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A sea change for Waukegan Latinos
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A friend sent me this article today that appeared in the Sun Times. Interesting that Mayor Bob is said to have withdrawn Waukegan from the 287G program when he has blamed Dick Hyde.

A sea change for Waukegan Latinos

August 10, 2009 Chicago Sun-Times

BY ESTHER J. CEPEDA

Two years ago, the City of Waukegan was on fire. While a furious debate on illegal immigration played out nationally, Waukegan was melting down from the day-to-day logistical frustrations of a city ill-equipped to deal with the cultural demands of an influx of brown-skinned, predominantly Spanish-speaking newcomers.

Like so many towns across the U.S., Waukegan -- a formerly mostly Caucasian, blue-collar manufacturing town 30 miles north of the Loop -- was torn apart by a fervent anti-illegal immigrant sentiment that oozed all over its perfectly "legal" Hispanic residents.

The match was a city ordinance that impounded the cars of drivers caught cruising without a license or car insurance. A critical public safety issue, to be sure, but some Latino residents, who make up over half the town's population, considered it rampant racial profiling.

It lit a powder keg. In June 200, the Waukegan City Council voted to apply to the feds for two Waukegan police officers to be trained for 287(g) authorization -- a controversial program that would have allowed police to start deportation proceedings for any illegal aliens convicted of violent offenses such as rape, murder, sexual assault or drug violations.
Enraged Hispanic residents exploded in protests.

Over the next few weeks, Waukegan Mayor Richard Hyde vowed to fight for the program to the bitter end, while overzealous community activists descended on an already frightened Latino community, terrifying them with tales of midnight home raids, deportation for not returning library books in a timely manner and other wild exaggerations and nonsense in the name of mobilizing a rebellion.
Things grew so tense that the Waukegan police felt it necessary to strap on riot gear on the day of one City Council meeting, preparing for violent protests. Large numbers of Latinos did in fact turn out to protest, but entirely peaceably.

Fast-forward to April 7, 2009, when Waukegan elected a new mayor, Bob Sabonjian Jr., who immediately withdrew Waukegan's application to the dreaded federal program and welcomed a new police chief, Artis Yancey, to town.

When Sabonjian and I spoke last week, on the three-month mark of his tenure, he said: "There has been a change of mind-set in Waukegan, [this administration] isn't needlessly scaring people."
But he waved off the idea that his actions changed the tide. Instead, he thanked the dedicated Hispanic community groups who backed his race and demonstrated their commitment to a healthy -- rather than a Hispanic -- Waukegan.

The fiery and outspoken community activist Margaret Carrasco agreed with my assessment of the 180-degree trans- formation. "I do believe we're in a better place than we were," she said. "For the first time we have a cross-section of our community -- all races, all ages -- attending city council meetings with the agreement to work together for what's best for our community."
Carrasco offered the insight of the year: "We of the Latino community recognized we needed to take personal responsibility to make new immigrants understand the ordinances and rules of the town, to resolve differences positively, and to join together with the Anglo and the African-American people of Waukegan to include them in our culture and be part of theirs."

What a difference two years makes! There's a black man in the White House, a Hispanic woman on the Supreme Court, and in Waukegan, Sabonjian, Carrasco and Yancey are working hand-in-hand.
No, the tensions in Waukegan haven't completely gone -- and the battle for reforming the current federal immigration system will soon take on new life -- but if we're lucky, the focus will come off illegal immigration and change to immigrant integration.

The Waukegan exemplar proves that a community burned to ashes by a cultural firestorm can be reborn anew.

Esther J. Cepeda blogs at <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.600words.com">http://www.600words.com</a><!-- m -->.
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Just for the record, this Waukeganite, raised & still living in Waukegan for over 50 years, is still very much against illegal immigration and the negative effects it has had on my hometown.
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A while back before the election, when Hyde was still mayor I heard Hyde say that 287g had already been "withdrawn". Does this mean Hyde was lying to the voters then?
This is from WKRS Libby Collins show.
http://sbcglobalpwp.att.net/d/a/danteeqs/withdrawn6.mp3
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