Yorba Linda passes measure supporting Arizona illegal immigration law [Updated]

The Yorba Linda City Council approved a resolution this week supporting Arizona’s illegal-immigration law, making it what is believed to be the first city in California to approve a measure supporting the legislation.

The resolution approved Tuesday on a 3-0 vote also calls on the federal government to secure the national borders, said Mayor John Anderson, who sponsored it.

The council meeting was attended by several dozen people, many of whom spoke on the issue. The Arizona law says police may check the status of people they have stopped for another reason and reasonably suspect are illegal immigrants, according to the Arizona Legislature's website.

[Updated at 2:06 p.m.: A previous version of this post said police were required to check the immigration status of people they stop and suspect are illegal immigrants.]

“It’s a statement to ask the federal government to enforce the laws,” Anderson said Friday. “This isn’t in response to anyone but Arizona and the problem we commonly share.”

In Riverside County, the Hemet City Council last month asked its city manager to draft a similar resolution, to be voted on within the month. On the other side of the issue, the Los Angeles City Council and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors have voted to boycott Arizona and ban official travel to the state to protest the law.

Voting with Anderson were Councilwoman Nancy Rikel and Councilman Mark Schwing. Councilwoman Jan Horton left before the issue came up late Tuesday to attend to a personal emergency.

Councilman Jim Winder walked out of the meeting when the issue came up, saying it was a waste of time and had nothing to do with Yorba Linda city government.

-- Sam Quinones

Comments

[Pedro Gambino-Gotti]

Viva Yorba Linda! Viva Arizona! Common sense still lives in California. Si Se Puede!!!

[michelle Lo]

Yorba Linda is the reddest city in the reddest county in California so no surprise there... Uh Richard Nixon ring a bell???

Councilman Jim Winder got it right, this law does nothing for or against the city of Yorba Linda except display prejudice against specific races.

[Beth]

Way to go Yorba Linda. My hat off to you. The only ones against this law I believe is the illegals. HELLO... its illegal.... nothing to do with racist, has to do with breaking the law. I am sick and tired of my money supporting illegals. they get free medical, free housing, free welfare... and we get nothing... because we are NOT hispanic... AND this is AMERICA... SPEAK ENGLISH.... OR GO HOME.

[peter]

Outstanding the only ones saying is raciest are the scum bags who are illegals and their kind

[Lisa]

I'm proud of my city!!!

Those (few) who are saying to boycott us, go right ahead! Especially Mr. Six Figure Salary....check out the average household income here. I think we will be just fine....

[Mech]

That's AWESOME!!!! I hope more California cities adopt similar laws. Illegal is illegal period!!!

[Lenin Zeledon]

While I agree that we have an immigration problem here in the US, I don't believe this is the solution. Let's not forget that the United States was created by immigrants who were tired from the dictatorship of queens and queens. So this story is a familiar one, just the players have changed. To cast a whole group as "criminals" is also wrong. In part, the solution is solving the bottle neck that currently exist with the immigration services and helping those become "citizens" at much quicker rate. Also, illegal immigrants are not the ones abusing the system. Research shows that the no. 1 group on public assistance are poor whites, then african americans and then latinos. Furthermore, illegal immigrants will NOT seek out public assistance because they are afraid of deportation, this myth MUST be broken. History also shows that in economic struggle the segmement in our society with no voice becomes the scape goat. I ask that you approach this issue with a true open mind and think with your mind not ignorance.

[Sonu]

I live in the next city Anaheim Hills and I'm not white ( but not illegal ). I'm not going to Yorba Linda anymore. I'm scared of racist republicans living there anyways, now the city has officially endorsed the racism.

[Jack]

GOOD about time someone here did it RIGHT..

[Bob]

I guess Councilman Jim Winder is either uninterested in the national dilemma known as illegal immigration or his city his city is somehow unaffected by the issue.

You would think for the sake of the future of his city he would participate.

[Dusan]

LOL at Jayster:

You're funny, Jayster. As if Yorba Linda NEEDS the money of those who would boycott it's businesses for supporting the LAW of the Land.

Yorba Linda was voted the 21st "Best Place" to live in the US. Also the city with the highest median income in the US, with a population between 65K-250K. It's not called "The Land of Gracious Living" for nothing.

