Welcome to Maywood

[Bumblebee]

WELCOME TO MAYWOOD, WHERE ROADS OPEN UP FOR IMMIGRANTS

I read in the L.A. Times about this.

FYI, Maywood is a small city south of downtown Los Angeles, in case you were wondering.

At a time when communities across the nation are considering efforts to crack down on illegal immigration, Maywood is going into a different direction.

In Maywood, where 97% of the residents are Latino, and more than half are foreign born, the City Council has vowed to make the municipality a "sanctuary city" for illegal immigrants, and over the last few months it has set out to prove it.

First they eliminated the Police Department's traffic division after complaints that officers unfairly targeted illegal immigrants. Which made it more difficult for police to tow cars whose owners didn't have driver's licenses, a practice that affected mostly undocumented people who couldn't obtain licenses.

In January, the city council passed a resolution opposing a federal law. Now, some in the community are pushing to rename one of the city's elementary schools after former Mexican President Benito Juarez and debating measures to improve the lives of illegal immigrants.

This is outrageous...and oh, they are hoping for other cities to follow.

[Wadi66]

Bee, you might consider moving out of Calif. Or do you speak spanish?

[Devil_rules_in_extremes]

This is outrageous...and oh, they are hoping for other cities to follow.

Over my dead body...

Thats one hell of a sad story BumbleBee.

[Bumblebee]

Over my dead body...

Thats one hell of a sad story BumbleBee.
They do have a problem I should have mentioned. The older immigrant rights has it roots and there is a devide between the newer immigrants. The older immigrants consider themselves more 'Americanized,' who came to the U.S. as illegal immigrants. Many who came here a long time ago feel that they had to sacrifice a lot more and do with a lot less than people who come to the country now.

At city council meetings, the older and newer immigrants are devided. The group of newer immigrants are sitting on opposite sides of the older immigrants.

Older immigrants speak in English, while the newer immigrants all talk in Spanish. The English speaking ones are spitting mad at naming the school after Presidente Juarez, while the newer immigrants are asking for the person who usually translates, and they demand for the others to speak in Spanish for them.

[Bumblebee]

Bee, you might consider moving out of Calif. Or do you speak spanish?
Yes Wadi, Spanish was my first language, my parents immigrated here from Spain, legally, and became citizens. My mother was born in Santander and my father was born in Andalusia. They taught me never to speak in Spanish with them and others when in front of strangers, they said it was rude. I still believe this.

I'm only a first generation American.

[HillBilly]

...and oh, they are hoping for other cities to follow.

I'd pay money to see them try this in Jackson, Mississippi.

:icon_lol: :cool:

[Jimbo]

I think we should all use South Parks solution to this and "shoot anyone who comes through the time portal", or in this case, "shoot anyone who comes over illegaly from the Mexico".

[Jimbo]

Yes Wadi, Spanish was my first language, my parents immigrated here from Spain, legally, and became citizens. My mother was born in Santander and my father was born in Andalusia. They taught me never to speak in Spanish with them and others when in front of strangers, they said it was rude. I still believe this.

I'm only a first generation American.

Amazing how you, as a "immigrant" or "first generation American" understand these things and yet all the ILLEGAL immigrants don't give a damn so long as they get a free ride.

[Wadi66]

I'm only a first generation American.Good grief Bee, I have an ancestor that was born here in 1628, that's like 11 or 12 generations. And that isn't even my Native American side. Is it any wonder I resent this country being destroyed? Must be part of my DNA.

[Bumblebee]

Good grief Bee, I have an ancestor that was born here in 1628, that's like 11 or 12 generations. And that isn't even my Native American side. Is it any wonder I resent this country being destroyed? Must be part of my DNA.
Hmmm....I guess I'll never catch up to you. :tongue: