Results 1 to 5 of 5
Like Tree2Likes

Thread: N.C. Student Congress votes to support making UNC a sanctuary campus

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

  1. #1
    Senior Member JohnDoe2's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    PARADISE (San Diego)
    Posts
    99,040

    N.C. Student Congress votes to support making UNC a sanctuary campus

    Student Congress votes to support making UNC a sanctuary campus

    MOLLY LOOMAN
    | PUBLISHED 11/29/16 11:56PM

    Student Congress passed resolutions for sensitivity training and to support sanctuary campus status during their last general body meeting of the semester on Tuesday.

    Representative Manuel Hernandez brought forth a resolution that would support the University’s efforts to make UNC a sanctuary campus.


    Hernandez’s main concern was with undocumented students and their fears of deportation or being treated differently by the University during President-elect Donald Trump’s presidency.


    “The fears that UNC students still have are real and that’s not gonna go away by saying don’t worry about it,” Hernandez said.

    RELATED CONTENT


    Q&A with Katherine Fitzgerald, a UNC alum raising money for the Flint water crisis

    PAIGE NEHLS16 HOURS AGO
    Symposium offers free HIV testing in Union to fight stigma

    KAYLA DRAKE12 HOURS AGO
    Art project combines Black Lives Matter and Standing Rock movements

    DANIELLE BUSH11 HOURS AGO
    Trump's pledge to defund sanctuary cities likely won't affect current Chapel Hill policies

    SAM KILLENBERG11 HOURS AGO
    Undocumented students at UNC must seek off-campus legal help

    LEAH MOORE11 HOURS AGO
    Take a Glance at new social app Hopspot

    PAID CONTENT10/13/16 4:49PM

    Some members of Congress feared the passage of the resolution would threaten the University’s funding due to a bill passed by Gov. Pat McCrory that outlawed sanctuary cities in North Carolina. Representative Kennith Echeverria said he felt the passage of the resolution would not have such an effect.

    “We’re endorsing the idea by passing this — we’re not changing any legislation on the books,” Echeverria said. “As Student Congress, our job is to voice the concerns of students and that’s exactly what this bill will do”.


    Due to the amount of discussion over the resolution, Congress held a roll call vote. The resolution passed with a 17-7 majority.

    Finance committee chairperson Ben Albert presented a bill that proposed a $10 increase in the Student Organization Fee.

    “There’s over 600 groups total on campus ... it takes a lot to support all these groups in a vibrant campus,” Albert said.


    The fee would funnel into two sources: $5 would go directly toward increasing money available for organizations and $5 would go to the Student Activities Fund Office. Both Albert and Speaker of Student Congress Cole Simons spoke to the importance of SAFO having its own source of funding.


    “It needs a sustainable funding source that’s guaranteed every year,” Albert said.


    This change would mean that SAFO’s available funds would not come out of Student Congress’s budget, thus freeing up more funds for the Finance Committee to distribute. The bill passed with a majority. For this to actually take effect, the student body will have to vote on a referendum.


    Another bill, presented by Albert, proposed changes to the retroactive funding process for organizations that apply for funding during the first cycle and are revisited. The bill passed with a majority in both Finance Committee and Student Congress.


    A concurrent resolution to support and affirm sensitivity trainings, passed at the Rules and Judiciary Committee meeting on Nov. 15, passed with a majority.

    http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/...nctuary-campus
    NO AMNESTY

    Don't reward the criminal actions of millions of illegal aliens by giving them citizenship.


    Sign in and post comments here.

