Resolution on immigrants' human rights

[Charles Brown <cbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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 has passed that would make it a
          felony for immigrants to be in the US illegally.

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 supports a humane, not racist
          immigration system.