SHERIFF BLOCK REFUSES
TO ENFORCE PROP. 187 LAWS

• Los Angeles has a serious problem with the manufacture, distribution, sale and use of phony identification documents. That is why the proponents of Proposition 187 included Sections 2 and 3 to deal with phony documents. These sections became California law in November 1994 - Penal Code Sections 113 and 114.
• VCT learned that our law enforcement agencies are not citing illegal aliens for violating these laws.
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• On August 20, 1995 ,we ran a full-page ad in the Los Angeles Daily News which accused Sheriff Sherman Block of failing to enforce these new Proposition 187 laws.

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  Responding to our ad Sheriff Block wrote in a letter to the Daily News on August 28, 1995:
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• "We are enforcing those provisions of Proposition 187 that the courts have not enjoined."
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• WAS SHERIFF BLOCK TELLING THE TRUTH?

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  On the same day as his letter in the Daily News (August 28) Voice of Citizens Together sent the following fax to Sheriff's Headquarters:

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• How many arrests have been made by the L.A. County Sheriff's Dept. under Penal Code Sections 113 and 114 since they were added (subsequent to November 8, 1994?).

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  On September 5, VCT received the following fax from the Sheriff's Department:
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• As per your request dated August 28, 1995, we have gone through our records and found only one incident of Penal Code 113 (a) as on date.
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• George Mathew L.A. County Sheriff's Department Management Information Services 213-780-2117

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  According to his own records, the Sheriff has never arrested and charged anyone under Penal Code Section 114 for the use of phony IDs since the law went into effect in November, 1994, and only one arrest and charge has been made for the manufacture, sale and distribution of phony ID documents (Penal Code Section 113).
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• One of two things must be true. Illegal aliens have stopped using phony IDs or SHERIFF BLOCK is NOT TELLING THE TRUTH.

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  Isn't it also interesting that Sheriff Block campaigned heavily against Proposition 187, including making many personal appearances. On one such occasion, Block shared a podium with Linda Wong to fight against Proposition 187. Linda Wong was the former legal counsel for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) and is an open-borders advocate.

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• AND, SHERIFF BLOCK HAS NOW ORGANIZED THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE IN OPPOSITION TO THE GALLEGLY AMENDMENT TO HR 2202, EVEN THOUGH THE CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA CHAPTERS SUPPORT IT.