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L.A. County institutes travel ban on DACA-unfriendly states and vows to take fight to Washington

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LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to fight back against the Trump administration’s decision to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, instituting a travel ban on DACA-unfriendly states and agreeing to take legal action.

Supervisor Hilda Solis championed a one-year restriction on county government travel to nine states that threatened legal action to end the program, calling its rescission “an inhumane and ill-advised move (that) could cost the United States approximately $460 billion in GDP.”

Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina and West Virginia will be subject to the travel restriction, which will not apply in the case of emergency assistance for disaster relief or critical law enforcement work.

The vote was 3-1, with Supervisor Kathryn Barger dissenting and Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas abstaining, though they both support DACA and voted in favor of related measures.

Solis pointed to earlier county bans related to Arizona’s stance on immigration and North Carolina’s law on transgender bathrooms as precedent for what she explained as a policy boycott.

The nearly 800,000 young adults nationwide affected by the administration’s action — roughly one-quarter of them live in California — are contributing to America’s economy, not taking from it, said Sonja Diaz, founding director of UCLA’s Latino Policy & Politics Initiative.

“Ninety-one percent of DACA recipients are employed. DACA is a net positive for the U.S. economy” and ending it would cost California alone $11.3 billion, Diaz told the board.

Barger, the only Republican on the non-partisan board, said the county should take an aggressive, hands-on role in pressing Congressional representatives to craft new legislation.

“We need to be at the table and we need to push as hard as we can,” Barger said. “This is bipartisan, this is about doing what is right.”

Barger has defended the administration’s decision to unwind the 2012 executive order that created it. She quoted then-President Barack Obama saying that his move was “a temporary stopgap measure” to give Congress time to act.

But she also expressed frustration with the lack of legislative action.

“Congress needs to get to work, they’ve had over five years to do it,” Barger said. “If Congress does not act in six months, shame on them.”

Ridley-Thomas proposed having county lawyers file “friend of the court” briefs in support of several states suing the Trump administration in opposition to the phase-out, saying it was time for local government to step up.

DACA recipients are entitled, Ridley-Thomas said, to “the right to privacy, the right to work, the right to move within the halls of government and elsewhere without wondering if someone is going to report you or snatch you.”

At least 15 states, including California, and the District of Columbia have taken legal action against the plan announced by Attorney General Jeff Sessions last week to rescind DACA. The University of California, whose president, Janet Napolitano, signed the policy during her time as secretary of Homeland Security in the Obama administration, has also filed suit.

The county could also sue on its own, said lead county counsel Mary Wickham, noting that her legal team has already filed two amicus briefs related to federal funding for “sanctuary cities.”

The vote on amicus briefs was 4-1, with Barger dissenting.

Trump has said he had no choice but to rescind the Obama-era executive order.

“President Obama bypassed Congress to give work permits, social security numbers and federal benefits to approximately 800,000 illegal immigrants currently between the ages of 15 and 36,” Trump said in a statement last week, calling the move “executive amnesty” and an “end-run around Congress … violating the core tenets that sustain our Republic.”

The administration has set a phased rollback of DACA.

“Permits will not begin to expire for another six months, and will remain active for up to 24 months,” Trump said in his statement. “Thus, in effect, I am not going to just cut DACA off, but rather provide a window of opportunity for Congress to finally act.”

Based on Solis’ motion, the board will also send a letter to the president and Congress demanding legislative action, a move that garnered unanimous support. And it will send a letter to state officials asking them to do whatever they can to protect DACA recipients, a move that only Barger opposed.

The board also directed the county’s Office of Immigrant Affairs to help existing DACA recipients renew their status by Oct. 5.

Supervisor Sheila Kuehl introduced a motion to add immigration to a county list of policy priorities, which currently include homelessness, child protection, reform of the Sheriff’s Department, integration of county health services, and environmental oversight and monitoring.

The board’s vote in favor of the new priority was unanimous.

