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Hello, All: <br>
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The Forum for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment (FIRE) is
organizing a meeting with Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez
for oct 29 7pm at the First Unitarian church in San José to share
with her the desire of FIRE members to support the current Santa
Clara County policy to NOT participate in the "Secure Communities"
program of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unless the US
Federal Government explicitly pays the County for incremental
expenses. <br>
<br>
<br>
This raises two questions: <br>
<br>
<br>
1. Would any of you care to attend and / or share this
information with anyone interested? FIRE does not have an official
announcement yet; basic information appears below. <br>
<br>
<br>
2. Could we please add an agenda item for the meeting
tomorrow evening to discuss whether the Green Party of Santa Clara
County wishes to be part of FIRE (which would include being listed
as a member FIRE for this event)? I'd estimate 5-10 minutes: This
should be a no-brainer. If it's not, we may not be able to get
consensus. <br>
<br>
<br>
RESOLVED: The Green Party of Santa Clara County wishes to be a
member of the Forum for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment (FIRE). <br>
<br>
<br>
DISCUSSION: <br>
<br>
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1. Being a member would imply being listed as such in the
announcement for for the Oct. 29 event. <br>
<br>
<br>
2. FIRE, you may know, is the successor organization to the
coalition that helped enact the current policy of not honoring
requests from ICE unless the federal government explicitly paid for
incremental expenses incurred by the county for doing this. The
feds have refused to do so, claiming they are already supplying
money to help local law enforcement. FIRE research notes that the
alleged 2-day holds under this "Secure Communities" program have
averaged roughly 20 days in other jurisdictions. Some people have
been held for months and have successfully sued the government over
illegal detention. <br>
<br>
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3. The current policy is opposed by DA Rosen, Sheriff Smith,
City Councilmember Olivario, and others including the San José
Mercury News. They have cited the case of Martha Casillas murdered
allegedly by her estranged husband, Mario Chavez, while out on bail
from threatening his youngest son with a knife (<a
href="http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_24069740/san-jose-man-jailed-fatally-stabbing-estranged-wife">http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_24069740/san-jose-man-jailed-fatally-stabbing-estranged-wife</a>).
The Mercury said this was NOT a Willie Horton issue. I agree, but
the Mercury has that upside down: I hated the 1988 Willie Horton ad
that helped win that election for GHW Bush. However, that ad was
relevant to that campaign, because Horton committed other crimes
after having been released under a program supported by Bush's
opponent, presidential candidate Dukakis. In the Casillas-Chavez
case, Casillas would likely have been killed anyway if Chavez had
been a US citizen (<a
href="http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_24232857/oct-4-readers-letters-banning-lead-bullets-government">http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_24232857/oct-4-readers-letters-banning-lead-bullets-government</a>).<br>
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Spencer <br>
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<th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">Subject:
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<td>Re: Detainer Policy Action update</td>
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<th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">Date: </th>
<td>Sat, 19 Oct 2013 12:56:49 -0700</td>
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<th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">From: </th>
<td>Donna Wallach <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:palestineis@dslextreme.com"><palestineis@dslextreme.com></a></td>
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<th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">Reply-To:
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:SCC_FIRE_CoreTeam@googlegroups.com">SCC_FIRE_CoreTeam@googlegroups.com</a></td>
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<th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">To: </th>
<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:SCC_FIRE_CoreTeam@googlegroups.com">SCC_FIRE_CoreTeam@googlegroups.com</a></td>
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<th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">CC: </th>
<td>charisse domingo <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:charissedomingo@gmail.com"><charissedomingo@gmail.com></a></td>
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<div dir="ltr">Jerry
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<div>Can you do one of those Doodle meeting scheduler for us to
set up a meeting so we can discuss strategy and updates. I am
really hoping I can make the next meeting.</div>
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<div>All,</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Those of you who have been attending the meetings, could
you please send some notes of what is going on.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Thank you,</div>
<div>Donna</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra"> <br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 11:24 PM, Betsy
Wolf-Graves <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:betsy237@prodsyse.com" target="_blank">betsy237@prodsyse.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Yes. I
support FIRE meeting to discuss strategy and update us.
Betsy
<div class="HOEnZb">
<div class="h5"><br>
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On 10/18/2013 12:00 PM, Jill Malone wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Does fire want to handle the research report section
if the program?<br>
<br>
Should fire have a meeting soon to discuss the overall
strategy and give an update about the public action?<br>
<br>
Sent from my iPhone<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Oct 18, 2013, at 11:51 AM, Jill Malone <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jkmalone@me.com" target="_blank">jkmalone@me.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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Yes, Oct 29 is the date for the action.<br>
<br>
It would be great if you can come to the planning
meeting tonight.<br>
<br>
All the planning meetings are PACT and FIRE meetings
and we really need active FIRE participation for
these meetings and for the action.<br>
<br>
It would be great to have a co-chair from FIRE for
the action. Ernesto from PACT will be the other
co-chair.<br>
Sent from my iPhone<br>
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.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Oct 18, 2013, at 11:06 AM, charisse domingo
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:charissedomingo@gmail.com"
target="_blank">charissedomingo@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
<br>
Is this a meeting with just PACT or an action (for
the 29th?)<br>
<br>
I ** might ** be able to stop by the 7pm mtg
tonight because I'm shooting a<br>
wedding at the church. But no guarantees. Will
see how that goes.<br>
<br>
:)<br>
<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0
0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc
solid;padding-left:1ex"> On 10/17/13 10:20 PM,
"Jill Malone" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jkmalone@me.com" target="_blank">jkmalone@me.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
<br>
Chavez is confirmed for oct 29 7pm at the First
Unitarian church. There is a<br>
planning meeting Friday the 18th at 7pm at OLG
church. The media committee is<br>
meeting Saturday at noon at a nearby library.<br>
<br>
I apologize for the brief message but my
computer is getting fixed and I'm<br>
doing everything with my phone.<br>
<br>
Sent from my iPhone<br>
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