Though from Ecuador, Lehigh County Comm'r Jon Irons spoke in favor of this legislation. He was festooned in a keffiyeh, otherwise known as a Yasser Arafat scarf. It's unknown whether he's advocating for this on a county level. " Sharon Finnigan argued that people have the right to feel safe, adding that similar legislation has already passed in Lancaster. "There ain't no power like the power of the people," added Jessie Lopez.
And therein lies the rub. The people decided in the most recent Presidential race to support a candidate who wants to deport millions of illegals. Like it or not, a majority of American voters feel unsafe with the status quo. A "welcoming" ordinance may be very unwelcome to them.
In response to this city initiative, Lancaster County Commissioners passed a resolution declaring Lancaster a "non-sanctuary county" and called on the City to rescind its ordinance. Three Indiana cities have rescinded their "welcoming" city legislation after being threatened by the state attorney general with litigation.
Numerous cities throughout the country, including Philadelphia, are certified welcoming cities. Though similar to a sanctuary city, a welcoming city must still comply with federal law.
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SESE Gerlach Siad she was triggered. That was great. She said all people of color are triggered. Does that include liberal white women with dark tans? Also, so us this object that "resembles " a noose. As all media is stating an actual noose. Show the picture of it or go away. Do not believe they can force any employee to attend a race-based meeting.
This is the work of Ce-Ce Gerlach. She is also behind the 2 advisory group bills for Latinos and African-Americans. More DEI nonsense.
Allentown is a perfect place to gather illegal marauders. It's a tough break for rapidly deteriorating Whitehall and other contiguous communities. But at least we know where these future doctors and lawyers and astronauts will be coagulating. Allentown will continue to be increasingly dangerous. But most of us stopped visiting there, a long time ago. F the police, Allentown!
Is it my imagination; is it just me? Or, is Allentown now becoming extremely "woke" as the rest of Pennsylvania is coming back to common sense and becoming more "unwoke" ? Will Allentown follow Joe Biden into the trash pile of history? I have 47 reasons to believe it will....
Allentown is a mess and Tuerk made it ten times worse !
This legislation is meaningless and a waste of time. Virtue signaling by local politicians with no good ideas. However, you should note Trump did not win the popular vote by an impressively wide margin and he did not win Lehigh County.
Allentown has already allowed itself to become a welfare dump. Started with Daddona. Now they want to trash it even further with biden's diseased illegals. !/20/25 cannot come soon enough
BO, your third paragraph says it all
Go ahead and try this. All I have to say is FAFO
While we in Allentown are stuck with Ce Ce at least all county residents are stuck with her political sidekick Jon Irons. Why doesn't Jon Irons propose a Welcoming Ordinance for South Whitehall, Upper Macungie and Upper Saucon? Why does Allentown always get stuck with housing the poor and welcoming undocumented immigrants?
True. Allentown was a paradise during Trump’s first term.
WFMZ: "Ghafoor-Davis was hired as the city's Equity and Inclusion Coordinator. She is now the People and Culture Specialist for the city."
WTF is that? How much is this person being paid to separate "healing session" groups by skin color? Woke Allentown hasn't learned anything. I hope the questionable noose person sues for eleventy kabillion dollars and taxpayers have to figure out how to pay it. This is what happens when democracy dies. It's both sad and hilarious.
OT, but Biden has pardoned and/or granted clemency and/or commuted sentences for drug dealers, tax cheats, and murderers. Should Pawlowski have killed someone to get The Big Guy's attention? Or should he have donated to the Biden Presidential Library, that will feature pornography for children with lots of pictures?
This has nothing to do with Biden or Trump. It has a lot to do with Allentown and smiley face press releases. It’s a ridiculous measure.
Her right hand associate , if she chooses, is up for reelection. Ce-Ce at least forms her own opinion. Natalie Santo has not ever spoken at a council meeting to explain her position. I don't see how any voter can get behind someone who has never explained a position.
8:00, Under the terms of this ordinance, Allentown will be required to advocate for welcoming ordinances in other municipalities and undergo a welcoming certification, which costs $12k incidentally.
8:24, That is a well-meaning attempt to eliminate racism. Not sure that's how you go about it. I think it is disappearing slowly as a result of integration bringing us together. I saw it in my grandson's group of friends. They are a lot better than the rest of us, thank God.
I applaud Allentown's proactive stance! People who immigrated here saved our economy and did the grunt work lazy entitled Americans won't do.
https://immresearch.org/publications/states/
Agree! Tren de Aragua is committing violent crimes that lazy Americans won't. The results of Allentown's "proactive" stance speak for themselves.
BO 9:18: I think that’s always been the case with young people. I grew up in an integrated neighborhood and we all “mixed” without regard to skin color. It was only after I became a seasoned adult that I started to be told “YOU don’t deserve what you have. YOU need to give US stuff.”
But I agree with you, as we have more mutliculturalism there will be fewer “pure blacks” and “pure whites,” with an increasing “brown” population. Of course that won’t stop people from seeking more rights based on skin pigmentation, perhaps some government sanctioned melanin index.
Remember a few years ago when the usual suspects fulminated about the NFL hiring another white coach in Miami? Turned out he was actually black, but light-skinned.
this is the exact liberal reasoning that gave you tRump. so now we are Lazy Americans, GoF. yourself
I'm not sure this ordinance is legal, much less enforceable.
Like it or not, entering the country illegally is a crime.
Therefore, I'm not sure how you can prohibit city police or other employees from reporting those who they know to have committed a crime.
While immigration laws might be federal laws, I don't think the city gets to pick and choose which laws their employees can comply with.
For instance, if a policeman or other city employee had knowledge that someone committed bank robbery (which to my knowledge is not a specific, municipal-level crime) I don't think they can be prohibited from turning that person in. Nor should they want to not report a crime.