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63 comments for "L.A. County institutes travel ban on DACA-unfriendly states and vows to take fight to Washington"

  1. I wouldn’t be surprise if the same Russian trolls that gave the election to Mr. Grab them bybthe p*^*sy, are also here at work, trying to spread hate and discontent. Just saying.

  2. If it’s Tuesday, alex is still hoping because as he said “I’m so full of hope…”.

    That’s not all he’s full of.

    I do hope his long rants give him some relief. If not, he should try more bran. 150% outta do it.

  3. … care to take a wild guess who the muchachos are soon to anoint, for Mexifornia’s next governor? It’s will inevitably be none other than… Antonio Ramón Villaraigosa, sworn in to get even with the gring0s, bending, twisting and distorting what’s left of California’s laws, in the ascent of Mexifornia’s next evolution, in sanctuary city amnesty. His vice governor will be his brother-in-law. His Secretary of the Treasury will be one of his 23 year old mistresses –

  4. Sad, terrible day yesterday for The USA.

    Mexifornia officially became a sanctuary state and province of Mexico. And I so valued my US citizenship. Oh well, I hope they let me back into the USA at the border with AZ.

    This was again driven by spawn of criminal illegal aliens (DeLeon) who also work to deny our 2nd amendment rights. Hey American voters, doesn’t that tweak your noses??? It does mine.

    • Political Malpractice, you will find plenty of like minded people and elected officials who share your racist views over st the Antelope Valley Voice. You’ll be a hero there. Bring your confederate flag and revisit Memes.

      • There are plenty of like minded people that share racist views on The A.V. Times. Also, there are a couple of people commenting that don’t want their tax dollars going to help those poor souls suffering from the effects of hurricane Harvey because Texas is a red state. Self-centered people with no compassion.

      • I repeat my comment and question of 9/16, 12:04 PM that nobody answered:

        “I used to go to Mexico a lot. I really like the Mexican people. They’re warm, friendly and family-oriented. I love their language and culture.

        I just don’t want to live in Tijuana (just party there). I don’t want our educational system to dumb down. I don’t want loose dogs running around. I don’t want the mediocrity of the Spanish colonial lifestyle thrust upon my grandchildren.

        Does that make me a racist?”

        • No, it makes you unrealistic. If you think the occasional loose dog turns Palmdale into Tijuana you need to put more behind it than your say so. If you expect people to share your concern about the educational system “dumbing down” you need to prove that it actually is (gonna be hard because I thought it was pretty dumb a long time ago), and if your connection from that to Tijuana is based on something other than racism you need to present what that basis might be. To put your argument in racial terms while using the recognized race baiting term “mexifornia” and expect an assumption that you aren’t a racist is unrealistic.

        • No you’re not a racist. Lots of people who are uncomfortable with Mexicans call California Mexifornia. Racists do things like call African American candidates for office ‘gang candidates’ or call people names like ‘Richard Cabesa’ and other ethnic slurs.

        • “Loads of white folks that have willfully dumbed down the educational system along with themselves!” this has been going on for a very long time. This has nothing to with Trump or Parris! What about the politicians in the districts of Palmdale that you hate. Are all of those people that elected those politicians dumbed down too? You aren’t willing to be receptive to all sides, so therefore you can’t know the truth.

        • “They don’t believe in science?” what does that mean? Blame the Department of Education (jurisdiction of Federal Government) for all the problems. By all means don’t hold yourself accountable for anything. Double-minded I would say, when you expect the government to handle everything. It’s those dumb white folks that are to blame, not me. It’s his fault…It’s her fault…It’s their fault…not me.

      • A couple of stingy dudes that don’t want their tax dollars going to help people suffering and displaced in Texas because it’s a red state. What are your life skills? I don’t follow Joel Osteen, William, but apparently you do and that’s your business. I’ll stay with hope along with life skills. You see, many people with life skills have hope, also. Apparently from what you said, you have life skills, but have no hope. That’s cool too.

        • And, what has hope gotten you, alex? The way you constantly whine and complain, it appears that nothing you hoped for has ever been realized.

          You give hypocondriacs a bad name with your whining.

          BTW How much money and where did you send it to Hurrican Relief, big shot?

