Thread: Escondido Adopts Resolution Opposing Illegal Immigration

They just keep trying.

http://www.10news.com/news/10722761/detail.html

Escondido Adopts Resolution Opposing Illegal Immigration
Resolution States Illegal Immigration Diminishes 'Quality Of Life'

POSTED: 7:29 am PST January 11, 2007
UPDATED: 7:57 am PST January 11, 2007

ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- The Escondido City Council has adopted a resolution opposing illegal immigration, which, it says, diminishes the "overall quality of life" in the North County city, it was reported Thursday.

The council approved the resolution by a 3-2 vote Wednesday night, with mayor Lori Holt Pfeiler and Councilman Dick Daniels opposed, the North County Times reported.

Councilwoman Marie Waldron, who put the resolution on the agenda, said it shows that the council hasn't given up on its campaign against illegal immigration or on its ordinance prohibiting landlords from renting to illegal immigrants, the newspaper reported.

That ordinance was passed in October but was dropped by the city after officials decided it would not survive a legal challenge.

Councilmen Sam Abed and Ed Gallo also voted for the resolution, which cites several negative effects of illegal immigration, including that it "leads to higher crime rates, contributes to overcrowded classrooms and failing schools ... and destroys our neighborhoods and diminishes our overall quality of life," the Times reported.

The resolution asks the federal government to take action to authorize local governments to make inquiries into people's immigration status and allow local governments themselves to address the problems associated with illegal immigration, according to the Times.

Abed tied the illegal-immigration issue to homelessness during Wednesday's meeting, when the council also rejected a second request by the Salvation Army to open an emergency winter shelter in the city for the homeless, the Times reported.

"We are sick and tired of making Escondido a sanctuary for homelessness, for illegal immigration, for poverty, for low-income housing, for crime, for gangs," Abed said, according to the newspaper.

Abed, Waldron and Gallo said, as they did three weeks ago, that the city is already doing more than its share to help the North County's homeless and that a shelter would attract more transients to Escondido.

The Salvation Army made its first request to the council Dec. 20.

If you want to send words of support to Abed, Waldron and Gallo please do:
http://www.ci.escondido.ca.us/governmen ... index.html

Another win for us! Great Job Escondido!!


I sent thank you's to them as well, but only to the council members who voted yes of course.

This is a great story, I think I will send it to the Mayor in Bartlesville Ok, who I feel might not do the same for fear of being sued in court, all of you who can, please go to the focus campaign for the Bartlesville Ok campaign and help us change her mind and fight this illegal immigration in her city instead of caving in to fear!

Reply from Marie Waldron:
Thank you for your support. It is amazing that we have to fight - after
all it is only enforcing the LAW!
Marie

I really admire her! Someone once posted a speech she made to the council, man, was I impressed.

GREAT POST JEAN!

I sent support to all but the Mayor and Daniels.