Last week, Jessica Colotl, the illegal alien student KSU welcomed with open arms, conducted a press conference after bonding out of the Cobb County Jail. The press conference was held in the Plaza Fiesta flea market on Buford Highway.

All of the major Atlanta networks (My Fox Atlanta, CBS 46, NBC 11Alive, ABC/WSB-TV) were in attendance, in addition to Spanish language press.

As promised in their late Thursday press release, GALEO (Ga. Association of Latino Elected Officials), GLAHR (Ga. Latino Alliance for Human Rights), SPLC (Southern Poverty Law Center), Cobb Immigrant Alliance, ACLU of Ga. and Ms. Colotl’s criminal and immigration attorneys were there to call for an end to the very successful 287g program. After all, this program was responsible for the discovery of Jessica Colotl’s illegal alien status.

Prior to the beginning of the press conference, Jerry Gonzalez (Executive Director, GALEO) left the stage to take a picture of me with his camera phone & to point out to a Spanish language press person that I was there and I am with the Dustin Inman Society.

Jerry Gonzalez’s livelihood is from the crime of illegal immigration. I am a volunteer who is passionate about her country. The idea that Jerry stopped everything that he was doing to point me out, shows that Jerry considers me a threat to his illegal immigration agenda and I consider that a badge of honor. It means I am very effective and he is very scared.

During the press conference, Ms. Colotl’s attorneys deflected reporters’ questions about driving without a license, giving the police a false address and breaking the 2006 Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act. When asked how she was treated at the detention center, Ms. Colotl stated, “I was treated like a criminal or worse because according to the system I was a threat to the nation but I don’t see it that way.”

There were calls to end the 287g program in Cobb and Gwinnett Counties. Sheriff Neil Warren (Cobb) and Sheriff Butch Conway (Gwinnett) were accused of racial profiling, an abuse of power and perpetuating open hostilities toward Latinos and immigrants. Jerry further stated that the 287g program was “not be used to track down criminals but to track down people like Jessica.”

Rich Pelligrino, Cobb Immigrant Alliance, accused those in elected office of “hiding behind a badge or hiding behind elected offices” of “bullying” people like Jessica. Pelligrino stated that he would be coming forward, this week, with proof that Sheriff Neil Warren has been selectively enforcing the law. He also stated that he would be calling for the resignation of Sheriff Warren.