Thread: California mayor urges residents to fight migrant transfers

California mayor urges residents to fight migrant transfers

Published June 30, 2014 Associated Press

MURRIETA, Calif. – A California mayor urged residents on Monday to fight a plan to fly migrant families from Texas for processing at a border patrol facility in his city as police start a hotline and prepare to field questions about the transfers.

Murrieta Mayor Alan Long said border officials told him a flight carrying 140 people was expected Tuesday. Migrants will be processed at the border patrol facility in the city and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Police are ready for any security issues, and a mobile hospital unit will be positioned outside the facility to provide additional medical screening if needed, Long said. He acknowledged that migrants would not be released locally and do not have criminal records.

Still, he urged residents in the suburb of 107,000 people some 60 miles north of San Diego to call their elected officials and voice opposition to the plan.

"We want to make sure everyone is doing what they say they're going to do," Long told reporters.

U.S. border and immigration authorities confirmed they were about to begin processing migrants in California but did not pinpoint a date for the arrival of flights.

U.S. authorities announced last week that Central American migrants would be flown from the Rio Grande Valley to Texas cities and Southern California. The plan is intended to help relieve a crunch caused when thousands of people arrived at the border fleeing violence and extortion from gangs in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.

Many of the migrants are under the impression that they will receive leniency from U.S. authorities. Once the migrants are processed, Immigration and Customs Enforcement will decide who can be released while awaiting deportation proceedings.

Another flight was expected to take 140 migrants to a facility in El Centro, California, on Wednesday, said Lombardo Amaya, president of the El Centro chapter of the Border Patrol union. The Border Patrol would not confirm that arrival date.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/06/30...ant-transfers/

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MEETING ALERT MELANIE OUBRE Join fellow activists in protest to illegal alien detention sites in Southern CA

Dear California Activist, **These are not official NumbersUSA events but we encourage you to attend. You are receiving this alert because you live in the Congressional District or bordering District where an event is taking place.** As the crisis on the border worsens, the federal government is transporting illegal aliens from the Mexico border to housing centers across the country. One of these planned housing centers is in Murrieta, CA. According to reliable sources, the first bus with 140 illegal aliens will be flown from Texas to San Diego, then transported by bus to Murrietta, CA. The bus is scheduled to arrive at the Murrieta Border Patrol Station at approximately 12 p.m. on Tuesday, July 1st. Please join fellow activists in opposition to the plans. These illegal aliens were apprehended at the border and our government has no official background information on them. Lend your voice to the discussion at the events below. Similar efforts by concerned residents in Lawrenceville, VA were a success. The people of Lawrenceville stopped the feds from housing hundreds of illegal aliens in their small town. Read the story here. Here are the event details: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 Event: Rally to protest planned housing in Murrieta Time: 12 p.m. Where: Border Patrol Station 25762 Madison Ave., Murrieta, CA 92562 Bring Flags and Signs - signs will also be available. Helpful resource: "Rep. Calvert Outraged at CBP Decision to Process Illegal Immigrants in Murrieta" Tuesday, July 1, 2014 Event: Murrieta City Council Meeting Time: 5:30 p.m. Where: 1 Town Square, Murrieta, CA 92562 (Meet in front of City Council Chambers) Please contact Robin Hvidston, the event organizer here for specific questions. Make sure you stay up to date with local California events by visiting http://wethepeoplerising.wordpress.com Thank you for your time, MELANIE OUBRE

http://www.alipac.us/f12/protestors-...eta-ca-306031/

Murrieta Mayor fights Obama’s dispersal plan. Tell him thanks.

Call Mayor Alan Long at: 951-461-6018

Dear XXX,

The Obama administration’s response to the surge of illegal aliens at the border is to move them to detention centers around the country before releasing them, an attempt to get them out of the public eye and to avoid criticism for this crisis that it has created.

Local residents and officials are speaking out against this plan to dump national border problems onto their doorsteps. Murrieta, CA, Mayor Alan Long has urged residents to oppose plans to fly unauthorized aliens from Texas for processing at a border patrol facility in his city and to express their opposition to federal officials.

We need more local officials to stand up against the Obama administration’s failure to enforce our immigration laws.



Please call the mayor’s office at 951-461-6018 and thank Mayor Long for speaking out.

Thank you for all of your efforts to preserve a beautiful California.
Sincerely,

Jo Wideman, CAPS Executive Director

http://www.alipac.us/f12/murrieta-ca...spanic-306415/

The interview I saw him do with CNN on Sunday the fifth he was singing a song of welcome, not keep'em out. Makes one wonder who threatened him and with what? Federal funding (maybe a bribe) or funds cut off, a threat form the CA ov. He seemed embarrassed while very humble.