the sanctuary ordinance. my colleague is going to talk always more about the complaint process that people can use to file a complaint regarding a sanctuary city violation. >> thank you. if i may, i just want to read more cards, and if you would, line up to speak. once again, forgive me if i am mispronouncing a name. janine. lapeta. thank you. carl. julie so -- soux. bart murphy. guadaloupe, and manava. forgive me if i am pronouncing these names wrong. line up, and you have two minutes. next speaker. >> thank you. good evening, everyone. i am from the human rights commission, and we are happy to say that we are taking all complaints and reworking santh city issues right now. so if you have any issues, either have been discriminated against or know someone who has an issue about the city of san francisco not respecting the sanctuary ordinance, come to us. we can take complaints there by phone, e-mail or mail, whatever is easiest for you. i am going to leave some forms over there, so if anyone wants to talk to us about problems, they can do it. also, they can visit our website. just a few things about it. we respect your confidentiality status,

we get attacked for the sanctuary city. the id cards in san francisco and connecticut are very, very good. this is an issue that most elected do not want to deal with. in sacramento, it is not a user- friendly situation. people acknowledged that something has to be done, but then they run away from the. commissions such as this, cities such as san francisco, and basically the reality. sometimes i make a joke about immigration. we are here already. we are not going to go away. if you're worried that we have h1n1, then give us health care. i went to washington and ask what is going to happen with health care reform? you have to think of ways. you have to give us more funding for community clinics so people will not be worried about getting deported and not be worried about getting health care. and not be worried about somehow being identified as a criminal. we have a lot of responsibility to all our brothers and sisters who made this country great. we cannot be intimidated. we are a productive people. i walked on the picket li

we just want to let the forum know about this, and my colleague been talking about the sanctuary city in addition, on tuesday, november 17 of this month, we are going to be having a forum on issues affecting -- immigration issues affecting

they have been through the criminal justice system and we can look at it in that perspective, but i strongly oppose anything that would keep the city from remaining sanctuaries city it has come to be known as pure drama i oppose secure communities. -- come to be known as. >> i oppose secure communities. i took a very strong stand against the policies of the local sheriff in arizona where immigrants were being scapegoating and arrested, held for hours, and then deported without committing a crime. when i came to sentences, i continued that policy. i created a policy with the help of other community members to insure that when people were being stopped and did not have a driver's license because they were immigrants, that the car would not be impounded if they could find someone with a driver's license. i have worked with staff in arizona, utah, georgia, and most recently alabama to overturn legislation that was clearly and plainly designed to discriminate against our immigrant community. >> i have said strongly and repeatedly that i am against secure communities, that we should attempt to opt out, following the lead of states like new york and massachusetts a

types of policies, the type of policies that governor perry advocated for texas, they created the sanctuary city, they created -- i'm sorry, magnets for illegal immigration to get worse and it is a big problem and one where we are trying to secure the border, can't have those type of incentives for people to break the law and come across our border. so i think governor perry has found himself very much out of the main stream on this particular issue with the republican party as well as with a lot of independent voters and many democrats who think it is not the right policy. >> do you think that your former boss, mitt romney, has been able to get past the whole issue of obamney care, used to call it the idea that health care in massachusetts, that he presided over, put nothing place, so very much like the president's health care program that republican, many republicans can't stand in do you think he is past that? to me, it seems to come up in every debate we have seen. >> health care will come up in every debate, as it should it is a very important issue. i think what is very important with gove

six months or year, we have seen a huge battle to really defend what we have won in the past 20 years around sanctuary city. i was glad to hear testimonies from were tonight, and i think that this commission has played a very important role in passing the change around the indictlement. this commission held a hearing with hundreds of people who came to give testimony. nothing that happens in the city, nothing that happens in the country happens because somebody wakes up one day and makes it happen. it happens because every day people organize and push for it to happen. this commission exists because of organizing of people. and like they have said, it is important for us as commissions, and i myself commit to going out in the community and really talking about it. a symposium doesn't happen in a room like this. real change happens when we go out and talk to people. a lot of people can speak with their own voice around their own issue. i am committed to them, and as a commission i hope we can work to make that happen. this is a beginning, and i have gotten a lot of good information. to have representatives

i am very happy to be in the mission, because i come here at least once a week to work on immigrant rights sanctuary city issues, and i know this community is a strong community and engage community, so i would have the money there would be a great turnout like there is tonight. thank you for taking time out of what must be a very fun day with this great weather to come and be engaged in talk about public safety and violence. think you. -- thank you. commissioner kingsley: my name is carol kinsley. it is a pleasure to be here with you tonight. we appreciate your involvement in policing activities. it is of the four most of our priorities with the police department. i have lived in san francisco and a number of communities for over 30 years. and i have worked in a number of locations in san francisco for over 30 years, so i consider myself close to being a native. my son was raised here. i am a full-time neutral. i practice law -- i have practiced for over 20 years in the city and our resolve disputes in the commercial business arena. i live infertile heights for a while it very much enjoyed it. -- byrtle

the u.s. embassy, and nato's headquarters are close by. from here militants took aim with machine guns and rocket- propelled grenade launchers. the city's heavily fortified diplomatic district offered residents no sanctuary. some were forced to flee, others hid in bunkers. a school bus was destroyed by a falling grenade. its occupants had left their bags but nobody was on board at the time. i was sitting here when the rocket landed, said this man. one person was injured. my car windows were smashed. (sirens) other targets were also attacked. the country's police headquarters was hit by a suicide bomber. today a taliban spokesman claimed responsibility saying they'd been planning this operation for months. they are just the latest in a string of attacks designed to undermine any sense of security in the city. this is nato... this as nato hands over responsibility for security to afghan forces. >> the taliban tried to test transition, but they can't stop it. transition is on track. it will continue. >> reporter: these pictures show the defense of nato's headquarters in the city. troops rushed to protect the perimeter while sirens sound the alarm. it seems there are few places in this country that the talib

but keep in mind, rick is the same governor who vetoed driver's licenses for illegal aliens, who fought to keep sanctuary cities out, and you just build the federal government -- just billed the federal government $350 billion for the cost of incarcerating illegal in the hands. no one has done more to secure the border and, as president, he is committed to stopping the tide of illegal immigration we are grad -- illegal immigration. we're glad to be here in iowa. we're glad to set the record straight. as i said, we are here. we intend on being here much more. we think we share a lot with you, texas and iowa, in that we are real people. my husband is a real person and he cares about you and he cares about your children and he cares about your grandchildren. we did not have to do this. we are here because we care. and saving the soul of our country. so thank you so very much for being here. [applause] >> mrs. perry, it is an absolute pleasure to have you here this evening. your message, i was really glad to hear on immigration because there has been a lot of confusion. i also want to say that i consider gov. perry

but keep in mind rick is the same governor who vetoed driver's licenses for illegal aliens, who fought to keep sanctuary cities out, and who just billed the federal government $350 million for the cost of incarcerating illegal aliens. no one has done more to secure the border, and as president he is committed to stopping the tide of illegal immigration. we are glad to be here in iowa. we are glad to be able to set the record straight and put the facts out there. as i said, we are here, we intend on being here much more. we think we share a lot with you, texas and iowa, in that we are real people. my husband is a real person, and he cares about you and he cares about your children, and he cares about your grandchildren. we did not have to do this. we are here because we care about america, and saving the soul of our country. so thank you so very much for being here. [applause] >> mrs. perry, is an absolute pleasure to have you here this evening. your message, i was very glad to hear on immigration. i think there has been a lot of confusion. i also want to say that i consider governor perry a leader because in t