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A D.C. suburb in Maryland is considering a plan that would give undocumented immigrants the right to vote, making their city the largest in the Old Line State to do so.

The city, which is home of the University of Marylands main campus and nearly 30,000 residents, is weighing approval of the new measure to let noncitizens cast ballots for mayor and City Council, The Baltimore Sunreported Sunday.

Supporters of the measure say that local elections focus on issues like trash collection, and other municipal services and they are issues that affect residents of the city, regardless of their citizenship status.

These are folks who have a significant stake in our community, and who rely on the facilities in our city, College Park City Councilwoman Christine Nagle, who is sponsoring the measure, said to the newspaper. To me, it just made sense.

Others in the community say that immigrants should not have a say until they have completed the process of becoming a citizen.

"On a personal level, I do not agree that noncitizens should be voting," College Park City Councilwoman Mary C. Cook said before adding that she will listen to her constituents before making a decision.

Jeff Werner, an advocate for tighter immigration restrictions with the advocacy group Help Save Maryland told the newspaper that he felt even more strongly about undocumented immigrants going to the voting booth.

What gives them that privilege? He asked.

A total of 10 municipalities across two counties allow noncitizens to vote in local elections. Voters in Takoma Park, a liberal enclave in Montgomery County, narrowly approved a referendum in making the town one of the first to allow the practice in Maryland.

It was preceded by Barnesville a small town near Sugarloaf Mountain in Montgomery County has allowed noncitizens to vote since 1918 and Somerset, which approved noncitizen voting in 1976.

The number of communities in Maryland adopting the measure has surged in recent months. Hyattsville in Prince Georges County approved immigrant voting just last year, followed by Mount Rainier, also in Prince Georges County.

The College Park proposal like the other municipalities, does not distinguish between legal permanent residents and undocumented immigrants.

Those in favor of the policy say thats by design.

We very intentionally made it so that we did not have questions about citizenship status, said Patrick Paschall, a former member of the Hyattsville council who championed the legislation there said to the Sun. It undermines the premise of noncitizen voting to try to draw a distinction.

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The student government of Californias pricey Pomona College announced this weekend that the mandatory $355 annual fee that every student pays will go towards funding a free ridesharing service for illegal immigrants and students from non-traditional households.

Most students who attend the private liberal arts college will not be able to enjoy the benefits of paying the tax, The Claremont Independentfirst reportedon Sunday.

In a newly introduced airport rideshare program for freshmen and transfer students, students who enter the country illegally and those shielded under Obamas Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will be able to enjoy free rides from LAX and Ontario Airport to the campus.

The Associated Students of Pomona College also stated on Facebook that the exclusive service will prioritize students from low-income, first-generation, DACA/undocumented, mixed (immigration) status family, and/or non-traditional family structure backgrounds.

Students who enter through the EB-5 Immigration Investment Program are more well-off than most Americans, as they must first invest $1 million to finance a business in the United States. The move to provide them with a free service has raised questions about the exclusive nature of the program.

The program will also give free rides to students from non-traditional family structure backgrounds, as if having two dads is a disability worthy of special treatment. The term is often used to describe gay or lesbian couples.

Please respect this and your future classmates needs and experiences, the post concluded, adding that future rideshares will be open to all students in the future. The student government did not respond to requests for clarification from students on Facebook.

Pomona College students responding to the news informed The Claremont Independent that they did not understand why certain groups of people were given priority with the ridesharing service over others, as they were in no way financially incapable of paying for it like everyone else.

The application form for free rideshares was first posted to the colleges Class of 2012 Facebook page before it was removed. Pomona Colleges ASPC President Maria Vides did not respond to questions from the publication.

Pomona College is a founding member of the consortium of Claremont Colleges with yearly fees of$67,225.

Ian Miles Cheong is a journalist and outspoken media critic. You can reach him through social media at@stillgray on Twitterand onFacebook.

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The husband-and-wife restaurant owners whose North Jacksonville home was raided July 6 and five men booked on federal immigration violations were themselves arrested Friday morning on charges of harboring illegal aliens, according to the U.S. Attorneys Office.

Liang Wu Yang and Xiu Rong Liu, who run the Fujiyama Japanese Steakhouse in the River City Marketplace, made their initial appearance in federal court Friday and were released on bond, spokesman William Daniels said. A person answering the phone at restaurant would not comment Friday.

Agents from the Department of Homeland Security raided the home on Tori Lane after federal immigration agents received a June 30 tip that a Guatemalan national had helped smuggle a 17-year-old teen from that country to the property, the 14-page complaint filed Monday showed. The teen wasnt there when agents got to the home in a subdivision east of Duval Road. But they found four adults from Indonesia who were in the country illegally, as well as a fifth person from Guatemala, living in the homes converted dining room.

All five said they had jobs at the Fujiyama Japanese Steakhouse. But all had overstayed their non-immigrant visas and were arrested on immigration violations, the complaint said.

The complaint also authorized criminal prosecution of the owners of the steakhouse, stating they knowingly allowed illegal aliens to be concealed, harbored or shielded from detection. The couple walked into the home as the investigation occurred. Yang told the agents the men were in the process of getting immigration status, the complaint said.

If found guilty, the maximum prison term is 10 years, according to court officials.

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We all know theres a new sheriff in town when it comes to enforcing our immigration laws. President Trump is cracking down on illegal immigration. In February, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement rounded up hundreds of illegal aliens from across the country, 75 percent of which had criminal records. Leah reported that illegal border crossings have dropped 40 percent. Since he took office in January, over 41,000 illegals have been arrested. The Trump administration is now looking to break the back of MS-13, a large and vicious gang from Central America.

Of course, liberals dont like this; they dont like enforcing federal immigration laws for some reason. In Denver, the mayor is mulling establishing a legal defense fund via executive order to push back against the Trump White Houses immigration policy (via Denver 7 ABC):

Mayor Michael Hancock is drafting an executive order that would create a legal defense fund for immigrants as part of a series of new policies aimed at pushing back against the Donald Trump administrations crackdown on illegal immigration.

The legal defense fund would be in place through Jan. 20, 2021the first day of the presidents current termand would help pay for lawyers for people threatened with deportation, according to a fact sheet of the draft executive order provided to Denver7 Tuesday. The Denver Post reports the fund would be created mostly from donations.

The proposed executive order would put into official city policy some of the things that Hancock and the city council have pushed for in recent months as pushback to a new crackdown by Trump and his head at the Department of Justice, Jeff Sessions.

Namely, it would make it official city/county policy that immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility and that city/county employees (especially the Denver Police Department and Denver Sheriff Department) wont aid federal agents in arresting people without a warrant.

The draft proposal also would engrain into city rule that neither law enforcement agency would hold an inmate beyond their release time without a warranteven if there is an immigration detainer in place. It would also prohibit federal agents from entering any secure areas of a law enforcement facility without a warrant.

Denver has been mulling sanctuary city status. ICE is expected to hire thousands more agents to enforce immigration laws in cities with such a designation.

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