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    08/30/2006
    Town councilman calls for immigration stance


    Town Councilman Steve Jenkins called for Culpeper's governing bodies to take a "strong stance" on illegal immigration.
    Mr. Jenkins called for Culpeper's governing bodies - town council and county supervisors - to write a letter to Congress requesting federal assistance on the issue. In the meantime, local officials should devise their own solutions.

    "I don't want it (the issue) to go away because we're sending a letter," he said. "The letter is a first step."

    Mr. Jenkins made the motion last Thursday before a joint committee meeting of town council and county supervisors. His comments came in light of the national media attention given to Hazelton, Pa. There, local lawmakers made English the city's official language and levied fines against employers and landlords who knowingly aid illegal aliens.

    Mr. Jenkins implied that he wanted a similar move for Culpeper, and suggested a possible task force to handle the issue.

    Police Chief Dan Boring wasn't sure if there would be any federal money available, and said the issue was a federal issue.

    "Every issue is a local issue," Mr. Jenkins said. "The city of Hazelton didn't see it that way. We chose to run for elected positions. We chose to tell the people we're here to try and make a difference and address things that are important. And I'm not going to sit around for a federal congressman to tell me what you can and what you can't do."

    The motion to write a letter passed unanimously, although Supervisor Steve Nixon (West Fairfax District) questioned the amount of money available from the federal government.

    Calls to Congressman Eric Cantor's office reiterated his stance against illegal immigration.

    "He supports the house bill (HR 4437), which is tough on illegals," said Rob Collins, a spokeman for Cantor's office. "He thinks that we are a country of immigrants, but those who come here illegally are circumventing the law. He believes border security the most important issue facing us right know."

    Illegal immigrants are allowed access to emergency medical care and services from the free clinic. The school system is prohibited from asking about legal status, and the number of illegal immigrants remains unknown.

    The interaction committee will follow up at their next meeting Sept. 27. The issue may go before county supervisors and town council at their next meetings, scheduled for Sept. 5 and Sept. 12, respectively.

    Mr. Jenkins has also announced a community meeting for Sept. 2 in the Culpeper County Library from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., on the possible legislation.

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    The perception that Hispanics don’t pay taxes is simply not true, he added. Even illegal immigrants pay taxes when they shop at Wal-Mart, Bernal pointed out, or buy electricity to heat or cool their home. Hispanics are purchasing homes in Culpeper, he added, and like him, opening businesses that contribute to the local tax role.
    At this point, I could care less if you pay taxes or not! It's not all about paying taxes. It's about crossing our borders illegally and imposing yourselves upon the American people as if we owe you something.
    If you want to talk about taxes or anything else that has been paid here on your illegal stay in America count it as rent, or a fine... or heres an idea...maybe that can put a tiny dent in the cost of education, healthcare and everything else you have received on behalf of the taxpayer. WE don't owe you anything! YOU ARE ILLEGAL! Period! Go home and fight for your rights. I'm tired of hearing how deportation splits up your families ( you didn't mind when you crossed our borders...knowing it was illegal!) and how you come here for work and your poor. There are a lot of people in the world worse off than you. If you don't like the condition your country is in...change it and please....leave ours alone. There are poor people in this country...American citizens! Illegal Aliens are forcing themselves upon us and we're sick and tired of it!
    Please help save America for our children and grandchildren... they are counting on us. THEY DESERVE the goodness of AMERICA not to be given to those who are stealing our children's future! ... and a congress who works for THEM!
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    Because he pays sales tax at Walmart, he thinks he's paying taxes? Hasn't he heard of state and federal income taxes? How much of their illegally earned money are they sending out of our country and back to their home country? They take and take from us and they think we should welcome them.
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    Immigration debate still town's hot topic
    Allison Brophy Champion
    Staff Writer
    Wednesday, August 30, 2006


    Just weeks after taking office July 1, Town Councilman Steve Jenkins introduced a thorny subject to the political arena: the issue of multiple families living together in single-family homes.

    And last week, he brought another complicated topic to a local government meeting: illegal immigration and what Culpeper can do about it, if anything.

    Talk about a can of worms.
    In both cases, Jenkins says, his motivation, simply, is to help enforce the laws of the land.

    Others, however, including the mayor and some council members, feel his initiatives are aimed at Culpeper’s burgeoning Hispanic population. Local Latinos feel the same, fearing they will be targeted because of their cultural backgrounds - regardless of their immigration status.

    There are no easy answers or solutions to illegal immigration, but as the conversation continues in Culpeper, both sides intend to be heard.

