Imperial Beach, CA mayor withdraws from
“Welcoming City” program, by Ann Corcoran 9/24/16
This just goes
to show what a handful of citizens can do when they put their minds to
it! In California, no less! Citizens learned that their mayor and council
had signed a “Welcoming cities” proclamation last month.
Having none of
it, the citizens pushed back and just yesterday, the Mayor rescinded the
proclamation. Hat tip: Brenda. Here is one news story at KUSI News two days ago.
IMPERIAL BEACH (KUSI) — The mayor of Imperial
Beach is under attack. A small group of people are accusing him of inviting
refugees with an official proclamation.
The mayor
himself is a little shocked. He believes it’s a big misunderstanding.
It may be a
laid back little beach town, but Imperial Beach suddenly finds itself in the
middle of an international hot topic. Last month, Mayor Serge Dedina issued a
proclamation, declaring Imperial Beach to be a “Welcoming City.”
The “Welcoming Communities” program is an
Obama initiative intended to resettle large numbers of refugees from Syria, the
rest of the Middle East and Latin America in cities and towns across America as
part of his “fundamental transformation.”
At the time,
Mayor Dedina thought it was pretty harmless, but some people believe it goes
deeper than that. They’re
suspicious that the words, “welcoming city,” is another way of saying,
“sanctuary city.”
No sense
wandering in the weeds regarding the definitions because for the average
American it is pretty much the same thing! Welcoming cities are sanctuary
cities and vice versa.
https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2016/09/24/imperial-beach-ca-mayor-withdraws-from-welcoming-city-program/
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