Resolution Number 75-11-26-3307
RESOLUTION NO. 75-11-26-3
IMMIGRATION SERVICE
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, EXPRESS-
ING CONCERN FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND HUMAN
RIGHTS OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO SCRUTINY AND
SURVEILLANCE OF THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION
AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Juan
Capistrano is informed and believes that there have been frequent
and indiscriminate harrassment of "Mexican -appearing" persons
throughout the County of Orange by members of the United States
Immigration and Naturalization Service; and
WHEREAS, this City Council firmly espouses the follow-
ing inviolate principles:
a. That the enforcement of existing laws must lie
within a framework of constitutional rights of the individual;
b. Persons must not be made to suffer repression due
to national origin;
C. There must be due process in the policies of immi-
gration officers in their acts of search and detention;
d. There should be better communication between border
patrol officers and the City administration; the City Manager
should be directed to accept and forward compliants pertaining
to harrassment and unseemly force in the carrying out of the law.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of San Juan Capistrano that actions of the United States
Immigration and Naturalization Service which contravene the fore-
going basic human rights should not be tolerated and are hereby
condemned.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be and is
hereby directed to send copies of this Resolution to the Director
of the Immigration Service in Washington, D.C.; to Mr. Sureck,
the Los Angeles Director; and, to our State and National
legislators.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of November,
19752 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Byrnes, Heckscher, Nash, Sweeney,
Mayor Weathers
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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/,, -JAMES K. WEATHERS, MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CL K
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, MARY ANN HANOVER, City Clerk of the City of San Juan
Capistrano, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a
true and correct copy of Resolution No. 75-11-26-3, adopted by the
City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, at an
adjourned regular meeting thereof held on the 26th day of November,
1975.
(SEAL) MARY ANNIANOVER, CITY CLERK
v'
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
and says:
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
MARY ANN HANOVER, being first duly sworn, deposes
That she is the duly appointed and qualified City
Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano;
That in compliance with State laws of the State of
California and in further compliance with City Resolution
No. 74-1-28-4, and on the � day of . ,
197, she caused to be posted:
being:
RESOLUTION NO. 75-11-26-3
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, EXPRESSING
CONCERN FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND HUMAN
RIGHTS OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO SCRUTINY AND
SURVEILLANCE OF THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION
AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
in three (3) public places in the City of San Juan Capistrano,
to wit:
The Administration Building;
The Post Office;
The Orange County Public Library.
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MARY ANN ANO R, City Cler
San Juan Capistrano, Calif rnia