          “I love the uneducated.” -Donald J. Trump. You did vote for trump didn’t ya, alex?

          • Since you know absolutely everything alex, please tell us how much money Texas and Florida offered to help with California’s wildfires and/or how their members of Congress stood on that issue.

            You should quit while you’re a behind, er, I mean, while you’re behind.

            Your not smart.
            Your not clever.
            Your not funny.,

            You don’t have it all. You must like being a punching bag for posts that show your weaknesses.

          • AHHH, quit your whining about where your taxes go, William. You hate everything with all of your life skills. I’ll stick with my life skills and keep hope also, William. You’ve been a bully since you’ve been posting (2011). Complaining about the politicians in Palmdale; complaining about politicians in Lancaster; complaining about where your taxes go. Always complaining, William. Is that your life skill (the complaint dept.)? Keep following Joel Osteen, William. It’s none of your business who I voted for. Even if I was a Democrat, I certainly wouldn’t align myself with a mean- spirit like you. Your comment just shows your crudeness. Not funny, not clever.

          • alex, king of ‘back atcha’. He can’t think for himself. He has to reverse everything and throw it back because that’s all he has even if it doesn’t fit.

            What has he ever hoped for that came about? He didn’t answer. If hoping did any good, alex, you wouldn’t be here complaining all the time. But, it doesn’t. So, keep on doin’ what you think works even when you must know by now that it doesn’t.

            I say you voted for trump, alex and your non-answer proves it. Anything you say now will only reinforce it. You coulda said Yes or No unless you are too embarrassed to admit it.

            alex, you and your ilk are the ones that use the word ‘hate’ all the time. Did I ever say I hated anyone?

            YOU ARE PROJECTING MISTER ALEX. Everything you accuse others of doing, alex, does them 10x as often.

            It’s here on this site for all to see. Keep it up and make my point.

          • People helping those suffering in Texas, not thinking about the color red, or blue; not thinking about the color black or white; not wondering if someone is a Democrat or Republican. People from all over the world and the United States coming together to help people in need. Putting aside differences that you don’t want to do, because you’re selfish. Well they didn’t help us so why should we help them, mind-set is divisive and destroys. As a Democrat, you don’t represent me.

          • Hahahaaaaa! Your last argument about coming together.. perfect for illegal immigration as well. Kinda like that plaque near the Statue of Liberty.(something something huddled masses something something..

        • alex, what organizations did you send your money to for the hurricane relief?

          You are such a hypocrite plus you bounce all over the place like a scatter brained individual with little knowledge.

          But, you are fun to poke fun at despite your lack of a sense of humor. and any intellect.

          All you can do is say “I know you are but what am I?” Are you a teenager?

          BTW The divisiveness originated when the Texas delegation to Congress refused to help out with the Sandy hurricane but it’s little use pointing anything out to you because you have no reading comprehension as we’ll see from your reply.

          • I have family that lives there, William. we all help each other. human beings that are suffering should help each other. As for you, well, if you see them as red then they don’t get help from you. Many of us, William, will donate or travel from all over to help human beings that are in need. Doesn’t matter what color they are, or what party they belong to. Doesn’t matter if they are Christians, Muslims, immigrants, young or old. People opening their doors to help, and not stopping them to ask what party they belong to. What you’re pointing out to me, William, is a divisive way of thinking.

          • alex, where did you send money or travel to and help out? You said “we” or was that a typo?
            I’ve asked you that 3 times now but true to form you deflect as though you assume I’m as simple as you are.

    • Stevie, you Trump for brains, California is democrat, and don’t need dreamers to elect the next governor. The next governor is going to be democrat wether you like it or not.

  5. I’m out of sync with the moderators and don’t know if this is redundant, but:

    Tim: Re yours of today at 12:53

    1. Who is this “we” that’s “losing control”?
    A. U.S. Citizens of our own country.

    2. Where is this supposed…let’s say dung heap to avoid the blanks?
    A. East Palmdale. Come see

    3. I wasn’t here in 70s, but I trust your take on it.

    • Pulllleeease Political Malpractice. Easy Palmdale is light years ahead of Pacoima, Sylmar, East Oakland, east Los Angeles, anyplace in Appalachia, Compton, Tujunga, Sunland, parts of Fontana, and especially East Lancaster.

