On March 8, 2006, The Boston City Council unanimously passed a resolution which states the following: "That city police shall not arrest or detain any illegal immigrants; that Boston shall no longer hold any person accountable and subject to prosecution for harboring illegal aliens; and that Boston shall help in the expedition of all Illegal Immigrants to be made citizens without following proper and lawful due process."

 

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Marty Hogan, candidate for City Council in 2007 believes that immigrants should be welcomed in Boston and throughout the United States; however there is an appropriate process to obtain the rights to stay here.

For many years, people have immigrated to this country. They have worked hard to obtain Visas, and even harder to earn citizenship and truly become an American. To bypass this process would be an injustice to the hard workers who value their naturalization.

Marty Hogan is seeking to have the City Council repeal this Resolution. There are economic and safety consequences for the residents of Boston with this resolution in place.

Marty Hogan believes that any immigrant who commits a crime should be face deportation. Any immigrant that has come to this city through illegal means has already committed a crime. They are not here by the way of the law created to protect American citizens. These people should be given opportunity to a due process to obtain the right to stay and failure to comply should result in serious consequence.

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