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Seditious un-American New Mexico hispanic mayor becomes public face of US sanctuary cities
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The telegenic Hispanic mayor of the
nation’s oldest state capital has become a public face of
“sanctuary cities” following Donald Trump’s presidential victory.
Javier Gonzales sat down with Fox and CNN anchors last week to
denounce Trump’s renewed vows to deport millions of immigrants
and his campaign promises to withhold federal funding from
sanctuary cities that defy immigration authorities. Gonzales
happened to be in New York for a conference on mental health
care and scored a national media platform.
Santa Fe isn’t the typical U.S. sanctuary city. Its population
is about 70,000, and its immigrant communities are dwarfed by
those in major cities with sanctuary-like policies, like Los
Angeles and Chicago. It also has a unique immigration history,
dating to the Spanish conquest in the 1500s and 1600s.
“Where we’re unique is that Mexican and the Central American and
the South American immigration have been part of Santa Fe’s
story for those 400 years,” said Gonzales, whose father also was
a Santa Fe mayor.
That story remains the source of public pride and pageantry in
Santa Fe during an annual costumed re-enactment of the Spanish
re-conquest of the city after a Native American revolt in 1680.
The procession depicts a peaceful, almost welcome return of the
Spanish - despite increasingly disruptive protests and
recriminations in recent years based on the early suffering of
Native Americans.
Gonzales as a young man played the lead role of conquistador Don
Diego de Varga. As mayor, Gonzales has had to referee public
objections by Native Americans and others who contend the re-
conquest was brutal and the modern festival is offensive and
hurtful.
Santa Fe’s embrace of sanctuary-city status dates to the 1999
adoption of an ordinance that says “no municipal resources will
be used to identify or apprehend any non-citizen resident solely
on the basis of immigration status, unless otherwise lawfully
required to do so.”
That means local police do not enforce noncriminal warrants from
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or so-called detainer
requests to delay the release of immigrants arrested on minor
offenses, city spokesman Matt Ross said.
The municipal police department has a written policy of not
making arrests based solely on immigration status, but officers
are allowed to share information on other arrests with federal
immigration agencies. No other New Mexico city has similar
sanctuary provisions, and most county sheriff’s offices
cooperate closely with immigration enforcement.
That type of assistance from small cities and rural counties is
important to federal immigration officials, said Jessica
Vaughan, director of policy studies for the Center for
Immigration Studies, which calls for lower U.S. immigration
levels.
Federal authorities often have fewer resources in those areas
and rely on county jails and sheriff’s departments to detain or
delay the release of immigrants flagged for violations, Vaughan
said. She estimates about 300 jurisdictions nationwide have
sanctuary-style policies.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Gonzales brushed off
critical and derogatory Twitter postings about his television
appearances and said the onus will be on Trump to address the
country’s immigration problems. Santa Fe receives about $6
million a year, or 2 percent of its budget, from the U.S.
government - money that would be in jeopardy if Trump’s
administration decided to strike back against sanctuary cities.
“We’ll see if the president-elect chooses to penalize sanctuary
cities before he proposes one piece of legislation that fixes a
broken immigration system,” Gonzales said. “That tells you a lot
about his priorities.”
Gonzales has framed the sanctuary city debate around moral
values and economic common sense, questioning the wisdom of
uprooting productive families when no serious crime is involved.
“It’s much bigger than federal funding,” he said. “It’s really
an issue about the values of Santa Fe and what we prioritize
when it comes to how we want to live.”
A self-described progressive who also works for a real estate
company on energy efficiency projects, Gonzales recently
announced plans to ask voters to increase taxes on soda and
other sugary drinks to finance more early childhood education
programs.
His other initiatives include a newly approved “verde fund” that
sets aside money for environmental and anti-poverty projects.
Despite its sanctuary provisions, Santa Fe maintains a “really
good working relationship and understanding” with federal
immigration authorities, Gonzales said.
“What it’s meant is we get the bad guys when we need to.”
