In a daring and controversial move the San Diego Unified School District Board of Education looks to warn K-12 students about traveling to Arizona where a tough new immigration law recently passed.
The resolution was drawn up by SDUSD Board of Education President Richard Barrera and contains language condemning Arizona’s new illegal alien legislation and demanding the governor rescind the law immediately.
The resolution encourages students and parents not to spend time in Arizona, “due to the risk they may face in being subjected to inappropriate and unlawful scrutiny.”
The Arizona law set off a firestorm of rhetoric on both sides of the issue; however, the tough stance on illegal immigration finds favor both locally and nationally according to a Rasmussen poll. In Arizona, 70 percent favor the law to bring down crime that is burdening the state. Nationally, more than 60 percent approve of the new law.
After San Diego’s City Council voted last week to condemn Arizona’s new law and sent a letter to Governor Jan Brewer, apparently the SDUSD school board feels empowered to warn children about the political landscape the country faces during a lingering recession.
Jeff Schwilk, founder of the San Diego Minutemen called Barrera's proposed resolution outrageous. "Like the San Diego City Council last week, Mr. Barrera is sticking his nose into a political issue that has nothing to do with the school district. If Barrera really cares about the safety of our children, he should focus on warning them and their parents about the physical dangers of traveling to war-torn Mexico, just a few miles south of San Diego. With the new law in place, Arizona will be a much safer place to visit for all American citizens," Schwilk said.
The vote is set to take place on Tuesday night and claims that 44 percent of its student body is Hispanic and could be affected if they travel to Arizona.
The resolution also claims these students may “be targeted and harassed by law enforcement officials in Arizona as ‘reasonably suspect’ if they fall into a stereotype held by law enforcement officers.”
However, Arizona’s new law says nothing about targeting children and confirms law enforcement officers can only approach people if they’ve broken the law in some way. Examples of this could be speeding in a car, running a stop sign or robbing a bank. If people and children follow the law there will be no problems in Arizona or any other state.
Nevertheless, the School Board says; “`The law undermines fundamental civil rights and civil liberties, and poses a special threat to people of color who live in and travel through Arizona.”
Parents of school age children feel differently. “Since when did the public school district feel the need to involve children in a political topic that has nothing to do with them and will only deter them from learning,” explained Becky Schuler a parent. “California’s schools are some of the worst in the country and this is just another example of why the kids are failing to learn San Diego.”
San Diego City Councilman Carl DeMaio was the only member who dissented against the City Council resolution.
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Comments
awwww.....our tax money at work....(bad words i cannot print)
Deport that Reconquista Richard BARERRA. He obviously belongs in Mexico. He should be fired, recalled, whatever, immediately!
Using our kids as political pawns? Only a third-world mindset would even try that. Shame on these traitors!
Maybe Barrera is undocumented? Check his papers. Bunch of wetback lovers running this city. The backlash is coming, my friends, mark my words. Messico wants a war? A war they shall get.
Bastards! We've been infiltrated.
It's not a school districts place to make political statements, just to educate the children but once again, a "reconquista" SDUSD president Barrera wants to win brownie points the the peons. Mr. Berrera, not with my money you don't. Please keep your mind and mouth to the business at hand, educating children. Folks... private school or home school your children. Take them out of the San Diego Tijuana Unified School District.
Arizona is not doing more than the federal government can do.
Arizona is doing what the federal government has not done.
Arizona is doing what every state in the Union of States agreed to do by joining the USA.
COTUS Article 4 Section 4 requires all states in the union to do what Arizona has decided to do -- delegate powers to police authorizing enforcement of more laws, and help federal agencies with immigration enforcement.
This should've happened during WW2 68 years ago.
Arizona is avoiding the federal government having to use Martial Law --32CFR501. Arizona is using Posse Comitatus--32CFR215.4.
As it is, anyone may be pulled over, detained and , questioned, but now if the officer suspects a violation of immigration laws, in Arizona, where 30 neighbors crowd into a van designed to hold 8, to go to the grocery store and the driver swerves around a corner, then the officer can now question everyone in the van. The laws does not authorize sweeps or random sampling of crowds.
Barerra is a moron...another dangerous, extremist, left-wing Latino moron.
Remember the Alamo? Where it took 1,500 Mexicans to bring down 150 determined Americans? Bring it on.
This action by the reconquista minded Barrera and the school board is both disgusting and outrageous. Barrera and his school board cronies are abusing their positions to foment racial tensions and a disrespect for America's rule of law. These fearmongering scumbags have absolutely no authority to use the school board as a mouthpiece for their personal political agenda, or as a platform to instill their wary and misguided LaRaza based ideals on the public. Obviously, Barrera is a typical example of someone whom is "Mexican first and American a reluctant second!" How dare they pretend to speak for the citizens of San Diego under the guise of looking out for our best interest. San Diego should pass legislation similar to that of Arizona's SB1070. Perhaps then our schools wouldn't be so over crowded with illegal aliens and the children of legal citizens could actually get a descent education.
The school is absolutely right to do this. SB1070 is the most draconian bill ever passed in American History. No one is talking about this part of the bill.
1. When this bill is enacted, it will force every person giving anyone a ride in their car to ask every Brown person for their passport. Why? If you are stopped and a person in your car has lapsed papers and you kind of know their papers are lapsed, the police are going to arrest you, take your car and fine you $1000. This is like being arrested because someone in your car doesn't have Car Insurance.
Here is an excerpt from sb1070:
From sb1070:
Unlawful transporting, moving, concealing, harboring or shielding of unlawful aliens; vehicle impoundment; classification
A. IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON WHO IS IN VIOLATION OF A CRIMINAL OFFENSE TO:
1. TRANSPORT OR MOVE OR ATTEMPT TO TRANSPORT OR MOVE AN ALIEN IN THIS STATE IN A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION IF THE PERSON KNOWS OR RECKLESSLY
DISREGARDS THE FACT THAT THE ALIEN HAS COME TO, HAS ENTERED OR REMAINS IN THE UNITED STATES IN VIOLATION OF LAW.
2. CONCEAL, HARBOR OR SHIELD OR ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL, HARBOR OR SHIELD AN ALIEN FROM DETECTION IN ANY PLACE IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING ANY BUILDING OR ANY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION, IF THE PERSON KNOWS OR RECKLESSLY DISREGARDS THE FACT THAT THE ALIEN HAS COME TO, HAS ENTERED OR REMAINS IN THE UNITED STATES IN VIOLATION OF LAW.
3. ENCOURAGE OR INDUCE AN ALIEN TO COME TO OR RESIDE IN THIS STATE IF THE PERSON KNOWS OR RECKLESSLY DISREGARDS THE FACT THAT SUCH COMING TO,
ENTERING OR RESIDING IN THIS ST
Bikini Boy Scwilk should stick to his bikinis.
Willie Gheen says Schwilk is hangin out with Neo Nazis at the sb1070 rally in arizona on June 5th. Go Willie! Thanks for telling the truth about bikini boy.
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