Escondido tries to rid itself of undocumented immigrants

LA times ^ | July 13, 2008 | Anna Gorman

[edzo4]

Two years ago, the city passed an ordinance to punish landlords for renting to illegal immigrants. But it rescinded the rental restriction after a legal challenge was filed and bills began to mount.

Photos: Escondido Map of EscondidoNow Escondido is trying a new approach to what it calls the "public nuisances" of illegal immigration, citing residents for code violations such as garage conversions, graffiti and junk cars.

The city is also debating a new ordinance that would restrict overnight street parking without a permit. In addition, it is drafting a policy that would prohibit drivers from picking up day laborers along some streets.

[edzo4]

may I suggest just dropping them off in the nearest "sanctuary city" I know San fran is one but there must be one closer, just give the liberals what they want, they want to invite the illegals to stay, bury them in illegals

[RightField]

Unfortunately, most of the illegals will probably just move down the 78 freeway to Vista. They’ll be welcomed with open arms there.

[EagleUSA]

Getting rid of illegals? In California? When do I stop laughing? (and crying).

[nmh]

What we need to do is CUT OFF these “sanctuary” cities from ALL federal and state funding. You'll see compliance. They can't exist without state or federal finding. What you will find is that these LIBERAL, sanctuary cities gobble up the MOST taxpayer dollars. Sanctuary cities are breaking FEDERAL laws as well as state laws.

Next, LOCK UP the officials that endorse this. They too are BREAKING OUR LAWS and should be punished accordingly like any other law breaker. Throw them into general population and let them get to know first hand what they are protecting.

[Tzimisce]

what they really need to do is pass a law banning people from complaining about illegals.

That’ll fix the problem. :)

[Hoffer Rand]

By the end of January 2009, we’ll probably have one...

[Devilinbaggypants]

Good point! I bet they’ll start throwing a fit in a New York second!

[yankeedame]

In addition, it is drafting a policy that would prohibit drivers from picking up day laborers along some streets.

Some streets? But other streets are okay, huh?

[norton]

Sadly - Escondido is still a really nice place to be geographically speaking.
Sadly - those "poor folks" who worked so hard to sneak in are not isolated to the shabby areas the article suggests; looking into retirement real estate down there I saw solid blocks of beat up trailers, tents, and cars, housing hundreds of wetbacks, on an access road only feet from upscale single family residences.
Sadly - despite any complaints, once they get away themselves, local home owners didn't seem too worried about where the rent money came from and the properties showed it.

[Nick Danger]

I had a buddy who was a construction site archaeologist (in California you can't dig a site larger than X without an archaeologist on the site in case you strike any Indian artifacts).

He was assigned to a new housing development just South of Escondido. One day he decided to cut through one of the canyons as a shortcut to the site. He stumbled on an entire shantytown city, complete with a saloon and a whorehouse, down in the canyon. There were hundreds of, erm, New Arrivals living in cardboard boxes and corrugated steel shacks.

[san pancho]

"It's a pipe dream for nativists, because immigrants living in Escondido have invested too much getting there and starting a new life in the U.S. to be scared out of town by a bunch of new code enforcement practices," he said.

in other words, they've broken too may laws, federal and state, to be scared away by simple municipal ordinances

[san pancho]

Tomas Moreno, who has lived in Escondido illegally for 20 years, said he listens to Spanish-language radio stations to find out whether and where any license checkpoints have been set up.

it's way past time for the federal government to shut down these subversive Hispanic radio and TV outlets.