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Woo Seeks
Curbs on INS
Cooperation
■ Law enforcement: His
propositi follows incident in
which LA. police rescued 27
illegal-alien hostages and turned
them over to federal agents.
By HECTOR TOBAR
runssiAifwrits* ' ..
Inn AngcleM Cily Councilman Michael
jWiih proposed new restrictions
Wednesday on coopcrutton between the
IjOs Angeles Police Department and federal immigration authorities in the wake of
un incident last week in which LAPD
officers lurncd over 27 kidnap victims to
the INS.
"The department's actions may huve
worked to destroy the fragile trust that the
Irefugec community) had developed with
the Police Department," Woo suid in an
interview.
I,a8l week, family members of a Salvadoran man contacted police when coyotes,
or immigrant" smugglers, demanded u
(1.000 ransom to release each of the
hostages held In a South-Central "drop
house." LAPD Newton Division officers
rescued the illegal immigrants only to turn
all 27 over to the INS an hour later.
Woo said thTThcldcnt may prevent
future crime victims from contacting the
police for help. Woo* motion camduiflcr he
discussed the Incident with top police
officials, including Assistant Chief Jesse
Brewer, at a meeting on Monday.
His proposal states that the Police Department, with a few exceptions, should
not "assist or cooperate with any (U.S.)
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Investigation, detention, or arrest procedures."
""". The proposal also would forbid the
department from inquiring into the Immigration status of an individual and from
releasing any information regarding an
individual's immigration status to Che INS.
Exceptions would be made in cases in
which an immigrant commits a felony or a
drug-related offense.
Woo mild the now pioposul would clarify
und strengthen the policy adopted by the
city in 1985, when the councilman sponsored u resolution naming Los Angeles as a
"city of refuge." That resolution established that the Police Department should
not identify crime victims to the INS.
"The policy that wc fought to enact back
in 1985 is becoming unraveled." Woo suid.
"Ultimately, it's going to be the Police
Department lhal is going to suffer if
victims or witnesses arc afraid to contact
the Police Department. Wc cun't leave Ihe
current policy as it is."
LAPD spokesman Lt. Fred Nixon would
not comment on Woo's proposal, but added:
"If this should become luw, then wc will
certainly enforce it."
The motion will likely be considered by
the council's Public Safety Committee next
month. '
Representatives of the Central American Refugee Center and the Coalition
for Humane Immigration Rights of. Los
Angeles announced their support for the
proposal at a Wednesday press conference..
Madeline Janis. executive director of the
Refugee Center, said last week's kidnaping
incident "has led to a situation where . . .
we can't call the police If one of our clients
is having an emergency."
Woo suid he expects some resistance to
the proposal. "I think it's going to take a lot
of work. There arc members of the council
who may not be used to thinking of the
needs of Central-Americans in Los Angeles," he said.
Woo faced Intense opposition in 1985
when he sponsored the council resolution
declaring Ix»s Angeles a city of sanctuary
for Central-American refugees. The council approved the resolution, but later threw
out some key provisions when opponents
threatened to launch an initiative campaign to have it repealed.
