PRESS RELEASE – COMMUNITY FORUM

“PROTECTING OUR CITIZENS FROM ILLEGAL ALIEN CRIMINALS & MS-13 GANG MEMBERS”
HOSTED BY HELP SAVE MARYLAND & THE CAPITAL AREA ALLIANCE AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

Monday, December 8, 2008, 7PM
Rockville Library, 1st Floor Meeting Room
21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville 20850
Directions, Metro, Parking, 240-777-0140
www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Apps/Libraries/branchinfo/ro.asp

Speakers:

Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins
“Federal ICE 287g Officer Training”
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton
“Sanctuary Policy Busters”

Contact: Brad Botwin, Director, HSM
bb67chev@aol.com, 240-447-1884
www.HelpSaveMaryland.com

Forum Objectives:

IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING MD & DC CITIZENS:

Presentation on Illegal Immigration & 287G

Saturday November 22, 2008
10:00 - 2:00 PM Oxon Hill Library

6200 Oxon Hill Road - Oxon Hill Maryland 20745

My name is Pree Glenn-Graves and I am the PG County Coordinator for Help Save Maryland.com, a member organization of the Capital Area Alliance Against Illegal Immigration. Help Save Maryland, with members in 17 counties and Baltimore City, is a grassroots, citizens' organization educating the public about the social and financial costs resulting from illegal aliens in Maryland fighting to eliminate the use of tax-dollars on programs and services for illegal aliens in Maryland. See www.HelpSaveMaryland.com for more information.

On Saturday November 22, from 10:00AM to 2:00 PM we are hosting a meeting with Sheriff Chuck Jenkins from Frederick Maryland. Sheriff Jenkins will speak with us regarding 287g (ICE training for law enforcement officers) and why it is an essential program to assist law enforcement in removing criminal illegal aliens from our streets.

The Sheriff will be with us for the first two hours of the meeting only. The Sheriff will enlighten us as to the progress of the program in Frederick Maryland and answer our questions from members of HelpSaveMaryland.com and concerned citizens of the State of Maryland.

Topics for discussion include:

Oxon Hill Library, 6200 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill Maryland 20745, (across from Rivertown Commons Shopping Center).

Maryland has a BIG problem!

www.HelpSaveMaryland.com

 

SPECIAL THANKS TO THOSE MANY HELP SAVE MARYLAND MEMBERS WHO CAME OUT TO CHALLENGE CASA OF MARYLAND & THEIR ILLEGAL ALIEN CLIENTELE IN FREDERICK TUESDAY NIGHT. MARYLAND LEADERS LIKE SHERIFF CHUCK JENKINS WILL NEVER STAND ALONE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND ANTI-CITIZEN GROUPS LIKE CASA OF MARYLAND.

THOSE WHO STAYED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FREDERICK COUNTY COMMISIONERS HEARING ALSO HAD THE PLEASURE OF LISTENING TO SUSAN PAYNE, A LEADING ACTIVIST FOR ENFORCING IMMIGRATION LAW, LAMBASTE CASA OF MARYLAND AND THOSE WHO SUPPORT THEM!

ALERT!!! - HELP SAVE MARYLAND CITIZENS RALLY MONDAY OCTOBER 27, 10AM - LANGLEY PARK, PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY. HSM TO RALLY AGAINST GROUNDBREAKING OF NEW CASA OF MARYLAND HEADQUARTERS!!!! MANY PANDERING MD OFFICIALS PARTICPATING IN CASA EVENT. MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW.

Brad Botwin, Director Help Save Maryland

 

Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008 Both sides of immigration debate meet
by Margarita Raycheva  Staff Writer Frederick Gazette

When Tony Naranjo moved his family from California to Walkersville six years ago, he thought he was joining a friendly and accepting community. Now he is not so sure. What changed his mind was the thought that Frederick County Public Schools might one day require the parents of his grandchildren to prove that they are in the United States legally.

Such a move, he believes, will lead to racial profiling. "I don't think that is fair," said Naranjo, who spoke Tuesday evening at a rally organized by the Frederick Justice Coalition, the NAACP, CASA de Maryland and churches. Their concern, just like Naranjo's, comes from recent efforts by Frederick County Commissioner John "Lennie" Thompson Jr. (R), who wants county schools to report the number of students who cannot prove they are in the country legally. Thompson wants the federal government to pay the county to educate students who are illegal immigrants, but he must first know how many are enrolled in the school system. Thompson unsuccessfully proposed that his idea be included in the commissioners' package of bills for the Frederick County Delegation to the Maryland General Assembly.

