Day Laborers Sue

[ilbegone]

"Our core constitutional principles of equality and freedom demand that a day laborer enjoy the same right to free expression as a political activist or a member of a charitable group," Belinda Escobosa Helzer, a staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, told reporters at a press conference Tuesday.

Where are these day laborer's individual places of business? Where are the individual places of business for the employers who hire them? Where are all the W4 forms and I-9s the employers are legally required to maintain for every employee hired?

This is not a group of people expressing political belief on the corner, for which it may be necessary to get a permit, but people engaged in commercial activity. Local governments have the right to regulate commercial activity, such as by zoning. And apparently, the streets in Costa Mesa are not zoned for day labor solicitation of employment nor for employers to seek labor.

Nor do the streets seem to be zoned for nor the proper permits obtained for loitering, noise making, or being in the country illegally.

Not a one of those day laborers or their employers have a mailbox on that figurative corner, nor is that figurative corner a legal place of business.

[Jeanfromfillmore]

"They don't want us to be on the corner and we just want to work to sustain our families, and ourselves," said Jose Anaya, a Mexican immigrant who has sought work as a day laborer in Costa Mesa for the last three years.Quote

I am so tired of hearing 'We just want to feed/help/sustain our families' when they pop out another kid every year and then use the excuse they have to fed them, they use them as propaganda tools and we're suppose to feel sorry for them.

[Commander Bunny]

I've parked My truck with chainsaws, gardening tools, etc. and had a bussiness lic. and liability insurance, and would park very close to where the DL's would gather in Sonoma Co, trying to get work.

And the Police would only hassle Me, as They told Me "it's illegal to solicit work from a street corner in Our City"...

Go figure.

[ilbegone]

Originally Posted by Commander Bunny

I've parked My truck with chainsaws, gardening tools, etc. and had a bussiness lic. and liability insurance, and would park very close to where the DL's would gather in Sonoma Co, trying to get work.

And the Police would only hassle Me, as They told Me "it's illegal to solicit work from a street corner in Our City"...

Go figure.

Double standard. If there were money to legaly pursue it, would there be room for suit concerning discrimination, equal protection, or a bunch of other legal situations I don't know the names for?

[Ole Glory]

"claiming a ban on seeking work on the street violates their civil rights."

Civil Rights? What Civil Rights, they are illegal they have no rights in this Country, they are Criminals.

[DerailAmnesty.com]

Given the existing case law that exists on this issue, the day laborers are likely to win.

[Ayatollahgondola]

Originally Posted by DerailAmnesty.com

Given the existing case law that exists on this issue, the day laborers are likely to win.

I wrote a code that would work against the day laborers, but it was on the old forum, and Chelena's henchmen erased it. There is a way to do it, and I know it can work.