The staunchly conservative city of Yorba Linda has P-L-E-N-T-Y of money. They don't need a cent from you.

Get over yourself.

[marlena]

RACIST RACIST RACIST RACIST RACIST BOYCOTT YORBA LINDA BOYCOTT ALL WHO DON'T AGREE RACIST RACIST RACIST RACIST BROWN AND BLACK MUST STAND UP TO THESE RACIST FASCIST PIGS ONLY PRIDE FOR MEXICANS IS ALLOWED YOU RED FACED RACISTS VIARAIGOSA FOR PRESIDENT

Posted by: Bo | June 04, 2010 at 11:53 AM

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Hmmm an ILLEGAL immigrant MURDERED Jamiel Shaw in cold blood, many blacks would tell you and your felow illegal friends to take a hike, you are corrupting their race too. leave

[JORGE AGUIRRE]

All this people supporting the "LAW" against people are kind of ignorants from top to bottom, why? they specially at Loma Linda pray to the mercy God every day and despise the "Ilegal Immigrants" causing opposing point into their poor existence (not speaking about money)I saw a lot of immigrant people into their turf, go around the hospital, the university, check the food you ate, the menial services you received, the type of stores, the "churches" and this Political agendas does not fit into the living as is in the area, the political people may support or modify the law to be in peace with it,but because above all law exist God and the consequences of your acts, of course taken away those that live just for living without caring for nothing no even for themselves, (rapist, drug, racists, hatefulness, etc, etc,etc)and these same people are not going to live only in Loma Linda, but wherever they go and identified as Loma Linda politician, they will be careful no to be treated as bad as their own intentions with "illegal immigrants".

[Sawyer L]

@Eduardo Diaz, atop all your nonsensical relations between American law and Nazi Germany, you already know that the illegal immigrants in the US from Mexico, are already second class citizens in Mexico do you not? That is why they are fleeing, or in most cases encouraged to leave Mexico, so Mexico's elite can live without paying for them, like Americans middle class do.

So when you thru the bull into the air, try and make it stick on those elected officials like the Mexican Consul over in catalina passing out documents like chicklets to their citizens so they wont have to go back.

What a sad country, no rules, no regulations, expecting everyone else to obey their demands. Take that crap back to Mexico, and develop that rat hole.

[dave69000]

yorba linda is clean they dont want that welfare trash in there city im from brea i went too visit my uncle in la sunday off 58th crenshaw the smell was so bad i thought i was in tj mexico we should put awall around that stank ces pool is that whole city on welfare yorba linda rocks

[SJ]

It's funny that Yorba Linda does something like this when most of YL has illegal immigrants working for them in their yards and homes how hypocritical.

[marko]

finally... it might might be to late, but at least try. should have started this 25 years ago. calif. would still be the place to go.

[Cheryl]

Pretty soon all the nay sayer's will have no options left as they continue to boycott city after city........maybe they can boycott their butts back over the boarder with their compadres . Now that would be rich!

[George Ma]

Great job, Yorba Linda. We support you and AZ!

[Romualdo]

More power to Yorba Linda. Bravo!

[T. Flores]

Congrats to Yorba Linda!

[dave69000]

look how yorba linda looks and smells to los angeles yorba linda one of the best cleanest looking citys in calif compared tijuana los angeles

[jwallace]

Liberals are such idiots. Illegal is not a race. The AZ law has no problem with LEGAL immigrants from Mexico.

If you get stopped by a cop, what's the first thing they ask you? ID? If you have ID, isn't it a pretty good bet you're legal, even if your hispanic? If you have ID only a citizen can have, why would a copy give you any grief about your citizenship? The fact is, you won't be bothered if you are legal and have legal ID.

Finally, this law mirrors federal law. Where are all the idiot libs protesting the federal law and boycotting the federal government?

Seriously, liberalism is a cancer that is destroying this nation. Can we ban liberals?

[dave69000]

just google hispanics on welfare in calif cut off the magnet wich is welfare housing free healthcare etc im already paying 100 dollars for an apple

[Deana]

Dusan....AMEN
I'm so sick and tired of hearing "well who is going to do your crappy job's now"
I completely agree with you.