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."
The feds are violating fed policy.....
Had thanksgiving dinner in 1991 in National City, CA. Never imagined it would come to this in 2006....
Ice ought to open an office in that town tomorrow.
Deny all federal funding to such cities and see how long that lasts.
How so?
How so?
Huh? Well because that is, the federal policy! At least the unwritten one.
That scum was finally returned to Colorado but not before the state had to assure Mexico that there would be no death penalty and no life in prison without parole.
He was just convicted and sentenced.
A reminder to all that we have enough of our criminals without declaring our cities Sanctuaries for illegals.
I believe Mayor of NYC has the same mindset.....don't ask, don't tell if they're illegal.
Why expect otherwise? Part of the problem is right in front of your face.
Mexico has a back-up quasi amnesty plan... Officials there are about to submit to the president-elect a proposal allowing individual U.S. states to negotiate immigration pacts with Mexican regions for the "temporary" visits of Mexicans in the USA (among other perks and favors that seemingly do little for us up here, or for the struggling pro-entrepreneurial reform movement in Mexico).
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http://www.el-universal.com.mx/notas/378507.html
Entregarán senadores a Calderón propuesta de reforma migratoria
La propuesta elaborada en la pasada Legislatura por el entonces diputado federal del PRI, Roberto Pedraza, contempla una reforma que permita a las entidades federativas de México signar acuerdos regionales con sus homólogos de EU para la contratación de migrantes
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El Universal
Ciudad de México
Domingo 1 de octubre de 2006
09:42 Senadores del PRI entregarán al presidente electo, Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, una propuesta de reforma migratoria mediante la cual podrían evitarse cientos de muertes de mexicanos y terminar con el tráfico de indocumentados.
La propuesta elaborada en la pasada Legislatura por el entonces diputado federal del Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), Roberto Pedraza Martínez, contempla una reforma que permita a las entidades federativas de México signar acuerdos regionales con sus homólogos de Estados Unidos para la contratación de migrantes.
Intentamos desde el Senado revivir esta iniciativa denominada Por Una Migración Ordenada entre México y Estados Unidos, mejor conocida como 10-2 y 5-1 la cual se encuentra guardada en el algún escritorio de la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores desde hace tres años, lamentó su autor.
El ahora senador suplente dijo en entrevista que se prevé el consenso de más senadores de todos los partidos para entregar la propuesta al presidente electo e impulsar desde el principio de su administración una verdadera agenda nacional en el tema migratorio.
La propuesta establece que además de los acuerdos regionales o interestatales, se promovería la certificación de los emigrantes mexicanos, para evitar que se les acuse de delincuentes y con ello también acabar con las bandas de polleros.
El sexenio del presidente Fox fue el de las cuentas alegres en materia migratoria y al final terminas con la construcción de un nuevo muro, vigilado por militares, expuso Pedraza Martínez.
Deploró que la iniciativa elaborada por diputados federales y consensuada por toda la Cámara de Diputados en la LIX Legislatura haya sido desechada primero por el titular del Ejecutivo y después por el canciller Luis Ernesto Derbez.
Recordó que la propuesta del Congreso mexicano establecía la certificación de migrantes, la posibilidad de realizar convenios migratorios entre estados de los dos países, un esquema de trabajo temporal y el pago de fianzas que garanticen que los trabajadores mexicanos regresen al país.
Se dilapidaron seis años de la actual administración en reuniones de presidentes de ambos países en sus ranchos, de diálogos de amigos, de impulsar el endurecimiento de las medidas migratorias, pero no en una verdadera reforma en el tema que frene las más de 500 muertes de mexicanos en la frontera común, agregó.
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Notice how the Mexican immigration reform proposals do absolutely nothing to erradicate any of the officially sanctioned racism embodied in Mexico's own immigration laws against us gringos? For more details on how much more strict Mexico's immigration laws are against us than ours are against them:
http://www.directory.com.mx/immigration
The Isthmus of Tehuantepec is a lot shorter than the Rio-Grande-Arizona California border.
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