[Peace] Fwd: UPDATE: Resolution Reaffirming Urbana as a Sanctuary City

[Brian Dolinar]

We need folks Monday night to reactivate Urbana as a Sanctuary City! BD

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From: Geovanny Vega <gavegaz at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 9:46 PM
Subject: UPDATE: Resolution Reaffirming Urbana as a Sanctuary City
To: cu-immigration-forum at googlegroups.com, STEERINGcuif at googlegroups.com


Friends,

I URGE EVERYONE READING THIS MESSAGE TO JOIN US ON *MONDAY DECEMBER 19TH*
AT THE URBANA CITY BUILDING TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR THIS RESOLUTION, AND TO
MAKE SURE IT PASSES. ALSO, BE SURE TO INVITE OTHER FRIENDS AND ALLIES.

Attached please find the following, as posted by the Urbana City Council on
their website today:

1) Agenda for Monday, December 19th, 2016 Council Meeting.

2) Proposed Resolution No. 2016-12-070R- A Resolution Reaffirming Urbana as
a Sanctuary City.

Also, for those of you who did not have a chance to attend the previous
council meetings, yet want to get caught up, I am attaching a " Summary &
Resource Guide," with links to the the different meeting videos and media
coverage of this issue.

The attached draft resolution has been significantly modified, compared to
previous working drafts. It looks like the title "Sanctuary" has been
preserved for now, despite the debate on this issue during the last
meeting. There are three important provisions/statements to pay attention
to:

*"WHEREAS, while recognizing the fact that undocumented immigrants who are
in the United States have committed a violation of immigration law, we
judge the human, moral, and practical negative costs and actual evils of
deportation or other major sanctions against undocumented residents of our
community and country to far outweigh the legal circumstances of their
arrival and continued residence."*

Provision #6
*"No city employee or official or department or agency of the City of
Urbana shall request information about or otherwise investigate or assist
in the investigation of the citizenship or immigration status of any person
unless such inquiry or the investigation is required by a court order.
Notwithstanding this provision, the City Attorney may investigate and
inquire about citizenship or immigration status when relevant to potential
or actual litigation or an administrative proceeding in which the City is
or may be a party."*

Provision #7
*"No city employee or official or department or agency of the City of
Urbana shall condition the provision of City benefits, opportunities or
services on matters related to citizenship or immigration status unless
required to do so by state or federal law or by a court order."*

In summation, this resolution does the following:

1.Neither the city nor its agents (including UPD), can ask people to
disclose their immigration status (with limited exceptions).

2. Neither the city nor its agents can deny benefits or services on the
basis of immigration status, unless required by state/federal law.

It is important to keep in mind that sanctuary status (despite the use of
the term) does NOT mean that undocumented immigrants are beyond the reach
of immigration authorities within Urbana city limits. This resolution aims
to govern the policy and conduct of city officials and employees, as well
as to reaffirm the city's commitment to welcome immigrants.

I believe this is a good and positive development, and one that should be
supported.

AGAIN, PLEASE JOIN US ON *MONDAY DECEMBER 19TH* AT THE URBANA CITY BUILDING
TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS RESOLUTION, AND TO MAKE SURE IT PASSES.

--
*Geovanny Vega*



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