From: debbie x <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:19:26 -0800 (PST) Subject: [DopeXResistance-L.A.] STOP THE RACIST ARRESTS of Day Laborers in Lake Forest!!!
~Solidarity with Jornaleros de Lake Forest~NO! to the arrests of workers~ NO to Racist Profiling in Lake Forest / Mission Viejo!~ WHEN: Saturday the 27th, 7a.m. (YES!!! 7.am. !!!!!) WHERE: Meet at intersection of Los Alicios and Jeronimo Rd.then march to Jeronimo and El Toro Rd. (both locations for day laborers) WHY? To demonstrate solidarity with the laborers who are struggling for their right to work in this city; To RESIST racist arrests of 3 laborers this past wknd, Should it be illegal to be brown and walk in a parking lot, curb-side, or sidewalk? Because the police are profiling dark skinned people only and demanding a reason for them being there and/or demanding they vacate the area, whereas white or other ethnic groups are not detained or even questioned. This weekend--3 laborers were arressted while defending their right to be in these areas. Below is an article from Orange County Register (innacurately) citing the struggle and arrests. Atlachinolli Front <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 10:12:06 -0800 (PST) From: Atlachinolli Front <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> IT was Three not two ! Saturday, January 20, 2007 2 arrested in Lake Forest day-worker march Two day workers were arrested where laborers and activists protested in support of their right to stand on the sidewalk to solicit work. By RITA FREEMAN The Orange County Register LAKE FOREST Two day laborers were arrested on suspicion of trespassing Saturday during a protest on Jeronimo Road by about 40 day workers and activists in support of their right to stand on the sidewalk in Lake Forest to solicit work. The dispute arose after a city ordinance took effect in October that restricts the laborers to standing on the sidewalk when soliciting jobs. However, the day laborers say deputies told them they could be ticketed or arrested if they loitered on private property as well as on the sidewalk. "They told us to leave, that we can't be here," said Mariano, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, who used to stand at the site on Orange and Jeronimo to look for work. Lt. Jay LeFlore, Lake Forest chief of police services, said this was untrue. He said deputies visited the site for about three weeks to explain the ordinance that prohibits the laborers from standing on private property but allows them to seek work on the sidewalk as long as they don't block driveways or traffic. This comes after a private security guard was hired to enforce the ordinance around the shopping centers on Jeronimo, Orange and Cherry, where the men would wait while looking for work. Under the ordinance, a property owner and/or a designee can file a complaint with the Sheriff's Department if a person refuses to leave. No-trespassing signs must be posted throughout the property. "It really doesn't have anything to do with immigration or being a day worker; it's strictly a trespassing thing to us," said Sue Waltman, a property owner in the light-industrial area. "I'm sympathetic up to the point where it adversely affects our business." The two men were arrested during the march after the security guard warned them to stay off private land, LeFlore said. In a separate incident Friday, a worker was arrested after the security guard warned him at least three times to leave a shopping center, police said. Business owners and residents have complained for more than a decade about day laborers congregating around the half-mile area. They say the men loiter, urinate in public and litter. Since the hiring of the security guard, who patrols the whole area, many day workers have moved south to Mission Viejo and wait on the corner of Los Alisos and Jeromino. Shortly after the protest ended in the early afternoon, about a dozen men remained on the corner while deputies patrolled the area. The day workers say they are planning to return to the site, now knowing they can stand on the sidewalk. "This is why we are here," said Ruben, an illegal immigrant from Mexico who used to stand at the unofficial day-laborer site. "We all have that right. We are just looking for work." 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