GOVERNOR SPITZER RESIGNS
Statement
from Assemblyman Greg Ball (R –
Carmel)
"My heart and prayers go out to Mrs. Spitzer and the
Spitzer family. Yet my heart also goes out to the millions
of New Yorkers, of all political persuasions, who
voted for this man believing that he, Spitzer, would
finally champion the cause of the people and work to clean
up Albany. Today Spitzer's political body died and will be
buried, but those hopes and those dreams of millions of New
Yorkers for a better future and a reformed Albany, must be
resurrected.
“Immediately, as a member of the Legislature, I will
now welcome the new Governor. I look forward to a
new, fresh start and will begin gently urging the new
Governor to restart serious and comprehensive efforts for
tax reform, term limits, ethics reform and budget reform.
We must not allow recent efforts for comprehensive school
tax reform to be aborted by the pettiness of partisanship
and the politics of personal destruction. Paterson
must learn from Spitzer, avoid highly divisive struggles
over social issues, and instead embrace the people’s
mandate, a mandate that remains without a leader, for truly
reforming Albany – an agenda that Spitzer seemed to
forget about shortly after the Comptroller vote last year,
leaving us in the end to wonder what this not so good
Governor could have accomplished, eventually, had he been a
better man."
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LIST
OF ATTENDEES JOINING GREG BALL’S 287(G) INITIATIVE
GROWS
Local,
Regional and National Organizations Line Up to
Participate
in
the Assemblyman’s Law Enforcement Summit Next
Month
www.Ball4NY.com
Assemblyman Greg Ball (R – Carmel), who was recently
named State Chairman of State Legislators for Legal
Immigration, is hosting an interstate law enforcement
conference regarding 287(g) funding next month. Ball is
thrilled to announce that the list of participating
organizations has increased. In addition to dozens of
local law enforcement agencies, the 9/11 Families for a
Secure America, a national homeland security organization,
will be attending.
“Many
Americans, even those who are immensely involved with and
concerned about illegal alien crime against U.S. citizens,
are unaware of 287(g). They do not know how it can
greatly benefit our country and law enforcement
professionals, or how it can counter the corrosive and
dangerous effects of sanctuary cities for the estimated 10
million illegal aliens in our nation,” stated
Ball. “I am thrilled that 9/11 Families has
joined our long list of supporters and will be helping us
spread the word about the importance of 287(g).”
“It is fair to say that Greg Ball is the only New
York State elected official who has been willing to not
only meet with organizations regarding homeland security,
like 9/11 Families, but to understand what we are trying to
do and help us accomplish that,” stated Ed Kowalski,
the organization’s director. “We are very
pleased to be part of this event. Illegal alien crime
is a big issue and it is important that the public be
informed about legislation that can help abate or alleviate
this problem. 9/11 Families is extremely pleased and
grateful for the work that Assemblyman Ball has put toward
making New York State a safer place.”
9/11 Families for a Secure America is a national
organization that works to promote homeland security
initiatives and stop illegal immigration. Started by
families who lost loved ones on September 11, the founders,
and their supporters, believe that the failure to keep out
unauthorized aliens and the federal government’s
failure to respond to intelligence information led directly
to the 9/11 attacks and deaths of their loved ones.
The organization is adamant that the federal government
failed to live up to its most basic obligation to its
citizens – to protect them from foreign attack.
Peter Gadiel, a founding member of 9/11 Families and its
acting president said, “Hundreds of thousands of
illegal alien criminals should not be exempt from being
subject to our laws. They should not have the
privilege of being immune from being questioned by state or
local police. It is not like New York State
doesn’t have a problem. In fact, 41 of 57
counties are already receiving reimbursements from SCAAP
[(the United States Department of Justice’s State
Criminal Alien Assistance Program)], which means they have
a criminal illegal alien presence in their community.
SCAAP is reactive. 287(g) is proactive.”
287(g) is a
section of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act that
was added to law by the Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act. Since September 30,
1996, 287(g) has been effective in authorizing the
secretary of the United States Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) to enter into agreements with state and
local law enforcement agencies that permit designated
officers to perform immigration law enforcement
functions. Simply stated, 287(g) provides the legal
authority for state and local enforcement to investigate,
detain, and arrest aliens on civil and criminal
grounds.
However, most
local law enforcement agencies simply do not have the
funding to provide this training. Sadly, many law
enforcement agencies are not even aware of this important
training and public safety measure. This was the
inspiration behind Ball’s 287(g) initiative –
to help inform law enforcement agencies about the measure
and ensure they get the training needed pursuant to a
memorandum of agreement that states designated officers
receive training and function under the supervision of
sworn United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) officers.
This goal will come to fruition for many regional law
enforcement agencies at Ball’s 287(g) Law Enforcement
Summit, scheduled for April 19. Additionally, the
summit will provide local, state and federal law
enforcement agencies the opportunity to open lines of
communication in order to curb illegal-alien crime.
Ball’s 287g Law Enforcement Summit will be co-hosted
by Jim Pendergraph, ICE Executive Director from the DHS
Office of State and Local Coordination. Before
joining DHS, Pendergraph served over 30
years in law enforcement, and was the Sheriff of
Mecklenburg County, NC, where he pioneered the
successful use of 287(g). In fact, his leadership
resulted in the first implementation of 287(g) east of
Arizona and made Mecklenburg County the only initial county
in the United States who deployed it in a jail setting.
In addition to 9/11 Families for a Secure America, as well
as agencies from across New York State and neighboring
states, two local sheriff’s departments have also
signed up to attend after personally meeting with Ball to
discuss the importance of this initiative. The Putnam
County Sheriff’s Department will be in attendance,
joining Orange County Sheriff Carl DuBois who is also
confirmed to attend. Other invited guests include
immigration expert Mike Cutler, legal immigration groups,
such as Safe Driver’s Licenses, and members of
Assemblyman Ball’s Task Force on Immigration.
9/11 Families
Director Ed Kowalski continued, “We cannot underscore
enough how Assemblyman Ball has taken the lead. He
was on the forefront of the drivers’ license issue
and we are pleased to be working with him on the next step
toward restoring the sanity in the New York State Assembly,
who we hope will join us in realizing our goal to have
287(g) implemented on a statewide basis.”
For more information regarding this summit, please contact
the Assemblyman’s district office at (845) 225-5038.
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DO
NOT MISS!!
Assemblyman
Greg Ball’s
Campaign
Kickoff
This
Sunday!!!!
“Murphy’s”
in Yorktown
11
AM - March 16th!!
Here
is the info online:
www.GballEvents.com
Come
Support a Real Guy - Not a politician!
Why?
Because he has been fighting for
you
for two years!
We
need him in Albany!
DON’T
MISS!! Gball’s New Video on You
Tube!
Check
it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azeD9xHbokM
www.Ball4NY.com