Dear Members Below are two articles one positive and welcomed news and the other concerning - Hennepin County and health to illegal aliens Ruthie ************************************************* 1. Thank You Officer Boon for enforcing the LAW!!!! IT CAN BE DONE !!!!!!!!!! from the article: According to a Minnesota Public Radio report, Centro Campesino will not appeal the state's decision, largely due to spending $70,000 over the past two years on attorney fees, travel costs and community workshops. Centro Campesino Executive Director Victor Contreras said anti-immigrant sentiment remains in the community, to the point that many Latinos left town. State dismisses human rights complaintsAgainst Gaylord officerBy Fritz Busch — Staff Writer GAYLORD - The Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) has determined that there is "no probable cause" to credit a Latino and migrant advocacy organization's allegations of unfair discriminatory practices by a Gaylord Police officer. In October, 2008, Owatonna-based Centro Campesino filed allegations of human rights violations against officer Eric Boon, the City of Gaylord and the Gaylord Police Department on behalf of itself and about 20 Latino immigrant residents of the Gaylord area. The first complaint stated that Boon ticketed Latino residents for not carrying a driver's license and arrested or threatened to arrest them for not having a license. In an e-mail to The Journal, Boon denied ever going to a residence to ask for a driver's license or ever arresting anyone for not having identification at home. The second complaint stated Boon threatened a family with his gun. Boon denied the complaint and said the issue was recorded on a squad car camera. A third complaint stated Boon stopped a Latino female many times for no reason and showed her a notebook of the names of all Latinos he stopped. Boon said the woman who had lived in Gaylord for three years had no valid driver's license, illegal window tint, which she had been told many times to remove, and had out-of-state license plates. A fourth complaint stated Boon ticketed a Latino at a Gaylord grocery store and had her vehicle towed because she had no driver's license. Boon said the seven-year Gaylord resident was warned not to drive because she had no driver's license but she drove anyway, gave Boon a false name and had fake Minnesota identification. A fifth complaint stated that Boon stopped a woman, demanded she admit she was not the same person on an identification card, arrested her for not paying a previous ticket and drove her to St. Cloud. Boon said he learned the woman was wanted on a McLeod County warrant so he drove her nine miles to the Sibley/McLeod County line where a McLeod County deputy took her into custody. A sixth complaint stated 45 percent of all Gaylord Police tickets were to Latinos. Boon said he supplied the MDHR with a list of all contacts made by Gaylord Police from 2003 through 2009. During that time, about 1,600 vehicles were stopped, 250 citations were given to Latinos, 111 for no driver's license. The interim Gaylord Police Chief, Boon talked to The Journal about the issues. "I've never been able to get my side of the story in the media for years until now," Boon said. "I want citizens to know I never did any profiling. All charges were unfounded," he added. According to a Minnesota Public Radio report, Centro Campesino will not appeal the state's decision, largely due to spending $70,000 over the past two years on attorney fees, travel costs and community workshops. Centro Campesino Executive Director Victor Contreras said anti-immigrant sentiment remains in the community, to the point that many Latinos left town. Fritz Busch can be e-mailed at fbusch@nujournal.com. ************************************************* 2. As I understand the article below - illegal aliens, who state they live in Hennepin County will receive FREE non emergency health care but a legal resident or U.S. Citizen who lives just outside the county - will not My Question: Why are Hennepin County residents paying for non emergency care for anyone in the COUNTRY who is here illegally What is Hennepin County thinking? Ruthie Golden Hydrant goes to Hennepin County for providing free non-emergency health care to illegal immigrantsToday the county board voted on some significant changes to Hennepin County Medical Center's (HCMC) admissions policy, including changes to whom HCMC provides free subsidized non-emergency care. Hennepin County taxpayers subsidize HCMC to the tune of over $30 million each year to cover free and reduced-cost services to the poor. The new policy proposed to deny free non-emergency services (federal law requires all hospitals to provide emergency services to everyone, regardless of ability to pay) to those who do not live in Hennepin County. In the past, HCMC has provided services to anyone who walked in the door, regardless of residence or ability to pay. Under this new policy, HCMC would continue to provide free services to ANYONE who claims to live in Hennepin County, including illegal immigrants. I offered an amendment to the policy stating simply: "Free and Discounted Care provided through Hennepin County Medical Center will be limited to U.S. citizens or legal noncitizens except as otherwise required by state or federal law…" My proposal failed on a vote of 6 - 1. The latest Golden Fire Hydrant goes to HCMC's decision - and the county board's blessing of that decision - to spend taxpayer dollars to provide free non-emergency health care services to illegal immigrants. Read more… Ruthie Minnesotans Seeking Immigration Reform State Chapter for FIRE Coalition "Restore Order - Secure Our Border" "The Ruthie Report" 8 pm CST every Thursday via Conservative Alliance Media Network at |
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