      If I could get out from my upside down mortgage, I’d move from East Lancaster to East Palmdale in a second. I probably just should walk away from my house, but that is not right.

    • This forum is not really conducive to conversations. The “hold for moderation” seems to trigger randomly, which can disrupt flow. Drop me a note timshatemail at gmx dot com and we can spend an hour or two over beverages at one of East Palmdale’s friendly establishments that are perfect for that purpose.

  6. Tim,

    Re: Yours of today 12:53 pm

    1. Who is this “we” that’s “losing control”?
    U.S. Citizens of our own country.

    2. Where is this supposed…let’s say dung heap to avoid the blanks?
    East Palmdale. Come see

    3. I wasn’t here in 70s, but I trust your take on it.

    • 1… Please provide the name of a non-citizen who is exerting “control.” Please demonstrate how living without documentation as a non citizen provides a superior lifestyle in the US. In the absence of either of these please stop parroting this right wing echo chamber talking point which is unsupported by facts.

      2… I don’t need to “come see.” I live here. If you think this is a dung heap, then once again, you probably shouldn’t live here. However, if you think that you would be well served to broaden your horizons.

      3… Or, as you say, take my word on it. I’ve lived a lot of places. There are a couple I would rate above East Palmdale in this decade. There are a whole lot I would rate below it, most notably Lancaster in the 1970s…or today.

  7. … 5 things all Mexifornians harbor a deep-seeded hatred of (e.g., in any order you like):

    1). car insurance (e.g., motor vehicle financial responsibility mandate) –
    2). the America flag –
    3). homework –
    4). thee stinking gring0s –
    5). our Founding Father’s constitution –

    • Since there is no such thing as a “Mexifornian” speculating about what they hate seems pretty pointless.

      • Mexifornia is a term used by racists. It’s along the same lines of using Richard Cabesa, referring to ‘ those people’ who use basketball courts, or to he an admin or frequent contributor to the Antelope Valley Voice.

        • Tim:

          Is AV Voice part of Facebook? Is that how I can drop you a line? I’m an old dinosaur without Facebook capability.

      • That, is a matter of opinion. I use the term all the time.

        I used to go to Mexico a lot. I really like the Mexican people. They’re warm, friendly and family-oriented. I love their language and culture.

        I just don’t want to live in Tijuana (just party there). I don’t want our educational system to dumb down. I don’t want loose dogs running around. I don’t want the mediocrity of the Spanish colonial lifestyle thrust upon my grandchildren.

        Does that make me a racist?

        • I’m sure you use the term all the time. Along with other racist terms.

          You probably would show me a friend Jose that you have. Then you will show me your black friend.

          Like Foolco, I bet you don’t like what you see at the basketball courts near the fire station.

          Spare me. I know your kind. Stick to a Lancaster Commission or become an admin for Antelope Valley Voice.

  8. California’s elected officials are more loyal to Mexico than they are, the United States of America. They have more enthusiasm for Mexicans than they do, taxpaying Americans. There is no law they won’t bend, if bot outright break, for the sake of their beloved Mexicans.

    • TELL IT LIKE IT IS, JENNY!

      They’re trying to take away our 2nd Amendment (and natural) rights codified in The Constitution by Washington, Jefferson, Mason, et al. But these spawn of criminal illegal aliens that control LA County and California legislature know better. After all, look how slick Mexico is. Don’t we want to be like them?

      Well, we are already……….sob, sob, cry. We (USA) have let them steal (back) the most important state in The Union.

      Jenny for President !!!!!

  9. … here in the sanctuary state of Mexifornia, the policy community is committed to legislation making it illegal for all its residents, to travel to any state not yet having achieved a sufficient state of mexiforniacation –

    • Pro tip: When insulting the intelligence of others, use slurs you know how to spell lest you look ignorant yourself.

