Translated LA Times: Today LA Sheriffs seized $234,000 worth of harmless products from small businesses in a move certain to harm their businesses, increase unemployment and withdraw money and trade from a lagging economy.

Former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper and current LA Police Chief Charles Beck take issue with Baca’s assertions.

Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca may have used his role in law enforcement to advance the political agenda of the “No on 19″ campaign, bolstered by drug treatment program theories and materials which California’s Dept. of Education reported as “misleading” and “inaccurate.”

At long last, Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) is set to introduce his version of comprehensive immigration reform, tomorrow. The last time I wrote about Rep. Gutierrez introducing this bill, I chided him for failing to co-sponsor the DREAM Act. The fact that Gutierrez wanted to include the DREAM Act in his bill, but failed to co-sponsor it before, is just one of many ways the voices of migrant youth are stifled, used, and taken for granted in the U.S. immigration debate. I commend Rep. Gutierrez for finally showing migrant youth the respect we deserve by co-sponsoring the DREAM Act.