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File #: Res.0257-18    Version: A Name: Resolution Supporting Racine Resident Ricardo Fierro
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 8/6/2018 In control: City Attorney's Office
On agenda: 8/6/2018 Final action: 8/6/2018
Title: Resolution Supporting Racine Resident Ricardo Fierro Whereas, with the exception of Native Americans, all Americans have a different country of origin; and Whereas, immigrants to our country have been responsible for many positive contributions to the United States of America; and Whereas, Ricardo Fierro has known only Racine as his home since he was a teenager and has over twenty years of living responsibly in our community; and Whereas, he is successfully raising a family that includes seven children, all of whom are citizens of the United States of America; and Whereas, he has made positive contributions to the City, School District, and other governmental bodies, has made positive contributions to the religious community, and has made positive contributions to the Hispanic and Latin-American community; and Whereas, leaders speaking in his support include the Superintendent of Schools for Racine Unified School District, current and former Mayors of the City of Racine, the Raci...
Sponsors: Jeff Coe, Raymond DeHahn, Mollie Jones, Mary Land, Tracey Larrin, Melissa Lemke, Jason Meekma, Henry Perez, Q.A. Shakoor II, John Tate II
Related files: 0809-18

Sponsor

Alderman Tate

 

Title

Resolution Supporting Racine Resident Ricardo Fierro

 

Whereas, with the exception of Native Americans, all Americans have a different country of origin; and

 

Whereas, immigrants to our country have been responsible for many positive contributions to the United States of America; and

 

Whereas, Ricardo Fierro has known only Racine as his home since he was a teenager and has over twenty years of living responsibly in our community; and

 

Whereas, he is successfully raising a family that includes seven children, all of whom are citizens of the United States of America; and

 

Whereas, he has made positive contributions to the City, School District, and other governmental bodies, has made positive contributions to the religious community, and has made positive contributions to the Hispanic and Latin-American community; and

 

Whereas, leaders speaking in his support include the Superintendent of Schools for Racine Unified School District, current and former Mayors of the City of Racine, the Racine County Executive, and state and federal legislators; and

 

Whereas, Ricardo Fierro has demonstrated no negative behavior related to public safety of the community, city, or country, and his only legal issues stem directly from his status as undocumented; and

 

Now, therefore, be it Resolved that the Common Council for the City of Racine

 

1. Respectfully requests a stay of deportation be granted to Ricardo Fierro; and

 

2. Respectfully requests that Ricardo Fierro be returned to live with his family in our community; and

 

3. Urges that Ricardo Fierro be provided a reasonable route to achieve the status of citizen of the United States of America.

 

Fiscal Notes: N/A