      • LOL…”it doesn’t matter if no one believes me, I live in my own private reality where what I say is the truth.” Tell us more “alex.” Tell us about how I’m not willing to meet people in real life and you are. Tell us about the things you’ve seen on this site that no one else sees. Tell us about the unicorns and rainbows.

  11. Congress makes the laws, the President signs them. The President can’t make the laws. Read the Constitution – it’s not that long or hard to understand.

    • So, why do so many conservatives fail to understand that the executive branch, headed by the president, is then responsible for enforcement? EVERY DAY decisions are made regarding the prioritization of enforcement. That’s part of the job.

      If a decision is made that chasing down “criminals” who committed a misdemeanor when they were children under the guidance of their parents is not going to be on the priority list I personally don’t see the problem. And yet conservatives seem to think that these are the most important crimes outstanding, and that the top ten most wanted should be made up of people who committed misdemeanors while wearing a diaper.

      • Tim:

        I vehemently disagree with almost all your political talking points, but sure do admire how you make them.

        • So…no matter how it is explained you favor having law enforcement putting maximum priority on solving cold case misdemeanors committed by children and consider arguments against that to be ‘just political talking points’? This isn’t a talking point, it’s just plain common sense. Open your mind.

          • It doesn’t bother you that we’re losing control of our own country to non-citizens from all parts of the world? You don’t see our community and state turning into sh__holes because of it? Open your eyes.

          • BTW: I really enjoy our discussions and the high level of your discourse, my intelligent, honorable and totally deluded friend.

          • Who is this “we” that’s “losing control”?

            Where is this supposed…let’s say dung heap to avoid the blanks?

            I happen to enjoy living in my community, despite it being the same community I grew up loathing. That isn’t because my views changed, it’s because the Antelope Valley of the sixties and seventies is extinct.

            My father had a certain amount of “control” here…in that without any input from him that I know of the “racial purity” of property ownership was maintained to his approval. I have a similar level of “control,” in that blatant redlining cannot be practiced any more. He had “lost control” to the extent that some “traitors” in our neighborhood RENTED to non-whites. I “lack control” in that our law enforcement is still grossly unjust. So I see “control” as being at worst even, but probably improved to at least some degree.

            BTW: I respect the fact that you at least try to express your opinions rather than just resorting immediately to name calling as so many of your compatriots do.

  12. ANYBODY WHO DOES NOT LIKE HOW OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS RULE WELL YOU CAN TAKE YOURSELF AND FAMILY TO ANY OF THE STATES MENTIONED.

    • Good Randy.

      ANYONE THAT DISAGREES, JUST GET OUT!!!!! Retreat back to the borders of the good old USA and just give up (back) the most important state in The Union?

      California is gone! I wonder if USA will even defend CA if it is attacked by North Korea, lol.

      You deserve what you get from CA legislature, Randy, but I don’t.

      • Maybe you don’t deserve it. Maybe you should be getting the kind of “good” treatment the citizens of Kansas get from their legislature. California republicans never stop crying about the “bad job” our legislature does…but also don’t seem inclined to go elsewhere and reap the “benefits” of the government they would rather press upon us. Why is that?

        • It’s an incredibly beautiful and physically blessed state. I like the weather, mountains (10,000 feet at our doorstep), desert, coast, Big Sur, etc. Also, my family is here.

          Kansas! Kansas!! OK Tim, you won your point. I’ll take anything other than living in Kansas.

          Other than that, I’m as clueless as everyone else other than

          • Well, Kansas doesn’t have a lot going for it, even if it did have a decent state government. But the point still stands. Republicans “stuck” with Democratic party controlled legislatures are “stuck” with far better cost/benefit ratios from that government than exist ANYWHERE that Republicans have the government they want.

            “Whhhoooooohooooooo! No state taxes! No regulations!….hey, wait, what do you mean half the city is built on flood plains? Who let that happen? And the state has to crawl to the feds for immediate relief? They can’t even START to take care of their own until the federal money arrives? How’d that happen?…oh, yeah, no regulations and no taxes. Whoohoo.”