    Please support our fight against illegal immigration by joining ALIPAC's email alerts here https://eepurl.com/cktGTn

  2. #2
    Senior Member Judy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Posts
    55,883
    Our state legislature needs to address this with the same venom it used on the Charlotte HB2 rule that has probably cost US a governor. Pass it quick so McCrory will sign it, because you know Roy Cooper won't. You need to repeal drivers licenses for illegal aliens and bar any illegal alien from attending a state funded college or University.
    A Nation Without Borders Is Not A Nation - Ronald Reagan
    Save America, Deport Congress! - Judy

    Support our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts at https://eepurl.com/cktGTn

  3. #3
    Senior Member JohnDoe2's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    PARADISE (San Diego)
    Posts
    99,040

    Asheville a Clear Example of “Sanctuary City” in NC


    By Matt Caulder @nccapconn · On July 16, 2015


    This story has been updated to reflect the discovery of two more “sanctuary cities” in North Carolina.

    In the wake of the murder of Kathryn Steinle, allegedly by an illegal immigrant, a furor has erupted over so-called “sanctuary cities” where illegals are shielded from federal immigration authorities.


    Here at NC Capitol Connection, we have been looking at what that means in North Carolina. It turns out to be a complex situation, but so far one conclusion seems fairly clear: Asheville’s policies make it the state’s clearest example of a sanctuary city.


    The alleged shooter in the Steinle murder, Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, is a Mexican national who was released by authorities in San Francisco earlier this year before allegedly shooting the 32-year-old Steinle in the back on a pier in that city.


    Here in North Carolina there are at least five “sanctuary cities” – Asheville, Charlotte, Durham, Chapel Hill and Carrboro – that have passed resolutions outlining municipal policies about immigration violations.


    Most immigration violations civil, not criminal


    Immigration violations are generally not criminal offenses, but civil ones, which means that deportation is a civil procedure, not a punitive one.


    The decision that deportation procedures are not punishment reaches back to an 1893 court decision in Fong Yue Ting v. United States.


    In that case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an order of deportation is not punishment for a crime, but merely a tool to bring someone in the country illegally back into compliance with the law.


    Because immigration violations are civil and not criminal, illegal immigrants are not afforded the same due process rights of the criminally accused, including a trial by jury.


    The exception is for illegal immigrants who have committed felonies and been deported; their presence in the country is a criminal offense, authorities say.


    Asheville ordinance is the most stringent

    The Asheville City Council, in 2013, unanimously passed a “Civil Liberties Resolution” that outlines policies in reference to dealing with illegal immigrants, or those suspected of being illegal aliens.

    Under the policy, “The City of Asheville opposes any efforts to transfer federal immigration responsibility to state and local officials, since these proposals tax our already overburdened police department and damage relationships with immigrant communities.”


    The policy went on to describe the city’s desire to “play a leading role in the protection of civil liberties and to consistently promote tolerance and respect for all persons.”


    The resolution clarifies that the city rejects “profiling of any group” or setting up check points or selecting certain areas of town for investigation based on any kind of profiling.


    The policy goes into detail in regards to drivers without licenses, a common issue in debates over illegal immigration.


    The policy states, “In accordance with Asheville Police Department policy, if officers stop a driver of a motor vehicle who cannot produce a valid operator’s license and a computer check show the driver has no license issuance information, a citation is sufficient enforcement action.”


    The resolution goes as far to explicitly state the city does not actively participate in the enforcement of federal immigration law.


    Charlotte-Mecklenburg police policy opposes inquiry into legal status

    A directive in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department outlines the law enforcement agency’s stance on immigration issues.

    The policy says that, “CMPD will not undertake immigration related investigations and will not inquire into the immigration status of persons encountered during police operations.”


    The policy however does leave room for police officials to investigate the immigration status of suspected gang affiliates.


    Chapel Hill votes not to detain illegal immigrants

    The town of Chapel Hill passed a resolution saying local police will not take illegal immigrants into custody based solely on their status as an illegal.

    Carrboro has a similar policy, as discussed below.


    Policies like Chapel Hill’s and Carrboro’s do leave room for illegal immigrants who are felons to be arrested, according to Lt. Josh Mecimore with the Chapel Hill Police Department.


