many were against it.¨
One of the organizers of Wednesday’s rally, Carlos Quintanilla, said he was undaunted by the city’s assertion and accused Gears and his staff of lying.
They’re trying to rally their base,¨ Quintanilla said. “Their base is not as passionate as us.¨ Quintanilla said he will focus on getting Hispanics elected to office in Irving. The City Council has no Hispanic members.
“We’re going to shock Irving when we take power,¨ Quintanilla said. (http://www.star-telegram.com/dallas_news/story/251793.html)
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To The People of Texas and All Americans
Commandancy of the Alamo-- Bejar, Fby 24th 1836--
To the People of Texas & all Americans in the world--
Fellow citizens & compatriots -- I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna--I have sustained a continual Bombardment & cannonade for 24 hours & have not lost a man -- The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken -- I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, & our flag still waves proudly from the walls - I shall never surrender or retreat. Then, I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism & & everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch -- The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily & will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days. If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible & die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor & that of his country -- Victory or Death
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The Citizens for Immigration Reform, a Dallas-based volunteer group, will rally at Irving City Hall on Saturday in support of the Irving Police Department’s use of a controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement program.
“They’re doing what they’re supposed to be doing,” John Gorena, the group’s rally chairman and a board member, said of the city. “If you look at their oath, they’re supposed to protect the Constitution and uphold the laws of the U.S.”
The rally will begin at 2 p.m. at City Hall in response to a planned march Saturday, organized by Accion America, that will protest the city’s use of the Criminal Alien Program.
The program provides around-the-clock communication with federal authorities. Irving officials say that they aren’t deporting anyone but rather working with federal officials in a program open to all cities. Police have turned over more than 1,600 people to Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the last year. (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/101207dnmetirvingrallies.15edb3203.html)
This is the story here:
Calls, e-mails back police crackdown in Irving (http://thevoice.name/?p=3763)
IRVING — When pro-immigrant activists held a rally Wednesday against a police program that has led to more than 1,500 deportations this year, they told the crowd to call City Hall and demand an end to the program.
City officials said they were swamped with nearly 500 calls the next day. But the calls were overwhelmingly in favor of the police crackdown, called the Criminal Alien Program.
We received a ton of phone calls at City Hall,. and they have mostly been in support of our program,¨ Mayor Herbert Gears said. He said he also got 265 e-mails Thursday, only two of them opposing the program.
City Hall receptionist Edna Brown said she had about triple the number of calls she usually gets.
It was so many calls, I even had 45 calls on hold,¨ she said. The majority of them were for it, and not that many were against it.¨
One of the organizers of Wednesday’s rally, Carlos Quintanilla, said he was undaunted by the city’s assertion and accused Gears and his staff of lying.
They’re trying to rally their base,¨ Quintanilla said. “Their base is not as passionate as us.¨ Quintanilla said he will focus on getting Hispanics elected to office in Irving. The City Council has no Hispanic members.
“We’re going to shock Irving when we take power,¨ Quintanilla said. (http://www.star-telegram.com/dallas_news/story/251793.html)
Send this to San Felipe by Express night & day
To The People of Texas and All Americans
Commandancy of the Alamo-- Bejar, Fby 24th 1836--
To the People of Texas & all Americans in the world--
Fellow citizens & compatriots -- I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna--I have sustained a continual Bombardment & cannonade for 24 hours & have not lost a man -- The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken -- I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, & our flag still waves proudly from the walls - I shall never surrender or retreat. Then, I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism & & everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch -- The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily & will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days. If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible & die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor & that of his country -- Victory or Death
William Barret Travis
Lt. Col. comdt