LOS ANGELES, February 3, 2006--The Los Angeles City Council this morning issued an official and harsh rebuke to inland and border anti-migrant vigilantes.
The Council moved Item No. 7 to second position on the agenda, effectively declaring it a consent item. The Council resolved to "include in the City’s 2005-06 State and Federal Legislative Program, SUPPORT of State or Federal Legislation denouncing and prohibiting the vigilante actions of individuals against immigrants along the border and within urban communities and enact immigration reform leading towards a path of permanent status for immigrants here now and wider legal channels for those coming in the future.
From the Newswire: LA City Council to Minutemen: Go Home! by Leslie Radford
LA City Council to Minutemen: Go Home!