Devious dishonest lying son-of-a-bitch mexican.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/24/new-mexico-mayor-
becomes-public-face-of-us-sanctua/
nation’s oldest state capital has become a public face of
“sanctuary cities” following Donald Trump’s presidential victory.
Javier Gonzales sat down with Fox and CNN anchors last week to
denounce Trump’s renewed vows to deport millions of immigrants
and his campaign promises to withhold federal funding from
sanctuary cities that defy immigration authorities. Gonzales
happened to be in New York for a conference on mental health
care and scored a national media platform.
Santa Fe isn’t the typical U.S. sanctuary city. Its population
is about 70,000, and its immigrant communities are dwarfed by
those in major cities with sanctuary-like policies, like Los
Angeles and Chicago. It also has a unique immigration history,
dating to the Spanish conquest in the 1500s and 1600s.
“Where we’re unique is that Mexican and the Central American and
the South American immigration have been part of Santa Fe’s
story for those 400 years,” said Gonzales, whose father also was
a Santa Fe mayor.
That story remains the source of public pride and pageantry in
Santa Fe during an annual costumed re-enactment of the Spanish
re-conquest of the city after a Native American revolt in 1680.
The procession depicts a peaceful, almost welcome return of the
Spanish - despite increasingly disruptive protests and
recriminations in recent years based on the early suffering of
Native Americans.
Gonzales as a young man played the lead role of conquistador Don
Diego de Varga. As mayor, Gonzales has had to referee public
objections by Native Americans and others who contend the re-
conquest was brutal and the modern festival is offensive and
hurtful.
Santa Fe’s embrace of sanctuary-city status dates to the 1999
adoption of an ordinance that says “no municipal resources will
be used to identify or apprehend any non-citizen resident solely
on the basis of immigration status, unless otherwise lawfully
required to do so.”
That means local police do not enforce noncriminal warrants from
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or so-called detainer
requests to delay the release of immigrants arrested on minor
offenses, city spokesman Matt Ross said.
The municipal police department has a written policy of not
making arrests based solely on immigration status, but officers
are allowed to share information on other arrests with federal
immigration agencies. No other New Mexico city has similar
sanctuary provisions, and most county sheriff’s offices
cooperate closely with immigration enforcement.
That type of assistance from small cities and rural counties is
important to federal immigration officials, said Jessica
Vaughan, director of policy studies for the Center for
Immigration Studies, which calls for lower U.S. immigration
levels.
Federal authorities often have fewer resources in those areas
and rely on county jails and sheriff’s departments to detain or
delay the release of immigrants flagged for violations, Vaughan
said. She estimates about 300 jurisdictions nationwide have
sanctuary-style policies.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Gonzales brushed off
critical and derogatory Twitter postings about his television
appearances and said the onus will be on Trump to address the
country’s immigration problems. Santa Fe receives about $6
million a year, or 2 percent of its budget, from the U.S.
government - money that would be in jeopardy if Trump’s
administration decided to strike back against sanctuary cities.
“We’ll see if the president-elect chooses to penalize sanctuary
cities before he proposes one piece of legislation that fixes a
broken immigration system,” Gonzales said. “That tells you a lot
about his priorities.”
Gonzales has framed the sanctuary city debate around moral
values and economic common sense, questioning the wisdom of
uprooting productive families when no serious crime is involved.
“It’s much bigger than federal funding,” he said. “It’s really
an issue about the values of Santa Fe and what we prioritize
when it comes to how we want to live.”
A self-described progressive who also works for a real estate
company on energy efficiency projects, Gonzales recently
announced plans to ask voters to increase taxes on soda and
other sugary drinks to finance more early childhood education
programs.
His other initiatives include a newly approved “verde fund” that
sets aside money for environmental and anti-poverty projects.
Despite its sanctuary provisions, Santa Fe maintains a “really
good working relationship and understanding” with federal
immigration authorities, Gonzales said.
“What it’s meant is we get the bad guys when we need to.”
Devious dishonest lying son-of-a-bitch mexican.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/24/new-mexico-mayor-
becomes-public-face-of-us-sanctua/
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