Posted on 07/22/2014 11:03:22 PM PDT by South40
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A Southern California city will put itself at the center of a nationwide debate over illegal immigration on Tuesday evening when officials there are expected to reject a bid by the U.S. government to open a shelter for unaccompanied migrant children.
The vote by planning commissioners in Escondido, 20 miles north of San Diego, comes amid a surge in children from Central America caught entering the United States, overwhelming federal processing facilities, threatening to swamp immigration courts and creating a backlash in border-state communities.
Escondido commissioners voted tentatively last month to reject a bid by federal authorities to open the shelter following angry opposition from residents. They are expected to make that decision final during a meeting on Tuesday evening, despite pleas from immigrant rights groups.
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Didn’t Escondido try to pass a law preventing illegals from renting housing? Are the feds stupid or just trying to pick a fight?
Both.
So the ACLU says we have a legal and moral obligation to take care of these people. What is the legal part?
If we’re going to do anything it should be to focus on the source - the countries they left and why are they so violent. My husband has been down there and he said it was bad - lots of women who just went missing, villages ruled by people with baseball bats. Actually, we won’t even go to Mexico anymore.
Either you aid, abet, and provide material support to someone who is prima facie breaking the law, or you are rasis or something.
So the ACLU says we have a legal and moral obligation to take care of these people. What is the legal part?
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Agree with your question.
If the ACLU, LULAC, La Raza bunch, along with Luis Guitierrez, Pelosi, Grijalva and others, feel so strongly about this then they should provide the funding to TEMPORARILY house, provide medical attention and feed the tens of thousands of illegals crashing our border!
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