OUTRAGEOUS! Editorial Board SIDES with ILLEGAL ALIEN STREET VENDOR

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The Daily Bulletin, located in Rancho Cucamonga, published an editorial in support of street vendors and then highlights the recent apprehension of illegal alien Marcelina Rios in Rancho Cucamonga after she had been cited four times for selling corn in a Rancho Cucamonga park. She was taken into local custody in Rancho Cucamonga and upon her release, ICE agents arrested her.  According to the Daily Bulletin, she is in the immigration detention center in Adelanto, CA. REALITY CHECK! BELOW RECENT VIDEOS TAKEN IN LOS ANGELES THAT INCLUDE STREET VENDORS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lfnI5SMe5U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pV3RztcfwI&t=260s READ THE OUTRAGEOUS EDITORIAL BELOW, PUBLISHED IN THE DAILY BULLETIN! WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR & INCLUDE YOUR FULL NAME, ADDRESS & PHONE NUMBER. ALSO, LEAVE A COMMENT AT THE END OF THE ARTICLE. opinion@langnews.com ATTEND   THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TODAY AND SPEAK OUT IN SUPPORT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. DATE: Wednesday, Nov 1  TIME: 7pm (suggested arrival time 6:45pm)  LOCATION: Rancho Cucamonga City Hall/Council Chambers,10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, California 91730   Opinion End the war on street vending http://www.dailynews.com/2017/10/31/end-the-war-on-street-vending/ Los Angeles Daily News By The Editorial Board | opinion@langnews.com | PUBLISHED: October 31, 2017 at 6:15 pm | UPDATED: October 31, 2017 at 6:27 pm For many, street vending is one of the few options available to make a living to support themselves and their families. Though ubiquitous throughout Southern California, the work of street vendors has often been subject to strict and even sometimes draconian rules, restrictions and punishments. Despite there being as many as 50,000 vendors in the city of Los Angeles, the second-largest city in the country, was the last major city to finally remove criminal penalties for sidewalk vending this year. In February, prompted mostly by the election of President Trump and fears that criminalizing sidewalk vendors would put many undocumented immigrants at risk of deportation, the City Council unanimously voted to remove criminal penalties for sidewalk vending. Whatever the motives of the council, the removal of criminal penalties was ultimately a good thing, for criminalizing a market that according to the Economic Roundtable generates upward of $500 million in business a year has always seemed like a misguided waste of resources and opportunity. However, there is still work to do. The city has yet to make much progress in developing and implementing a framework to legalize the work of street vendors, and criminal penalties remain in place for vending in city parks. Councilmen Jose Huizar and Mitch O’Farrell have proposed removing criminal penalties for vending in city parks. We urge the council to do so and focus greater attention on providing vendors greater opportunities to work legally. The consequences of continuing to criminalize any aspect of street vending often do little more than make a mockery of justice and the rule of law. Take for example the case of Marcelina Rios of Ontario, who was arrested last month at Old Town Park on Oct. 13 for selling corn without having the proper paperwork. Booked into the West Valley Detention Center, Rios was then taken in by ICE agents, who transferred her to the Santa Ana City Jail and then the Adelanto Detention Facility. This is an excessive response to someone trying to earn a living and an abuse of the justice system. We call on all cities to remove the threat of criminal punishment from vendors and instead work to make lawful vending easier