A new Facebook group has formed in support of making Santa Ana a Sanctuary City. The group’s page states that “In Santa Ana we have the numbers to make Santa Ana a Sanctuary city but we act like a minority . We must fight back!”
An effort to do this died in 2008, after Council Member Michele [...]
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Is it time to make Santa Ana a Sanctuary City?
Posted by Admin on May 7th, 2010
Help Gloria get to Harvard’s Graduate School
Posted by Admin on May 4th, 2010
The haters will tell you that Mexicans cannot amount to anything – the truth is that our young people are just as capable as anyone else.
In the video above, you will meet Gloria Montiel, a graduate of Santa Ana High School. She was accepted into Harvard – and she finished an undergraduate degree. Now she [...]
Posted in dream act, Education, immigration, Latinos, mexico, Santa Ana, working families, Youth 
Tags: dream act, Education, gloria M, gloria montiel, harvard, immigrants, Latinos, mexicans, Santa Ana, santa ana high school, undocumented 
5 Comments »New Facebook group asks Congresswoman Sanchez to co-sponsor the Dream Act
Posted by Admin on April 9th, 2010
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez dresses up for the Tet Festival but won’t co-sponsor the Dream Act
A new Facebook page is asking Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez to co-sponsor the Dream Act. Here is what they are saying online:
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez is running for re-election this year and has refused to co-sponsor the DREAM Act once again. Every year [...]
Posted in anaheim, Democratic Party, Education, garden grove, immigration, Latinos, Santa Ana, Youth Tags: dream act, Education, facebook, immigrants, Latinos, loretta sanchez 1 Comment »Santa Ana could make money off Easter Cruising instead of losing thousands
Posted by Admin on April 8th, 2010
I was pretty upset when I found out that the Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) assigned 125 cops to go after the Easter Cruisers this past weekend.
I found a video on YouTube that chronicled what went on this Sunday. I translated the text on that site below:
In the middle of Easter Sunday, the Police Department Santa [...]
A closer look at the Santa Ana Police Department’s DUI checkpoints
Posted by Admin on March 10th, 2010
I met a week or so ago with Paul Walters, the Chief at the Santa Ana Police Department, and two of his top police officers. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the DUI checkpoints that the SAPD conducts, as it turns out, twice a month. You can see all of the checkpoints mapped [...]
SAPD DUI checkpoint at Rosita Park was a waste of taxpayer money
Posted by Admin on February 26th, 2010
The Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) proceeded with their DUI checkpoint tonight, at Rosita Park, over by Newhope and Hazard. I visited the checkpoint at about 9:30 pm. There were about ten cops there and a lot of vehicles and equipment.
I brought my camera and took pictures and shot some video. As I approached the [...]
SAPD set to impound immigrants’ cars this Friday, near Rosita Park
Posted by Admin on February 25th, 2010
Tell your friends not to drive by Rosita Park on Friday night!
“Officers may stop any vehicle at the checkpoint, which will be in the area of 1000 N. Newhope St., near Rosita Park. The checkpoint stops will begin at 7:30 p.m. and are scheduled to go until 1 a.m,” according to the O.C. Register.
If you think that [...]
Mexican Consul Carlos Rodríguez y Quezada leaving Santa Ana early
Posted by Admin on November 27th, 2009
“Mexican Consul Carlos Rodríguez y Quezada is retiring from his post in Santa Ana on Monday, his spokesman Agustin Pradillo Cuevas said today,” according to the O.C. Register.
Quezada has been controversial, to say the least. He replaced a Consul who was very popular, and who fought for the rights of Mexican immigrants. The problem with [...]