When the majority of county commissioners turned down his idea, Thompson, Commissioner Charles A. Jenkins (R) and Sheriff Chuck Jenkins (R) tried to push it in a different direction. The three sent a letter to the eight members of the delegation asking them to introduce a proposal requiring public schools to count students who are in the country illegally. None have so far responded. School board members have resisted the idea of counting the number of students who are illegal immigrants, often referring to a 1982 Supreme Court case, Plyler v. Doe, which ruled that school districts must educate all children despite their immigration status. Advocate groups and residents like Naranjo came out on Tuesday to oppose Thompson's proposal. "I feel very passionate about this," Naranjo said. "This is called racial discrimination.

You are targeting my grandchildren. That hits home." Protesters came to Winchester Hall while county commissioners reviewed the county legislative package. The organizers planned to hold a brief press conference followed by a peaceful rally to show county commissioners that residents care about immigration issues. But the rally ended up generating more heat than expected when supporters of the opposing view on immigration also showed up. They were mostly Montgomery County residents and members of Help Save Maryland - an anti-illegal immigrant group with members across Maryland. Representatives from the two groups exchanged angry remarks.

Representatives of Help Save Maryland said illegal immigrants drain taxpayer money and use up resources. They called them "undesirables" dumped in the United States by their own countries. Representatives of Casa responded by calling them Nazis, and yelling at them to "return to Germany." Some of them carried signs saying: "Hey, Thompson, Jenkins, leave the kids alone!" Brad Botwin of Montgomery County, director of Help Save Maryland, called Sheriff Jenkins a "hero" for his efforts to crack down on illegal immigrants.

He said illegal immigration is the main reason for the eruption of crime in Montgomery, and that he wished it had officials like Sheriff Jenkins. Lydia Espinosa-Crafton of New Market said Frederick County groups will continue to speak out against efforts that create a rift in the community. "We hope to continue to speak out about how immigrants are treated here," she said.

 

Opponents clash on immigration Frederick News Post
Originally published October 22, 2008
By Meg Tully

Photo by Graham Cullen

Lydia Espinosa Crafton speaks to a crowd gathered outside Winchester Hall about a proposal to take a survey of how many students in Frederick County Public Schools are not legal residents.

Two sides of the immigration debate collided Tuesday night outside of Winchester Hall. Members of immigrant rights group CASA de Maryland crowded on the steps to speak against a proposal to count illegal immigrants in Frederick County Public Schools. They wore T-shirts that read "You can count me for a better Frederick," and started their remarks with a prayer in Spanish. As they spoke, Sheriff Chuck Jenkins, a sponsor of the proposal, stood by quietly with members of Help Save Maryland, an anti-illegal immigrant group. By the end of the press conference, a crowd of about 50 had gathered and people used to meeting only on the Internet were standing face-to-face on the crowded sidewalk. Immigrant rights activists shouted at their opponents, calling them Nazis, while those against illegal immigration criticized CASA for supporting lawbreakers and not speaking English only.

The local immigration debate erupted last year, when Frederick County Commissioner Charles Jenkins proposed a measure to deny county services, such as libraries or recreation programs, to illegal immigrants. That measure ultimately failed, but it dominated discussion as the commissioners generated their 2008 legislative package. This year, the commissioners declined to support controversial immigration proposals, including one by Commissioner John L. Thompson Jr. to require the count in public schools. Commissioners Thompson and Jenkins, along with the sheriff, decided to send that proposal to the county's delegation of state lawmakers anyway, hoping an individual member will introduce it once the General Assembly session starts in January.

CASA, along with the Frederick Justice Coalition, a group of local churches, organized the press conference Tuesday to coincide with the commissioners hearing on their legislative package, even though it did not include the count proposal. Shelby Bennett, 17, spoke during the press conference about her experience as a student at Tuscarora High School. Her ancestors on one side of the family were the first publishers of a newspaper in Frederick County, and on the other side come from Nicaragua. "I love Frederick, I have lived here all my life," she said. "But as a person of mixed heritage, it is hard to go to school and hear my classmates make ignorant comments about students who are different from them." Her generation does not need to learn how to categorize those who differ from them, she said.

CASA Frederick County coordinator Hector Pop called for more dialogue and fewer anti-immigrant proposals. Sheriff Jenkins attended the conference because he thought CASA might challenge his project to work with federal officials to check the immigration status of those arrested in the county. When he heard they were talking about the count instead, he said it is important to know the burden of illegal immigrants in order to request more education funds from the federal government. "I think the taxpayers have the absolute right to know what's being done with their tax money," he said.

Steve Berryman, coordinator of Help Save Maryland in Frederick County, called as many members as he could to attend the CASA rally after he heard about it earlier Tuesday. They passed out bumper stickers with slogans such as, "All illegal aliens must leave the U.S." He criticized immigrant rights groups for talking about pride for the country without discussing legality. "We don't welcome people unconditionally to America," he said. "There's a process involved, and anybody who circumvents the process on a feel-good basis, is essentially not helping the citizenship requirements of the United States." Frederick County NAACP branch president Guy Djoken said these proposals are divisive, however. "Students, regardless of where they are coming from, regardless of their race and immigration status, deserve one thing," Djoken said. "Education."

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