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Arizona illegal immigration crackdown getting support from more California cities

June 22, 2010 | 8:00 am

Several Southern California cities this week are expected to endorse Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigration.

In the Inland Empire, Perris and Lake Elsinore are scheduled to take up the issue Tuesday night. In Orange County, Rancho Santa Margarita's City Council recently backed the Arizona law as well.

All the cities are considering resolutions of support, but the votes would not change policy in those cities.

Costa Mesa generated national headlines last month when it declared itself a "rule-of-law" city that would not serve as a sanctuary for illegal immigrants. The vote was seen as an endorsement of Arizona's crackdown, but experts said it did nothing to specifically change the way the city dealt with illegal immigrants.

Yorba Linda passed a resolution backing the Arizona law as well. Councilman Jim Winder walked out of the meeting when the issue came up, saying it was a waste of time and had nothing to do with city government.

"Maybe some people don't believe we should take any action on it," Hemet Mayor Eric McBride told the Press-Enterprise. "But it's going to affect us as everyday American citizens."

The L.A. City Council and the L.A. County Board of Supervisors have opposed the Arizona law, and the city of Los Angeles voted a boycott of the state.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2 ... ities.html

I'll be at the Lake Elsinore council meeting tonite, as I heard it will be an overflow crowd for the first time in 10 years.

Are there any reports of cities in other state supporting Arizona, or just California?

Will be curious to hear the outcome and the outcry from Perris and Lake Elsinore. Having driven through both several times in recent years, theirs is as heavy a concentration of illegal immigrants as I've seen outside the LA barrios. Will no doubt be a heated discussion there with multiple translators!

Originally Posted by concernedmother

Will be curious to hear the outcome and the outcry from Perris and Lake Elsinore. Having driven through both several times in recent years, theirs is as heavy a concentration of illegal immigrants as I've seen outside the LA barrios. Will no doubt be a heated discussion there with multiple translators!

On highway 74 between the 15 and 215 freeways are some nice developmants.

The rest is cockfighting and car washes........For the deceased.

Good luck in LE, did you know that LE was founded by the San Berandino sherriffs department who dropped off all of his released prisoners for decades at Main & 74! That is the population that the city was founded on for decades.

2 Riverside County cities vote to support Arizona's anti-illegal immigration law
June 22, 2010 | 10:14 pm

The city councils of Hemet and Lake Elsinore, both in Riverside County, approved proclamations Tuesday in support of Arizona’s controversial anti-illegal immigration law.

The Yorba Linda City Council in Orange County approved a similar resolution earlier this month, countering actions taken by leaders in cities such as Los Angeles, who voted to boycott doing business with Arizona companies in protest of the law.

The law tells police officers to check the immigration status of people they have stopped for another reason and reasonably suspect are in the U.S. illegally.

The Hemet City Council unanimously approved the measure, proposed by Mayor Eric McBride. Dozens of residents testified throughout the evening, with supporters praising the council for taking a stand against illegal immigration and for the rule of law, and opponents accusing the council of fostering racial profiling and discrimination. Residents on both sides criticized the White House and Congress for failing to address the issue.

“It may not be perfect, I’m sure it’s not,â€

Lake Elsinore council backs Arizona immigration law



11:09 PM PDT on Tuesday, June 22, 2010

By GENE GHIOTTO
The Press-Enterprise

The Lake Elsinore City Council voted Tuesday to support the Arizona law that makes it a misdemeanor to hire undocumented immigrants and calls on police officers to check on the residency status of people they stop or detain.

The council also approved an ordinance that requires employers in the city to use the federal E-Verify program to ensure that job applicants are authorized to work in the United States.

"This is about the right to work in this country," Councilman Bob Magee said.

The proposals on Arizona Senate Bill 1070 and the E-Verify program were brought to the council by Councilman Daryl Hickman in May, but held for further study.

"I did this out of frustration that the federal government is not doing its job," Hickman said Tuesday during the discussion on the E-Verify item.

Both items passed on 4-1 votes. Councilwoman Amy Bhutta said voted against the resolution backing the Arizona law because she could not support it at this time. Hickman opposed the E-Verify ordinance because he wanted the requirements to be tougher.

He said he brought up the program because he said many jobs, such as construction and for young people, are being done by undocumented workers.

"The way to curb this illegal immigration is to cut off" jobs, Hickman said.

Concerns were raised in May, and restated Tuesday, about the cost of enforcing the E-Verify program, which is provided by the Department of Homeland Security.

Magee said the city does not have the funds to administer such a program.

Also, the business community raised questions about whether the program would be applied to new employees or would pertain to all workers, and if it applied to all workers, how much time employers would have to comply, according to a staff report.

The ordinance proposed for Lake Elsinore is modeled after one approved by the city of Lancaster, the first in California to require employers in a city to verify the status of its workers. Lancaster, though, does not enforce use of the program.

The Lake Elsinore ordinance calls on employers to provide proof of enrollment in the program as part of the business license procedure. Still, according to a report, enrollment would not confirm businesses were using the program.

In seeking support for the proclamation backing the Arizona bill, Hickman again said he brought it up out of frustration with the federal government.

Raymond Herrera, who showed up at the meeting after attending a Temecula council meeting on similar issues, called on the Lake Elsinore council to support the proclamation.

"Arizona passed that law to protect its people," Herrera said.

Those speaking against the proclamation said it would create a division among residents and police in the city and "create a hostile environment in neighborhoods.

"Victims of crimes will be afraid to come forward," said Jonathan Dunlap.

Staff writer Jeff Horseman contributed to this report.

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Just watced Greta and she had our Mayor Melendez on her show.

The time has come to STOP the invasion and REMOVE ALL ILLEGALS.

I love my city.

Originally Posted by TakingBackSoCal

Just watced Greta and she had our Mayor Melendez on her show.

The time has come to STOP the invasion and REMOVE ALL ILLEGALS.

I love my city.

Yes! Mayor Melendez seems like she's alright!

[quote]“It doesn’t have to do with your nationality or where you come from. It has to do if you’re here legally or not,â€