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COUNCIL ACTION
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
OCTOBER 7, 2014
TITLE:
COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM — RESOLUTION IN
SUPPORT OF EXERCISING
PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION TO
INDIVIDUALS WITH NO SERIOUS
CRIMINAL HISTORY {
RECOMMENDED ACTION
CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY:
APPROVED
❑ As Recommended
❑ As Amended
❑ Ordinance on 1b` Reading
❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading
❑ Implementing Resolution
❑ Set Public Hearing For
CONTINUED TO
FILE NUMBER
Council consideration of resolution as proposed by Councilmembers Benavides, Amezcua and
Reyna.
DISCUSSION
Council Agenda Items are authorized pursuant to Santa Ana Charter Section 411, any member of
the City Council may place items on the City Council Agenda to be considered by the City Council.
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
Approval of this item allows the City to meet Goal #5, Community Health, Livability, Engagement &
Sustainability, Objective 6. Focus projects and programs on improving the health and wellness of all
residents.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
Attachment
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09/24/14 SRC
RESOLUTION NO. 2014 -XXX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND
AS A COROLLARY TO SANTA ANA RESOLUTION NO.
2013 -023 EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR
COMPREHENSIVE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION REFORM,
NOW FURTHER URGING IMMIGRATION CUSTOMS
ENFORCEMENT, SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY
JEH JOHNSON, AND PRESIDENT OBAMA TO PROTECT
OUR FAMILIES FROM DESTRUCTIVE AND NEEDLESS
IMMIGRATION DEPORTATIONS BY EXERCISING
PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION TO INDIVIDUALS WITH
NO SERIOUS CRIMINAL HISTORY SUCH AS SANTA ANA
RESIDENT SAMUEL SIXTOS A #095 - 735 -387 CURRENTLY
DETAINED AT THE ADELANTO DETENTION FACILITY
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana, on May 20, 2013,
unanimously approved Resolution No. 2013.023 in support of comprehensive federal
immigration reform, attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein; and
WHEREAS, in approving Resolution No. 2013 -023. the City specifically
recognized the economic, social and cultural contributions immigrants bring to their
communities and, in particular, to the City of Santa Ana, that family unity is a component
of a strong economy, and re- unification of families has ben a key part of federal
immigration policy for almost fifty years; and
WHEREAS, the rise in deportations under the current immigration system harm
living conditions of U.S. Citizen children of undocumented parents who have been
deported or face deportation; and
WHEREAS, the consequences of such separation of children from parents are
cruel as they are left in situations of financial instability without parental guidance; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to exercise prosecutorial discretion to community
members who are parents of U.S. Citizen children, do not have criminal records, and
pose no threat to our country; and
WHEREAS, Samuel Sixtos A #095735387 is a Santa Ana resident, is parent to
Haydee Sixtos who is a 6 -year old U.S. Citizen child, has no major criminal record and
poses no threat to society; and
WHEREAS, Samuel Sixtos A #095735287 has immense congressional support
from Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D- 46th), Congressman Alan Lowenthal (D-47 1h)
CA State Senator Lou Correa and the entire CA Latino Legislative Caucus chaired by
CA State Senator Ricardo Lara.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The City Council of the City of Santa Ana, California, hereby finds,
determines and declares as follows:
In accordance with and as a corollary to Resolution No. 2013 -023, expressing
support for comprehensive federal immigration reform, now further urging Immigration
Customs Enforcement, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, and President
Obama to protect our families from destructive and needless immigration deportations
by exercising prosecutorial discretion to individuals with no serious criminal history such
as Santa Ana resident Samuel Sixtos A #095 - 735 -387 currently detained at the Adelanto
Detention Facility.
Section 2: The Clerk of the Council is directed to send this Resolution to the
President of the United States, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Los Angeles Field Director David Jennings, and
the Honorable Members of the 113th Congress representing the City of Santa Ana.
Section 3: The Clerk of the Council shall certify to the passage and adoption of
this Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
Section 4: This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the Clerk of the Council shall attest to and certify the vote adopting
this Resolution.
ADOPTED this 7th day of October 2014.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
By:
Sonia R. Carvalho
City Attorney
Miguel A. Pulido
Mayor
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AYES: Councilmembers
NOES: Councilmembers
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, MARIA D. HUIZAR, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify that the
attached Resolution No. 2014 -_ to be the original resolution adopted by the City
Council of the City of Santa Ana on
Date:
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
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