Framingham Goes For Nullification

For John, BLUF:  Nullification is being resurrected, here in Massachusetts.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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'Welcoming to Documented and Undocumented'

From The Boston Broadside, by Reporter Lonnie Brennan, 17 March 2018.

Here is the lede plus one:

Welcome to Framingham! If you can get over the border, if you can overstay your visa, if you can find some way to get into the United States, Framingham’s City Councilor Margareth Basilio Shepard wants you to know that there’s a home for you in her city.

The Brazilian immigrant specifically wants to ensure that “documented and undocumented” alike feel safe and welcome in Framingham.  And, in a detailed proposal to her fellow city councilors, Shepard pushed to establish a welcoming study committee that will make sure Framingham will forever be known as a safe haven for illegal immigrants.

In a series of meetings and hearings, the councilors are now on board and pressing hard with their 9-0 vote (two members not present) to guarantee that all illegals, everywhere, know that Framingham should be their target, their destination, their home, because in Framingham federal immigration laws will be ignored.

The Council voted to establish a committee to formalize its commitment to illegals.  At its Feb. 19th meeting, person after person approached the microphone praising illegal immigration and urging a strong and inclusive city.

Sanctuary has a long and honorable history.  It is a sharp rebuke to the Federal Government, and in particular the US Congress, that Framingham, Massachusetts, is providing sanctuary to criminals who have broken US immigration laws.  Are those laws immoral?

But, maybe they have this thing by the wrong end.  Here is the penultimate paragraph:

In a rebuttal to Mr. Rizoli, Councilor Shepard said that no one could become legal in this country and that misinformation about becoming a citizen is the biggest issue to be addressed. “There are some people who are not as extreme as Mr. Rizoli, but also have questions and also don’t understand,” Shepard said. The councilor, who has some difficulty with the English language, said that most people are misinformed about immigration, and that she has been repeatedly asked, “Why you people don’t become a citizen? They have no idea, that for 20 years, that’s no way that anybody can become legal in this country.”

Except I have been to a naturalization ceremony, at Lowell's Memorial Auditorium.  A friend of mine, a Dutchman, became a US Citizen.  His wife was, at one time, the roommate of my Middle Brother's future Sister-in-Law, with whom I worked at Ramstein Air Base.  I love the connectedness of it all.

Regards  —  Cliff