REQUEST  FOR  COUNCIL  ACTION    September  16th,  2014    Title:    CONSIDERATION  OF  RESOLUTION  ENCOURAGING  IMMIGRATION  CUSTOMS  ENFORCEMENT,  SECRETARY  OF  HOMELAND  SECURITY  JEH  JOHNSON,  AND  PRESIDENT  OBAMA  TO  EXERSICE  PROSECUTORIAL  DISCRETION  TO  PROTECT  FAMILIES  AND  INDIVIDUALS  IMPACTED  BY  DEPORTATION  SUCH  AS  THAT  OF  SANTA  ANA  RESIDENT  SAMUEL  SIXTOS  A#095-­‐735-­‐387  WHO  CURRENTLY  IS  IN  ICE  CUSTODY  AT  THE  ADELANTO  DETENTION  CENTER.    RECOMMENDED  ACTION    Consider  adoption  of  proposed  Resolution  to  encourage  comprehensive  Federal  immigration  reforms,  expansion  of  the  Deferred  Action  Program,  and  the  exercise  of  prosecutorial  discretion  to  protect  families  and  individuals  like  Samuel  Sixtos  A#095-­‐735-­‐387  who  is  currently  detained  at  the  Adelanto  Detention  Center  and  faces  unjust  deportation.    FISCAL  IMPACT    There  is  no  Fiscal  impact  associated  with  the  adoption  of  the  proposed  Resolution.                                              

 RESOLUTION  NO.  2014-­‐    

 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.       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.       WHEREAS,  Samuel  Sixtos  A#095735387  was  turned  over  to  ICE  in  violation  of  CA  Law  TRUST  Act.    

  WHEREAS,  Samuel  Sixtos  A#095735287  has  immense  congressional  support  from  Congresswoman  Loretta  Sanchez  (D-­‐46th),  Congressman  Alan  Lowenthal  (D-­‐47th),  CA  State  Senator  Lou  Correa  and  the  entire  CA  Latino  Legislative  Caucus  chaired  by  CA  State  Senator  Ricardo  Lara.       NOW,  THEREFORE,  THE  CITY  COUCIL  OF  SANTA  ANA  DOES  HEREBY  RESOLVE  AS  FOLLOWS:    

Section  1:  The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Santa  Ana,  California,  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  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Santa  Ana,  California,  demands  

Samuel  Sixtos  A#095-­‐735-­‐387  be  released  immediately  under  his  own  recognizance.    

 Section  3:  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;  and  

 Section  4:  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  5:  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  16th  day  of  September  2014.