    Under the town’s policy, those with felony deportation orders would be taken into custody for federal immigration authorities. Those with civil violations only, and who do not have felony criminal records, would be released.


    Mecimore said this is because state law enforcement agencies do not have the legal authority to enforce a civil immigration order; they only have the authority, and duty, to enforce domestic civil orders under state law.


    “If a person is a previously deported felon, we would hold them for immigration,” Mecimore said.


    He said that they would run a National Criminal Information Center (NCIC) check on the person, the same as anyone else taken into custody, and if that report came back listing the person as a felon, officers would contact immigration authorities to come pick the alien up.


    “A lot of people don’t understand that the role of law enforcement is criminal enforcement,” he said.


    Both Chapel Hill’s and Carrboro’s policies specify civil immigration violations, while Durham’s policy stops city employees, including police officers, from investigating immigration status.


    Durham employees not to investigate immigration status, request documentation

    In 2003, Durham passed a resolution saying that the city supported the rights of all persons, regardless of their immigration status.

    The resolution, which outlines the city policy but does not make statutory changes, said, “Durham has been a city that traditionally is open to and inclusive of all individuals and respects the rights of and provides equal services to all individuals, regardless of race, ethnicity, or immigration status.”


    The resolution recognizes the Durham Police Department’s policy of not requesting documents for the sole purpose of determining a person’s civil immigration status and expands that policy to the rest of the municipal government.


    The policy says, “Unless otherwise required as part of a City officer or employee’s duties, by law, or by court order, no Durham City officer or employee, during the course and scope of their employment, shall inquire into the immigration status of any person, or engage in activities designed to ascertain the immigration status of any person.”


    Durham Police follow the 2003 policy, a Durham Police Department representative said.


    Carrboro town policy is not to detain illegal immigrants

    In 2006, the town of Carrboro passed a resolution saying that the Carrboro Police Department will not seek to arrest a suspect based on possible civil immigration violations.

    The resolution passed unanimously May 16, 2006 with no voting town members absent.


    Under the resolution, “it shall be the policy of the Carrboro Police Department not to arrest or to take into custody persons when the sole basis for arresting or taking such persons into custody is that they have or may have committed a civil immigration violation.”

    http://nccapitolconnection.com/2015/...orth-carolina/

    NO AMNESTY

    Don't reward the criminal actions of millions of illegal aliens by giving them citizenship.


    Sign in and post comments here.

    Please support our fight against illegal immigration by joining ALIPAC's email alerts here https://eepurl.com/cktGTn

  4. #4
    Administrator ALIPAC's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Location
    Gheen, Minnesota, United States
    Posts
    67,706
    They are good little socialist minion lapdogs like I used to be in the early 90's!

    W
    Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)

  5. #5
    Senior Member Judy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Posts
    55,883
    Cut off the public funding for this travesty and they'll be choosing a different lap real soon!

    A Nation Without Borders Is Not A Nation - Ronald Reagan
    Save America, Deport Congress! - Judy

    Support our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts at https://eepurl.com/cktGTn

Similar Threads

  1. Texas State U. Follows ‘Sanctuary Campus’ Trend
    By JohnDoe2 in forum illegal immigration News Stories & Reports
    Replies: 5
    Last Post: 12-02-2016, 12:56 PM
  2. Ole Miss Pulls ‘Sanctuary Campus’ Proposal After Backlash
    By JohnDoe2 in forum illegal immigration News Stories & Reports
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 12-01-2016, 02:12 AM
  3. Student groups demand that UCSD become a ‘sanctuary campus’
    By Newmexican in forum illegal immigration News Stories & Reports
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 06-20-2016, 03:19 PM
  4. University of California Campus Erupts In Riots; Student Loa
    By AirborneSapper7 in forum Other Topics News and Issues
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 03-08-2010, 12:59 AM
  5. Student violence at the South L.A. campus
    By good12me in forum illegal immigration News Stories & Reports
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 06-01-2005, 01:17 PM

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •