STAND

WITH ARIZONA

 

RALLY SPEAKERS

MEET THE CANDIDATES WHO SUPPORT

THE ARIZONA IMMIGRATION LAW:

Candidate Earl DeVries  http://earlexpress.com Republican Candidate For California State Senate, 32nd District – seeks to replace pro-illegal alien CA State Senator (D) Gloria Negrete McCloud http://dist32.casen.govoffice.com/

Candidate Scott Folkens    http://www.folkens4congress.com/
Republican Candidate For U.S. Congress,  San Bernardino, California, 43rd District – seeks to replace pro-illegal alien Congressman (D)  Joe Baca  http://www.house.gov/baca/

Speaker Dee Barrow   Minutewoman of  America

Emcee and Speaker  Raymond Herrera  President and Founder of We The People, California’s Crusader

 

DATE:  Tuesday,  September 7

TIME:  5pm Rally Support Arizona:  Attend the Ontario City Council Meeting at 6:30pm after the rally to call upon Ontario to adopt a resolution in support of the Arizona immigration law

LOCATION:   Ontario Senior Center  (next to  City Hall, which is under construction)     225 W. “B” Street        Ontario, CA  91762  http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/index.cfm/21960 

      

 

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Ontario church urges City Council to oppose immigration ONTARIO, CA                                                   

 The Arizona immigration law that has sparked controversy throughout the nation could soon ignite some debate in this city. Our Lady of Guadalupe Church parishioners are urging the City Council to publicly oppose Arizona Senate Bill 1070, considered the country’s broadest and strictest anti-illegal immigration measure in decades.

Church Pastor Alex Castillo made the request and asked for a public meeting with council members in a letter mailed to Mayor Paul Leon.  Parishioners said they have not received a response to the letter that was mailed in late July.

“The City Council represents the citizens and they have an obligation to let us, the voters, know if they support or oppose the law,” said

Guillermo Quiroga, church coordinator of social service programs at the church. “We are the ones who voted them to represent us.” 

Leon could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

City Manager Chris Hughes said he could not comment because it is up to the council’s discretion on how they want to handle the letter. 

However, Hughes said, Ontario police officers recently discussed the immigration law with parishioners in a town hall meeting.

“It was explained to them that nothing different, in terms of policing, was being done in California,” he said.

Several of the church’s roughly 5,000 parishioners have expressed concerns about the law being implemented locally, said Fortino Sanchez, who coordinates premarital ministries at the church. Until now, Sanchez said, many parishioners have been afraid to speak out.

Parishioners contend the time has come to be more vocal because they have a moral obligation and are concerned with the law escalating, parishioner Marisol Ramirez said.

“The social doctrine of the Catholic Church focuses on social justice,” said Ramirez, a recent Harvard University graduate. “Our bishop has sent a letter publicly denouncing SB 1070. We want a resolution that lets us know if the city is against the law.”

Ramirez said she has noticed that community members are fearful since she moved back to Ontario more than a month ago.

The Ontario City Council should follow the lead of the Los Angeles City Council, said Gabriel Segoviano, who coordinates catechism at the church.

The Los Angeles council in May passed a measure that bars the city government from conducting any business with Arizona unless the immigration law is repealed. 

“I know we live in a country of laws and we need to respect them, but they should reject it and leave up to the federal government,” Segoviano said.

Segoviano also said SB 1070 is racist. “The law targets people who look like me. It doesn’t matter if you are documented, you could be stopped because of how you look,” he said.

Quiroga said the council needs to realize the impact that the Latino community has on Ontario’s economy, which is why he thinks it is imperative that the council “publicly rejects this law.”

“The council needs to have a better relationship with the immigrant community in Ontario. By passing a resolution opposing it, the people will feel more welcomed,” he said. “The church is open to starting a dialogue with the council.”  liset.marquez@inlandnewspapers.com 909-483-8556