PORTLAND, Ore. – Multnomah County commissioners voted to make the county a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants and refugees. A resolution passed Thursday morning, and the vote was unanimous.
Commissioner Loretta Smith says this is about making sure people can get the services they need, regardless of their status.
“I have no idea what the repercussions are, but when you are standing for the right thing, and to do the good thing for your community, you always are on the right side of policy, and politics, as well,” Smith said.
Smith says, after Donald Trump won the presidential election, the commissioners got a lot of calls from people fearing they could not use the county’s services or risk deportation.
Smith says she wants people to know its ok to do so, regardless of status, from health care to homeless services and domestic violence shelters. The county also stopped jail holds for Immigration and Customs Enforcement years ago, but Smith says it seems a lot of people forgot about that.
“We are not holding folks for ICE. We don’t police for our immigration departments. We are a safety net government that’s here to help the people. We want to make sure that they know – we have their back and we are going to help them as best we can,” Smith said.
This comes after Mayor-elect Ted Wheeler recently said Portland will stay a sanctuary city, even though President-elect Donald Trump made a campaign promise to take away federal funds from cities that protect undocumented immigrants.
http://www.kgw.com/news/commissioners-vote-to-make-multnomah-county-a-sanctuary-county/376800382
Absolute treasonous rubbish!
Bottom line I’d imagine, these sanctuary places are getting lots of federal monies.
“We are a safety net government that’s here to help the people.”
Nobody asked you to be a “safety net”, and how on Earth are you helping the Americans in Multnomah county by making it a sanctuary for criminals?
Nonsense. It’s probably about Federal money, as Katie pointed out (above), and I wouldn’t be surprised it the local chamber of commerce is behind it in an attempt to provide cheaper labor for failing businesses.
The most powerful weapon you have at this point in the war is the boycott. Wherever you see wetbacks working, take your money elsewhere, and make sure you tell the manager why you’re doing so.
STOP BEING POLITICALLY CORRECT, or even polite for that matter, and start exercising your right to free expression. (Henry gave some good examples on last night’s radio show). START SPEAKING OUT.
SILENCE GIVES CONSENT. As long as you remain quiet, you’ll continue to get screwed.
“Why are you hiring wetbacks while Americans sleep in tent cities?”
“Why do you insist on being a traitor to your country and your people?”
“Did your mother raise you to be a cheap whore who sells out his countrymen to save a few nickels?”
“You’re not paying your wetback workforce with my money, because I’ll be spending it elsewhere.”
“Smith says, after Donald Trump won the presidential election, the commissioners got a lot of calls from people fearing they could not use the county’s services or risk deportation.”
The scumbags better start fearing getting shot for invading our country.
“We want to make sure that they know – we have their back and we are going to help them as best we can,” Smith said.”
Until you’re hung, jewb#tch.
After that, the scumbags will get the kind of ‘help’ they so richly deserve.