    Therefore, Jenkins is hosting a town hall meeting on the topic Saturday at 1 p.m. in the library. At the same time, the Hispanic community will stage a march in protest of anti-immigration legislation at the local level.

    Ever since Jenkins brought this national issue to the local table, it has generated substantial public debate. Many Star-Exponent readers support Jenkins and the idea that illegal immigration is, in fact, illegal. Others are more sympathetic to the plight of underprivileged immigrants seeking a better life in America.

    According to the American Civil Liberties Union, Culpeper has no authority to legislate immigration, as it’s strictly a federal issue.

    However, they did it in Hazleton, Pa., where the city council recently enacted several laws targeting illegal immigrants and those who support them. Laws like these - penalizing employers for hiring illegal immigrants, fining landlords for renting to them and declaring English as the primary language - are what Jenkins wants for Culpeper.

    Kent Willis, Virginia’s ACLU director, thinks Jenkins’ initiative and others like it nationwide are rooted in “a newly but deeply developed prejudice against people from other countries.”

    Coming together?
    Culpeper resident Martin Bernal, owner of El Nopal - a Hispanic store near the Depot - acts as an intermediary for local Latinos and other town residents. In light of Jenkins’ recent actions, including leading the effort to dispatch a letter to Congress to see how Culpeper can crack down on illegal immigration, a worried Hispanic community met Sunday outside his store.

    “I don’t know what Mr. Steve Jenkins has against Hispanics,” Bernal said Monday in an interview for Tuesday’s front-page story about the issue. “We need to work on this matter.”
    By Tuesday morning, Jenkins had paid Bernal a visit in his store. Both said they are not seeking confrontation.

    “They are not viewed as my adversaries,” Jenkins said Tuesday afternoon. “United, we can all accomplish a lot more. We met and they now feel more comfortable that I met with them.

    “It’s not about anything other than making things legal and fair. It’s about illegal immigrants. It’s not about legal immigrants.”

    Jenkins invited Bernal and other Hispanics to attend his town hall meeting at the library. A contingency of local Hispanics will do just that, Bernal said, but after they march.

    As of Tuesday afternoon, Bernal was considering changing the march route, which was originally to proceed from El Nopal to the library. Marchers would have arrived as Jenkins’ meeting started.

    “We don’t want to make it look like a confrontation,” Bernal said. “We just want to listen to his ideas. We don’t want to interrupt traffic or show something bad - we want to do it right.”

    Too little, too late?
    Town Councilman Chris Snider said the Hispanic community should have been invited to Jenkins’ meeting in the first place. He does not support establishing laws in Culpeper like those in Pennsylvania.

    “Once there is any mention of race, nationality, gender or age in crafting ordinances or codes we are violating the Constitution, which was written to protect all people - not just WASPS,” he said.

    Snider felt Culpeper’s anti-immigrant sentiment originates at the native level.

    “People that have been here forever and exposed to no other cultures,” he said. “There was never an issue with the 200 people here from SWIFT (the World Bank) that speak different languages. But now that there are more people speaking Spanish, people are overreacting.”

    Closed session
    In a related matter, the Town Council’s planning committee took no action at Monday night’s meeting regarding the issue of multi-family occupancy of single-family homes.

    In fact, Town Attorney Bob Bendall immediately recommended - and the committee agreed - that the discussion be held in closed session.

    The committee entered closed session at the start of the meeting under section 2.2-3711(7) of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act - “consultation with legal counsel … pertaining to actual or probable litigation …”

    This issue of what makes up a family - as it relates to extended families living together in one house - has gone back and forth between council and its committees the past two months.

    It’s a topic Bendall knows all too well, as he also represents the city of Manassas. The city council there recently attempted to change its law, which in many cases would have made it illegal for the head of household’s aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews to reside in the same home.

    Soon after, though, the new law was overturned after several fair housing and civil liberties groups challenged it. Some members of the public felt the ordinance unfairly targeted Hispanic families, and the ACLU viewed it as unconstitutional. The city is still facing lawsuits over it.

    Chris Snider, chairman of the planning committee, said the issue of overcrowding in Culpeper should be approached “in a way that is nondiscriminatory” and from “a health and safety perspective.” He said Town Council would likely further discuss the issue in closed session, at next month’s meeting.

    Councilman Steve Jenkins, on the other hand, could not understand why the matter was discussed in closed session.
    “I would have voted against it,” he said of the closed-door meeting.

    “I am not discouraged,” Jenkins added. “This is not anything that should just go away, and I will continue to exhaust all avenues.”

    Allison Brophy Champion can be reached at 825-0771 ext. 101 or abrophy@starexponent.com.
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