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CA: Mayor declares SoCal city 'sanctuary' for illegal immigrants (National City, Ca.)
ap on Riverside Press Enterprise ^ | 9/30/06 | AP

Posted on 09/30/2006 8:08:08 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

NATIONAL CITY

The mayor on Saturday declared this small city just a few miles from the Mexican border a "sanctuary" for illegal immigrants.

Mayor Nick Inzunza made the proclamation at City Hall as a few hundred supporters rallied on the sidewalk outside, said police Lt. Lanny Roark.

Backers were met by a smaller group of anti-illegal immigration protesters, including members of the Minutemen civilian border patrol group, Roark said.

The rallies were "loud and tumultuous" but peaceful, he said. There were no arrests.

As a result of the declaration, city funds will not be used to enforce federal immigration laws. The city already practices the policy, but Inzunza said he wanted to underscore that fact.

"The mayor is sending the message that migrants are welcome in the city, which is one of the most diverse in San Diego County," said Enrique Morones of the group Border Angels, who advocated for the proclamation. "We want the whole country to see that this is a pro-migrant gesture and it's just the beginning. We're pushing for this nationwide."

Other California cities have similarly named themselves sanctuaries, including Maywood, Pomona, Huntington Park and Coachella.

Inzunza irked some members of the city council when he announced his plans during a radio interview earlier this month. The council members were upset he didn't discuss the proclamation with them.

The mayor said he didn't need council approval since he's not enacting any new laws, only reaffirming the city's current practice.

The Minutemen denounced the mayor's decision and made a proclamation of their own.

"We proclaimed National City as an anti-sanctuary," said Jeff Schwilk, founder of the San Diego Minutemen. "We think our proclamation is more in line with the opinion of the people. We welcome all legal immigrants, but we're not in favor of any city being a sanctuary for illegals."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: aliens; california; city; declares; illegal; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; immigrants; immigration; inzunza; mayor; minutemen; nationalcity; sanctuary; socal
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1 posted on 09/30/2006 8:08:08 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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city funds will not be used to enforce federal immigration laws.

Too bad federal funds will still be used to pay for the mess this city is helping to maintain.
2 posted on 09/30/2006 8:10:04 PM PDT by P-40 (Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
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To: NormsRevenge

hear that all illegal aliens, head south to National City they want you...


3 posted on 09/30/2006 8:11:44 PM PDT by television is just wrong (our sympathies are misguided with illegal aliens...)
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To: NormsRevenge

Cut off all federal funds.


4 posted on 09/30/2006 8:14:20 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Parley Baer

I agree. Why should we give any federal funds to any city that wants to thumb its nose at federal policy.


5 posted on 09/30/2006 8:27:01 PM PDT by 49erss
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To: NormsRevenge

All federal aid should immediate stop flowing to this town.


6 posted on 09/30/2006 8:27:39 PM PDT by OldFriend (Should we wait for them to come and kill us again? President Karzai 9/26/06)
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To: Parley Baer

Another Idiot outs himself!


7 posted on 09/30/2006 8:28:00 PM PDT by doc1019
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To: NormsRevenge

The Feds ought to be on him like white on rice.


8 posted on 09/30/2006 8:28:41 PM PDT by LiteKeeper (Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
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To: NormsRevenge

I have no problem whith this city not spending money to support federal laws as long as they dont accept federal funds for schools, medicare, or highway improvements.


9 posted on 09/30/2006 8:29:42 PM PDT by sgtbono2002 (The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
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10 posted on 09/30/2006 8:29:53 PM PDT by traditional1
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To: LiteKeeper

Key words there "ought to"


11 posted on 09/30/2006 8:30:47 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* “I love you guys”)
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To: OldFriend

Why? The Fed doesn't give a damn about immigration laws either!


12 posted on 09/30/2006 8:43:49 PM PDT by Roccus (Dealing with Democrats IS the War on Terror. [Stolen from FReeper Stallone])
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Mayor Nick, has a lot of slum property in the area, so he should be able to get top dollar renting them out to illegals, he did pull a John Kerry tho, and said the properties belonged to his wife, when this made news a while back..


13 posted on 09/30/2006 8:45:39 PM PDT by JoanneSD
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To: NormsRevenge
Heh.

He declared it a "Sanctuary City for immigrants" as if legally immigrated people are getting that hard a rap in the rest of San Diego. You know it's true, we San Diegans hate anyone who wasn't born in the US. Roving mobs of us take to the streets at night, beating up anyone who can't show their "papers". In fact, just last week, we managed to oust an Italian resturant from our fair city. Ha, take that you immigrants! We're going after the Irish pubs next!

/sarcasm
14 posted on 09/30/2006 8:50:21 PM PDT by Shion (Bring Back John Galt)
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Ping!


15 posted on 09/30/2006 9:00:12 PM PDT by TheLion
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To: Shion

I don't suppose the mayor will change his mind even if an illegal pumps four bullets into a cop's head like it happened in Houston.


16 posted on 09/30/2006 9:06:38 PM PDT by CAWats (Post to Free Republic without knowing HTML. Click my name.)
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To: NormsRevenge

National City is already Tijuana North, this doesn't change much.


17 posted on 09/30/2006 9:10:19 PM PDT by Pylon (Remember boys, flies spread disease, so keep yours closed.)
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To: P-40

That's the issue.

This city and its mayor should be cut off from all federal funding, direct and indirect.

The one thing I regret about Polk is that he didn't seize the entire damn country of Mexico when we had the chance and make it all American territory.


18 posted on 09/30/2006 9:11:19 PM PDT by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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Other California cities have similarly named themselves sanctuaries, including Maywood, Pomona, Huntington Park and Coachella.

That explains why those cities are looking like dumps and resembling some of the third world sh!tholes one can see on the Discovery Channels telethons for poor kids.

19 posted on 09/30/2006 9:17:43 PM PDT by danmar (Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today!)
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To: NormsRevenge
I say that the Federal Government cut all financial aid to the city. Why? because the Mayor and the city are violating Federal Policy.
20 posted on 09/30/2006 9:28:18 PM PDT by Doc91678 (Doc91678)
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