Object Description
| Title | Correspondence: complaints against LAPD, 1978-1991 |
| Description | Newspaper clippings (Los Angeles Times, L.A. Weekly, Los Angeles Daily News, New York Times, Sentinel) and magazine articles (U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek) documenting Los Angeles Police Department misconduct under Chief Daryl F. Gates, 1978-1991, compiled by Irving Kessler and Lynn F. Kessler. Includes: Introduction, Contents, Excessive force, Rodney King, Mexican nationality, Civil rights, Property, Silence, Discrimination, Accountability, Gates intolerance, Recommendations. PART OF A SERIES: Materials in the series fall into one of several categories related to the Independent Commission's work product: (1) Commission meeting materials, which include meeting agendas, work plans, memoranda, and articles about police misconduct that were circulated and reviewed during the Commission's internal meetings; (2) public correspondence, which includes citizen complaints against the LAPD in the form of written testimony, articles, and an audio cassette tape, as well as letters drafted by citizens in support of the LAPD; (3) summaries of interviews held with LAPD officers regarding Departmental procedures and relations; (4) public meeting materials, which include transcripts, supplementary documents, and witness statements that were reviewed at the Commission's public meetings; (5) press releases related to the formation and work product of the Commission; and (6) miscellaneous materials reviewed by the Commission during its study, including LAPD personnel and training manuals, a memorandum of understanding, and messages from the LAPD's Mobile Digital Terminal (MDT) system. |
| Coverage date | 1978/1991 |
| Creator |
Kessler, Irving, compiler Kessler, Lynn F., compiler |
| Publisher (of the original version) | Los Angeles Times; L.A. Weekly; U.S. News & World Report; Los Angeles Daily News; New York Times; Newsweek; Sentinel |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California, USA; Washington, DC, USA; New York, New York, USA |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California |
| Date created | 1991 |
| Date issued | 1978/1991 |
| Type |
texts images |
| Format | 368 p. |
| Format (aat) |
clippings (information artifacts) articles summaries |
| Format (imt) | application/pdf |
| Language | English |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Part of collection | Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, 1991 |
| Series | Independent Commission File List |
| File | Complaints, suggestions, and support |
| Box and folder | box 23, folders 7-9 |
| Provenance | The collection was given to the University of Southern California on July 31, 1991. |
| Rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. |
| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Repository name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
| Repository address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
| Repository email | specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Filename | indep-box23-07_09 |
Description
| Title | Correspondence: complaints against LAPD, 1978-1991, p. 217 |
| Format (imt) | image/tiff |
| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Full text | Woo Seeks Curbs on INS Cooperation ■ Law enforcement: His propositi follows incident in which LA. police rescued 27 illegal-alien hostages and turned them over to federal agents. By HECTOR TOBAR runssiAifwrits* ' .. Inn AngcleM Cily Councilman Michael jWiih proposed new restrictions Wednesday on coopcrutton between the IjOs Angeles Police Department and federal immigration authorities in the wake of un incident last week in which LAPD officers lurncd over 27 kidnap victims to the INS. "The department's actions may huve worked to destroy the fragile trust that the Irefugec community) had developed with the Police Department," Woo suid in an interview. I,a8l week, family members of a Salvadoran man contacted police when coyotes, or immigrant" smugglers, demanded u (1.000 ransom to release each of the hostages held In a South-Central "drop house." LAPD Newton Division officers rescued the illegal immigrants only to turn all 27 over to the INS an hour later. Woo said thTThcldcnt may prevent future crime victims from contacting the police for help. Woo* motion camduiflcr he discussed the Incident with top police officials, including Assistant Chief Jesse Brewer, at a meeting on Monday. His proposal states that the Police Department, with a few exceptions, should not "assist or cooperate with any (U.S.) Immigration and Naturalization Service Investigation, detention, or arrest procedures." """. The proposal also would forbid the department from inquiring into the Immigration status of an individual and from releasing any information regarding an individual's immigration status to Che INS. Exceptions would be made in cases in which an immigrant commits a felony or a drug-related offense. Woo mild the now pioposul would clarify und strengthen the policy adopted by the city in 1985, when the councilman sponsored u resolution naming Los Angeles as a "city of refuge." That resolution established that the Police Department should not identify crime victims to the INS. "The policy that wc fought to enact back in 1985 is becoming unraveled." Woo suid. "Ultimately, it's going to be the Police Department lhal is going to suffer if victims or witnesses arc afraid to contact the Police Department. Wc cun't leave Ihe current policy as it is." LAPD spokesman Lt. Fred Nixon would not comment on Woo's proposal, but added: "If this should become luw, then wc will certainly enforce it." The motion will likely be considered by the council's Public Safety Committee next month. ' Representatives of the Central American Refugee Center and the Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights of. Los Angeles announced their support for the proposal at a Wednesday press conference.. Madeline Janis. executive director of the Refugee Center, said last week's kidnaping incident "has led to a situation where . . . we can't call the police If one of our clients is having an emergency." Woo suid he expects some resistance to the proposal. "I think it's going to take a lot of work. There arc members of the council who may not be used to thinking of the needs of Central-Americans in Los Angeles," he said. Woo faced Intense opposition in 1985 when he sponsored the council resolution declaring Ix»s Angeles a city of sanctuary for Central-American refugees. The council approved the resolution, but later threw out some key provisions when opponents threatened to launch an initiative campaign to have it repealed. |
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