Resolution by Councilmember JoAnn Watson
Whereas, America was first the home of the Indigenous peoples of
this land; and
Whereas, All other Americans are immigrants and the descendants of
immigrants from various other nations from around the
world; and
Whereas, Over the years immigrants from various countries have been
more or less welcomed here by the establishment of the
United States, with racism and economics playing a major
role in which peoples are favored over others in
immigration; and
Whereas, Several of the southern United States were once part of
Mexico until the United States took the territories
through various wars and genocidal actions; and
Whereas Today with economic prosperity in the U.S. on the lands
of their ancestors, many workers and peasants from the
nations to our south naturally gravitate to the U.S.
states that were formerly part of old Mexico; and
Whereas, This past week hundreds of thousands of people
demonstrated around the United States on behalf of
immigrants' human rights and against a bill that the U.S.
House of Representatives passed SEEKING TO CRIMINALIZE
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
Whereas, Today, Monday, March 27, at 10:00 am, there will be a
march for immigrant rights in the City of Detroit,
starting from Holy Redeemer church.
Whereas, On Tuesday, March 28 Farmworkers from the Coalition of
Immokalee Workers to visit Detroit, THEREFORE BE IT
Resolved, That the Detroit City Council supports and salutes the
marches for immigrants' rights , especially the march here
in Detroit; and be it further
Resolved, That the Detroit City Council greets the Farmworkers from
the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and welcomes them to
Detroit; and be it finally
Resolved, That the Detroit City Council opposes the bill passed by
the U.S. House Representatives as harmful to the human
rights of immigrants AND THEIR COMMUNITIES and supports a
humane, not racist, immigration system.