Thread: Escondido CA plans crackdown on illegal workers E-VERIFY

City plans crackdown on illegal workers

By Jenny Hamel
3:38 p.m. PDT, March 16, 2011

ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- City leaders in Escondido plan to force firms they do business with to verify that their employees are legally allowed to work in the United States.

"This is about making businesses accountable," said Mayor Sam Abed.

On March 23, Abed and the City Council majority are expected to approve a resolution that would require the city and its contractors to use the federal government's E-Verify system to check the immigration status of their employees. The resolution will urge all businesses in town to do the same.

"We will unite this city under the rule of law. We will not be a sanctuary city anymore," Abed said. "If you want to come to this city and play by our rules, we will welcome you. We will support you."

Josh Park and his employees at Al's Towing stay busy towing vehicles for the city. The police department uses the firm to impound vehicles.

"All of our employees have to go through background checks through law enforcement agencies, where they check their driving record and their criminal history," said Park.

If the city passes the resolution, Park, like all city contractors in Escondido, will have to screen his employees with E-Verify. Park says it's a good idea, particularly, with high unemployment.

"I think that jobs should go to people who are here legally, and I think, basically, it's going to happen from city to city," said Park.

Many immigrant rights advocates see the resolution as another divisive attempt to target illegal immigrants and drive them out of the community. Over half of the population in Escondido is Latino.

"They’re trying to kick all Mexicans out," said Rogelio Trujillo, an Escondido resident, who recently became a U.S. citizen. "I don’t think that’s fair. I think they should consider that they’ve always done their part working hard."

In 2006, some members of the City Council made a failed attempt to prohibit renting apartments and houses to illegal immigrants, and in 2008, there was an unsuccessful attempt to pass an ordinance that targeted day-laborers.

"They already tried to pass these laws," said Trujillo. "They didn’t succeed."

http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/kswb-e ... 5343.story

Escondido keeps trying...some brave people there in a state where the white flag is pretty much flying.

Every employer should verify their workers. Seems a no-brainer to me especially in a state where unemployment is so high.

"We will unite this city under the rule of law. We will not be a sanctuary city anymore," Abed said. "If you want to come to this city and play by our rules, we will welcome you. We will support you."


Escondido is actually 90% hispanics and if this bill passes, it's a great city to enforce it! Just think about how many Americans can take the jobs back from those who are illegally employed there! This needs to happen in EVERY city in the USA! It's the only thing that will drive the illegals out!

Many immigrant rights advocates see the resolution as another divisive attempt to target illegal immigrants and drive them out of the community. Over half of the population in Escondido is Latino.

This resolution is an attempt to "target illegal invaders" and drive them out of the community! So what if over half the population is latino! Does this mean the rule of law can no longer be enforced because it might offend latinos? Does this mean when a city becomes a majority latino, that immigration and other laws no longer apply?

Sure sounds as if that's being implied here!

Originally Posted by jean

Escondido keeps trying...some brave people there in a state where the white flag is pretty much flying . . .

Every county in CA. is now an I.C.E. Secure Community.
11 counties are also I.C.E. 287g counties.

and

Several Cities Make E-Verify Mandatory in Southern California

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Dorian Slaybod

Several cities in Southern California have made E-Verify mandatory for employers. These cities, all East of Los Angeles in Riverside County, are Temecula, Murrietta, Lake Elsinore, Menifee, and Norco. Employers that refuse to follow the new laws become vulnerable to having their business licenses revoked. This has already affected agricultural employers in the area, including several vineyards, who are struggling to find agricultural workers. These laws also come while the Supreme Court is reviewing the validity of similar laws in Arizona, in the case Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting.

More Info: Phill Willon, Conservative Inland Empire Cities Crack Down on Illegal Workers, L.A. Times, Feb. 14, 2011,

http://aglabor.blog.com/2011/02/19/seve ... alifornia/

Deported by Secure Communities as of 3/15/2011

AZ - 10,513
AR - 24
CA - 25,686
CT - 27
DE - 42
FL - 3,527
GA - 1,340
HI - 5
ID - 73
IL - 403
KS - 4
KY - 22
LA - 160
MD - 91
MA - 144
MI - 157
MS - 25
MO - 18
MT - 1
NE - 33
NV - 206
NM - 295
NC - 1,915
OH - 201
OK - 403
OR - 267
PA - 329
SC - 170
SD - 13
TN - 299
TX - 19,152
UT - 505
VA - 1,101
WV - 1
WI - 3
WY - 4

TOTAL 67,1713/15/2011

www.ice.gov

Mar 6, 2010

Since the inception of the 287g program in 2008, 11 California counties have joined:
Los Angeles,
San Diego,
Ventura,
Imperial,
Sacramento,
Santa Barbara,
San Luis Obispo,
Solano,
San Joaquin,
Sonoma and
Stanislaus.

http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-1190243.html

Originally Posted by FreeRideIsOver

Escondido is actually 90% hispanics . . .

The census says Escondido is 38.7% Hispanic or Latino.
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0622804.html

ESCONDIDO, CA.
White persons, 67.8%
Black persons, 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, 1.2%
Asian persons, percent, 4.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, 4.8%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, 38.7%

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0622804.html

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

Originally Posted by FreeRideIsOver

Escondido is actually 90% hispanics . . .

The census says Escondido is 38.7% Hispanic or Latino.
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0622804.html

While I respect your research findings, I personally live in the next city over from Esco, and I daily witness the hispanic population there. The traffic coming out of Esco in the morning with workers spread out in the surrounding areas is backed up for miles. The opposite direction goes back to Esco during rush hour. That's the cold hard FACT of the ACTUAL hispanic population is Esco! Heck, I can videotape the city for you if you would like! Additionally, the surrounding cities are just as invaded with illegals, Vista, San Marcos, and Oceanside are almost as overrun by them! As much as I hate to admit to it, it is what it is, and getting worse everyday!

S. California city mulls more immigration scrutiny for contractors as new screening takes hold

By Associated Press, Wednesday, March 23, 6:13 PM


ESCONDIDO, Calif. — A city that has taken numerous steps to crack down on illegal immigration is at it again — this time joining a string of Southern California municipalities that are signing up to tap a federal database aimed at tighter scrutiny of employees’ immigration status.

Escondido’s measure is modest compared to how others have embraced the free E-Verify tool, an online federal database now used voluntarily by employers nationwide. The north San Diego suburb began requiring checks on new city hires earlier this month and would require the same of all city contractors under a proposal before the City Council on Wednesday.

The City Council would also urge — but not require — private businesses to perform enhanced checks on new hires. Lancaster, north of Los Angeles, became the first city in Southern California to require private businesses to use E-Verify in January 2010 and was followed by others including Murrieta, Temecula and Lake Elsinore in the economically battered Inland Empire.

“We don’t really want to be a heavy-handed government,â€