PREPARED BY: MATT RODRIGUEZ DATE OF MEETING: 10/16/17
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO IN SUPPORT OF THE FEDERAL DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDREN ARRIVALS (DACA) PROGRAM AND CALLING FOR NEW BI-PARTISAN LEGISLATION TO LEGALLY ENACT THE FEDERAL DREAM ACT
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
As directed by Resolution 2017-196, the City Council to consider adoption of said Resolution; the City Manager has no recommendation on this policy matter
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
FY 2015-17 Council Priority Workplan Compliance Statement
Support for Federal DACA Program and California Dream Act of 2011 (AB 120/131) is an adopted policy contained in the FY 2015-17 Council Priority Workplan, effective October 1, 2016.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
BACKGROUND
On October 2, 2017, the City Council adopted Resolution 2017-196 which authorized the FY 2015-17 Council Priority Workplan to be amended to add the following new policy item, as follows:
"Support for the Federal Deferred Action for Children Arrivals (DACA) program and to engage with congressional representatives on bipartisan efforts to legally enact the Federal Dream Act."
Additionally, the City Council directed development of a Resolution of Support to be scheduled for formal consideration by the City Council at their October 16, 2017 City Council meeting.
The Federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has benefitted nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrant children and young adults in the United States since implementation began by the former Obama Administration in 2012, with 740,000 people officially registered through DACA since January 2017. The DACA program provides a variety of benefits for them including employment authorization and protection from deportation. The DACA program enabled immigrants who came to the United States before age 16 to apply for two-year renewable permits to live and work here if...
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