Dallas City Council May Join Other Cities In Boycotting Arizona

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http://www.wfaa.com/news/politics/Dallas-council-members-urge-consideration-of-Arizona-boycott-93825759.html

DALLAS - Several North Texas cities could end up considering the boycott Arizona effort.

The list of cities banning official travel or business already includes Los Angeles, San Francisco, St. Paul, Minnesota, El Paso and Austin. It's a protest over Arizona's tough new illegal immigration law.

The backlash to the law that spurred thousands to demonstrate May 1 on the Dallas City Hall Plaza may soon spill inside to the council chambers.

City council members Delia Jasso and Steve Salazar hope to back a resolution boycotting Arizona.

“As an elected official representing a large population of immigrants I would not want the City of Dallas spending money in a place that would not support immigrants," Salazar said.

If they craft a resolution to bring up, they will be following the Austin City Council that passed a boycott Thursday. The boycott bars City of Austin travel or business ties with the state of Arizona, according to Mayor Pro Tem Mike Martinez.

“This is not something that we believe is right for Texas or for any part of the country," Martinez said.

Arizona boycott movements are not gathering support yet in Fort Worth, Arlington or Irving. But, city councils across North Texas will likely start hearing from citizens and groups opposed to the Arizona law and urging local action.

“We probably will go to the smaller cities where we have chapters, and we have about 30 chapters throughout that includes Fort Worth, Dallas and the smaller communities," said Hector Flores, who is on the national board of the League of United Latin American Citizens.

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####### is wrong with these politicians twisting everything? It's not immigrants, it's ILLEGALS that are not welcome.

Saying that, this law is a bit absurd. Put me in the 'focus on the employers and these illegals will self-deport' crowd. Plus, ANYONE who is a bleeding heart for these illegals should feel the same way I do, as these employers are abusing these people and basically treating them like slaves.

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“As an elected official representing a large population of immigrants I would not want the City of Dallas spending money in a place that would not support immigrants," Salazar said.

Disingenuous in the extreme. Why not go all the way and add the word "illegal" in there? Any sane person knows that's what he means, yet he's too much of a coward to say so. Typical politician.

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Oh good grief!

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ok so if you support enforcement you can buycott arizona. boycott austin, dallas, LA, boulder....any other place run by douche bags supporting illegal immigration.

*hoping every city boycotting arizona if flooded w/ illegal immigrants soon*

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ok so if you support enforcement you can buycott arizona. boycott austin, dallas, LA, boulder....any other place run by douche bags supporting illegal immigration.

*hoping every city boycotting arizona if flooded w/ illegal immigrants soon*

Austin sux. It is the San Francisco of the Third Coast. Houston and Dallas aren't far behind. It is bizarre, but if you look at the online editions of the local and mostly illegal alien cheerleading local newspapers...the readers' comments on the illegal alien cheerleading articles published online by them are 10 to 1 overwhelmingly hostile to illegal aliens. It appears that a vast majority of the readers are vehemently hostile to illegal immigration, but the mostly Dumocratic local politicians and the media outlets are overwhelmingly illegal alien cheerleaders. Who is voting for these morons and buying these newspapers/watching the local TV news?

I don't know what anyone can draw from these observations, but it is perplexing. There is definitely a disconnect.