Posted on 01/28/2017 2:01:03 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A couple hundred people showed up at Fresno City Hall Friday to demand the mayor reverse his decision and they want a response by March 16.
It was a peaceful protest fueled by emotion and solidarity. Fresno mayor Lee Brand's announcement to not make Fresno a "sanctuary city" drew organized criticism Friday. Activists gathered in front of city hall to express their displeasure and protest the mayor's decision.
"He is our representative," protest organizer Ariana Martinez Lott said. "He's representing us, so, we as a people, are telling him one of the platforms was that he said he wanted to listen to the community, so here we are asking him to listen to us."
Many at Friday's protest see the mayor's decision as siding with President Donald Trump and his vow to crack down on cities that protect immigrants in the US illegally.
"I hope that Lee Brand gets and understands that we're not taking this anymore," activist Cesar Casamayor said. "We've been taking this disenfranchisement, disengagement from the community for a very long time."
Council member Esmeralda Soria showed her support by speaking at Friday's protest
"This issue is very personal to me so I want the community to know that as their council member, as one of seven, I will stand in solidarity with them to make sure the immigrant community they feel protected and safe in the city of Fresno," she said.
Across town, local church leaders denounced President Trump's plan to temporarily halt the nation's refugee program and to usher in the most sweeping changes to the program in more than four decades.
"With his actions, President Trump seeks to undo our humanitarian tradition with a ban that directly targets the world's most vulnerable populations," said Zach Darrah with Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries.
Details about President Trump's crackdown on sanctuary cities remains unclear. What we do know is that Trump has signed two executive orders -- to begin building a border wall with Mexico and to strip federal funding to cities that refuse to cooperate with immigration enforcement.
Remember the game “musical chairs”?
America is about to play musical sanctuaries.
It will be most instructive, let’s watch!
Immigrants are invited. Invaders are repelled.
In all likelihood, many of the voters are illegal aliens as well.
It don’t get much more Hispanic than Fresno - even the MacDonalds are built to look like adobe with red tile roofs....
They say: “Activists gather at City Hall.”
We say: “Agitators gather at City Hall.”
Yes, California became majority Mexican many, many years ago. The rest of the states have been following.
The “Press 2(opremo dos)Brigade” shows up to protest. How e-silly.
It has been long said that, as goes California, so goes (eventually) the rest of the US.
I hold that the tide has reversed: As goes America, so goes (eventually) California.
Just ride out your state’s current silliness. It will pass.
I’m afraid our side has to start showing up at these type of things, probably at least 3-1ratio.
Back when I was healthy I’d have been more than willing to. I’m 6ft tall and 350lbs. Get a half dozen of guys like that and the leftists will quiet down.
Wonder what would happen to Mayors who ignore Federal gun laws?
They should be TAILED to their cars, plate photographed and during the next pull-over their legality status should be checked 100%.
It’s RIDICULOUS you can show your face at such an event:
In Mexico an illegal being present at ANY public political demonstration has committed a FELONY and by birth ALL Mexican citizens are deputized to enforce immigration law:
A 40 y.o. Guatemalan illegally transitting Mexico on her way to a USA job can be arrested by an able-bodied 12 year old Mexican with reason to suspect her illegal status.
ANY Mexican, okay..?
The FIRST illegal alien offence in Mehico = 5 years in prison!
2nd time? TEN YEARS.
That's maybe a million people? ONE march.
It was an emergency 10 years ago, 20 years ago.
Japan has 124 million people and in this single photograph there's more illegal aliens than in ALL Japan, the 3rd biggest economy on Earth.
Always remember the wise Obama’s warning:
Don’t jump to conclusions.
Bought, paid for, bankrolled, organized and bussed in by SOROS.
The mayor needs to call out the armed militia and take it to the commie and fascist traitors.
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