Southern California Immigration Coalition MEDIA ADVISORY: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WHAT: The Southern California Immigration Coalition (SCIC), its ally members of various LA neighborhood councils, and representatives of the National Lawyers Guild will report on the outcome of a meeting with the Los Angeles Police Department on altering their vehicle impound policy of undocumented drivers to include routine traffic stops -- one of many immigrant-rights campaigns spearheaded by SCIC. WHO: Southern California Immigration Coalition (SCIC) WHEN: Thursday, May 12, 2011 TIME: 5:30PM WHERE: Los Angeles Police Dept. Headquarters 100 W. 1st Street, Los Angeles, California 90012 The SCIC, local neighborhood councils, and representatives of the National Lawyers Guild are once again taking the lead where other immigrant rights groups are reluctant to address this injustice against immigrants. Recently the Southern California Immigration Coalition (SCIC) was successful in directly influencing a change in LAPD’s policy regarding the impound of vehicles driven by undocumented motorists. (see link below). Currently, undocumented motorists are given 30 minutes to contact a licensed driver to prevent confiscation at sobriety checkpoints. Failure to provide one will result in the vehicle being impound for no less than 30 days, often resulting in exorbitant costs, which more often than not leads to the owner losing the vehicle. The SCIC continues to demand that this policy be extended to routine traffic stops involving undocumented motorists. The SCIC will call for an end on the City’s predatory practices that net large sums of revenue for the City of Los Angeles and huge profits for its Official Police Garage tow operators. Information regarding the success of policy changes regarding the moratorium on vehicle confiscation in cities such as Oakland, San Francisco and other communities will be presented. CONTACTS: For more information, please contact: Carlos Montes (English) (213) 712-0370 and Celina Benitez (Spanish) at (213) 700-2460. VISUALS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0lf4kENkxo&feature=related [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
