City of Milwaukee - File #: 170805

• File #: 170805
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution-Immediate Adoption
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/6/2017
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 9/6/2017
• Title: Resolution expressing the City of Milwaukee’s opposition to President Donald J. Trump’s decision to suspend the immigration program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
• Sponsors: ALD. PEREZ, ALD. COGGS, ALD. KOVAC, ALD. JOHNSON, ALD. LEWIS, ALD. HAMILTON, ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. MURPHY, ALD. BOHL, ALD. RAINEY, ALD. STAMPER

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/12/2017	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
9/6/2017	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Ald. Bauman, Murphy, Bohl, Rainey and Stamper to be added as cosponsors for the record. There were no objections.	Pass	15:0

IMMEDIATE ADOPTION

Number

170805

Version

ORIGINAL

Reference

Sponsor

ALD. PEREZ,  COGGS, KOVAC, JOHNSON,  LEWIS,  HAMILTON, BAUMAN, MURPHY, BOHL, RAINEY AND STAMPER

Title

Resolution expressing the City of Milwaukee’s opposition to President Donald J. Trump’s decision to suspend the immigration program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

Analysis

This resolution expresses the City of Milwaukee’s opposition to President Donald J. Trump’s decision to suspend the immigration program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

Body

Whereas, The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which currently protects nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants from deportation, is a program President Barack Obama created to allow immigrants brought to the United States as children to remain in the country; and

Whereas, The DACA program grants two-year stays and work permits to undocumented immigrants brought to the United States before their 16^th birthday who have attended school or joined the military and have not committed any serious crimes; and

Whereas, Children who are brought into the United States do not have the ability to make a decision about where they live while they are children because they go where their parents take them; and

Whereas, Many undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children have become taxpaying adults and productive members of society who have families of their own and contribute to society; and

Whereas, Many people who arrived in the United States as children do not know any other home or have a place to return if they were to face deportation, and their families would be ripped apart; and 

Whereas, More than 97% of the people who were brought into the United States as children are in school or working, and 5% are entrepreneurs who have started their own businesses; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the City of Milwaukee opposes President Donald J. Trump’s decision to suspend the immigration program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA); and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Department of Administration - Intergovernmental Relations Division shall include the substance of this resolution in the City of Milwaukee’s Federal Legislative Package for the 115^th United States Congress; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Department of Administration - Intergovernmental Relations Division is directed to actively oppose efforts to suspend DACA; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the City Clerk shall send copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, all members of Wisconsin’s Congressional delegation, the heads of all appropriate federal agencies, all members of the Wisconsin Legislature, the Governor of Wisconsin, all members of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors, and the Milwaukee County Executive.

Requestor

Drafter

LRB169833

Tea Norfolk

9/1/2017