Escondido CA says No to Illegal Casa

The city council of Escondido California passed an ordinance that makes
renting to illegal aliens a crime. As I heard it the ordinance goes
something like this: Anyone can file a complaint with the city
alleging that a landlord has violated the ordinance. The landlord then
has 10 days to prove that the renters are legally in the US. If he
fails to do this, he must evict the renters or face fines.

The ACLU has filed a suit to stop this.

Here's the question. Do you support the city in this or not. There is

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no grey area.

As for me - I think they, the city, did the right thing. Rita, it's

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your neck of the woods in that Escondido is in North San Diego County

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real?

not more than 25 or so miles from you. Interestingly, on the other

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answring

side of the county is National City which has proclaimed itself a
sanctuary city.

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Raises a lot of questions with me. What about home owners who are
illegal? I wonder what the results will be. Will all those illegals
now renting in Escondido simply move on to a nearby community?
What are the unintended consequences? Should immigration policy
be made piecemeal, community by community?

My own view -- and a son and I talked about this today while
out shopping -- is that there should be a comprehensive plan
that entails allowing many who have lived here for some time to
apply for green cards and eventual citizenship and then across
the board focus on employers who hire illegals and all the rest
of the punitive measures. I am talking about enforcement on a
national scale. This is something that would need to be planned
and provided with the funds and staffing to give it the clout
needed to be successful.

Seems to me this kind of measure, applied piecemeal in some
towns and cities but not in others is not beginning to solve
the problems but simply exacerbating conflict.

Illegals need two things to remain in the U.S. -- jobs and
a place to live. They have jobs because Americans are willing
to hire them. If they are no longer willing to do so -- in
their busineses or as homeowners to care for their lawns, tend
their children, clean their houses illegals will leave.
If a community passes a law to make it illegal to rent to them,
they will move on to a town or city without that law.

A comprehensive approach is the only kind that makes any sense
to me.

In other words I favor, in general, the immigration bill
proposed in the Senate that failed to pass.