Hesperia City Council considers adopting sanctuary city ban (Will NOT harbor criminals)

The Hesperia Star ^ | February 12, 2017 | Rene Ray De La Cruz

[2ndDivisionVet]

HESPERIA — Mayor Paul Russ said he wants to send a message to State legislators that his town will not become a sanctuary city.

During Council comments on Tuesday, Russ told staff he'd like the City of Hesperia to explore the possibility of adopting an "anti-sanctuary" resolution, declaring the city will not protect unauthorized immigrants who face prosecution for violating federal immigration laws.

"This resolution would only pertain to those people who are known criminals," Russ told the Daily Press. "This is not about going into businesses, schools and homes and removing immigrants, it's about not allowing criminal activity in our community."

The state Senate committee recently approved a bill from State Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León that would essentially transform California into a sanctuary state, prohibiting state and local law enforcement agencies from upholding federal immigration laws.

Mayor Pro Tem Russ Blewett said the Council should "let the dust settle with the state and feds" before moving forward with the resolution.

"I want our resolution to have the maximum effect," Blewett told the Daily Press. "If President Trump shuts off money to the state to prove a point, there may be federal grants for cities who make a stand against the state and aren't sanctuary cities — I want Hesperia to be one of those states."(continued)

[pfflier]

More, send us more. I’m sure many cities are on this bandwagon. They are just afraid rent-a-mobs will trash them for standing up to illegals.

[Organic Panic]

Hesparia has enough problems with meth and meth runners.

[PCPOET7]

you got it right. I live in California and the hostility and threat of violence is real. I have lived here off and on for 30 years and I have watched the liberals get bolder every year in there behavior. the state is going to be a flash point on illegal aliens who live in the communities. I am positive that we will seeing individual communities being burnt to the ground for making a stand by Soros rent a mobs.

[i_robot73]

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“This resolution would only pertain to those people who are known criminals,” Russ told the Daily Press. “This is not about going into businesses, schools and homes and removing immigrants, it’s about not allowing criminal activity in our community.”
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IMO, splitting hairs.

What other criminal activity enjoys the same? Nothing, as a Citizen, that I can recall.

[pfflier]

We left San Diego in 1992 and frequently return for visits. The transition to a tijuana suburb was gradual but obvious.

It is really sad to watch the decay of the quality of the community. The graffiti, the street vendors, the gaudy paint jobs on all the *bierto taco shops and the general rundown neighborhoods just look trashy and third world.

[Duchess47]

People starting to wake up and move from the antiTrump bandwagon to the Trump Train. May the dribble become a flood.