I suggest that you look at the example of the city of Aurora, Colorado.
That city is being sued by a woman who was injured when a man who she says was not deported due to that city's 'sanctuary' laws. The man crashed a vehicle into a business that the woman was patronizing. Allegedly, the city's police had numerous contacts with this man, but due to ill conceived ideas like Calumet City's pending resolution, the laws of the land were not enforced, and the woman claims this led to her injuries. Apparently, Calumet City doesn't have enough litigation pending and would like to invite more?
The Times wrote:
Alderman: Immigrant plan would protect families
By Paul Czapkowicz
CALUMET CITY | First Ward Alderman Edward Gonzalez said that "family unification" is the main concept behind a safe space resolution that city officials continue to discuss with an eye toward fair and equal treatment of immigrants.
Gonzalez said that the proposed resolution would seek to ensure, "that our local police are not going to act as a federal agent enforcing federal immigration laws."
Gonzalez stressed that passage of the resolution would not mean that federal narcotic laws would not be enforced.
He said that the proposed resolution, which was discussed during Monday's committee of the whole meeting, is meant to guarantee that people are afforded "a process," rather than being automatically pulled away from their families because of illegal immigrant status.
"You can't separate them from their children or their families, because it's very traumatic," Gonzalez said.
The resolution would apply to residents of Calumet City and anyone traveling through the city.
"For simple traffic stops or any simple roadside check, immigration status should not be one of the questions asked by a local police officer," Gonzalez said.
Calumet City Police Chief Edward Gilmore said that there is no legitimate reason why such a question would be asked during a simple traffic stop.
"I can see there would be instances where a person doesn't have a valid driver's license, but we still would not get into that to the realm of their immigration status," Gilmore said.
Gonzalez said that no particular incident happened in the city to prompt the proposed resolution.
"A few people came forward complaining of incidents, but the incidents they complained about didn't really take place here in Calumet City," Gonzalez said.
The City Council could potentially vote on the resolution by the end of the month.
http://www.nwitimes.com/articles/2009/0 ... 027184.txt