Immigration Law

Carrollton Council To Take Its Time On Illegal-Immigration Advisory Panel

By Robert Kraft

The Dallas Morning News published an article today about the suburban city of Carrollton, and its approach to illegal immigrants. Here are excerpts:

Carrollton City Council members want to have a residents' panel advise them on combating the effects of illegal immigration. They're just not sure how to go about it.

On Tuesday, the council didn't reach agreement on how many members the committee should have, how they should be selected or just what the group should do.

Mayor Ron Branson is clear about his own vision for the panel: He wants each of the eight City Council members to recommend five potential members. That number would then be whittled to 12 to 15 approved by the full council. Then the panel, led by a paid facilitator, would study illegal immigration in Carrollton and advise the council on ways to counter it.

Last month, the council agreed in a retreat to form an advisory committee – the brainchild of Mr. Branson, who was elected in May. But on Tuesday, some council members disagreed about how to proceed.

Mr. Branson said illegal immigrants in Carrollton are a threat to public safety. And he said some apartment complexes on the south side had solicited illegal immigrants from Farmers Branch, which is waging a legal fight to ban property rentals to them.

Full post as published by Immigration Law Answers Blog on August 07, 2008 (boomark / email).