When you start picking and choosing what laws you're going to enforce, or try to ignore laws you don't agree with, you're creating a lawless society. This results in a culture where people don't feel the need to report things like, I don't know, rape or sexual assaults (looking at you APD).
Closer to the motivations of those proposing this law, we currently have both the APD and FBI investigating a supposed noose that was left on an employee's desk. Imagine the outrage if City Council passed an ordinance that prohibited employees (including the APD) from cooperating with the FBI from disclosing the guilty party because they might face federal hate crime charges. Or if an employee who knows who left the noose chose not to cooperate with the FBI/police.
In addition, going down this path of non-cooperation will surely lead to punitive measures by the federal government. This is a road that Allentown City Council would be wise to avoid, but sadly, wisdom is in short supply at Allentown City Hall.
Where is Ray when we need him?
Can someone explain to me the difference between Gerlach and Sultana???????
Geography.
No wonder Allentown is a shit hole!
He's terrible- worst than Afflerbach
9:19 you're an idiot- probably an illegal
two idiots, that only survive in Democratic run cities!
Interesting story on WFMZ today regarding a party held by undocumented Venezuelan nationals at a rental house in the Poconos. During the party, one was murdered and several injured with the local police recovering guns, cash and drugs left behind after the shooting. Hard to believe that with all the crime problems Allentown police already have to deal with, that Ce Ce wants us to welcome this element to Allentown.
It's funny that you believe Trump when he is telling you that immigrants are taking American jobs and eating their pets. Biden's unemployment rate is an all time low. And don't use my line on me. You can GFY.
This is what's wrong with Allentown!
People have complained about Allentown since Emma was around in the 1980s and probably before.
Somehow, it’s all Biden’s fault!
It makes no chronological sense but he’s very clever.
10:35 - Both are batsh*t crazy but judging from quotes in the paper and blurbs on TV news, Sultana is smarter and educated. I have never heard nor read anything coherent from Gerlach; she is not articulate and I'm wondering if she's even literate.
Matt Tuerk, Ce Ce Gelach and Lehigh County Commissioner Jon Irons
Criticism of female elected officials falls a bit flat on the day the 28th Amendment was made law by President Biden. Show some respect.
If Allentown gets any federal funding cut it. FAFO
" ... immigrants are taking American jobs and eating their pets ...
Better campaign tactic than Dem claiming Rs will push granny off a cliff in a wheelchair, or Johnson's nuke exploding behind the flower picking child. I never believed either charge, especially the first one about immigrants working. Mostly, they're absorbing public benefits that should go to veterans and legal citizens who need help. This immigration wave is not like those before it.
It’s not legal. And if they pass it they should forfeit all federal dollars that flow in.
It's well beyond Allentown's borders. Look at what just happened up in Monroe County. All Venezuelans, and in my mind, no doubt illegal. Thanks to the Democrats' schemed, they're all over the place.
Allentown should be an immediate point of focus for the first wave of roundups and deportations. I'm reading it will be Chicago. But Allentown needs large scale, serious raids. It's time to go back from whence you came. Follow the rules and try again. America hates line jumpers, leeches, and violence.
Well, it could be. He’s been nothing but a mean, useless drain on the political system for 50 years. LOL
you sound like a nazi youth from Germany ala 1939
You sound like you support law breaking and/or are a law breaker.
Tuerk is in DC right now saying goodbye to Joey and Kamala. I am sure he is sad that his hopes of being something in a Biden administration have been crushed. Boo hoo.
We need to get Tuerk out of here before any more damage can be done to our fine city. He is an embarrassment and has no clue about leadership or basic human principles.
I hear he marched today with his Executive Ass’t in DC
You got it wrong, bub. He is attending the US Conference of Mayors winter meeting, which is a bipartisan group, and he is on several committees.
No matter where Tuerk spends his days, the nation around him is quickly learning all the DEI, climate change, open borders, etc. baloney has proven to be disastrous for America. Most of Americans and millions other around the globe are eagerly awaiting tomorrow’s Trump’s return to leadership.
Slowly, the legacy news media is sheepishly admitting recent Democrat policies have done great damage to this country. Unfortunately, our failing Morning Call newspaper might never come around to reality.
Although it will take more than the next four years to fix, idiocy has been defeated. America is on the mend. Even the biggest naysayers participating on this blog will quickly see relief. But, many will never admit it.
Obama deported millions. It's time to get back to his program. Any locals who hide criminals from federal enforcement should be arrested and jailed. It's time to make examples and clean up this mess. Those who waited years and immigrated legally are owed this. Immigration is as American as apple pie, baseball, and hot dogs. Illegal immigration is anti-American and should be dealt with harshly.
Immigration has been argued for many years before many of us were even born. My own point of view I found to be pretty much aligned with the Points from ecologist Garrett Hardin in his 1974 essay.
Key Points of the Lifeboat Metaphor (from perplexity.ai):
1. Limited Capacity: The lifeboat (U.S.) has a finite amount of space and resources.
2. Ethical Dilemma: The passengers (U.S. citizens) must decide whether to allow more people (immigrants) on board, potentially risking the boat's stability.
3. Resource Strain: Hardin argues that unrestricted immigration could overwhelm the lifeboat's resources, leading to a collapse that benefits no one.
4. Cultural Impact: The metaphor suggests that large-scale immigration might erode the institutional and cultural foundations of the host country.
Criticisms of the Lifeboat Analogy:
1. Oversimplification: Critics argue that the lifeboat metaphor oversimplifies the complex issue of immigration and international aid.
2. Static View: The analogy assumes a fixed set of resources, ignoring potential economic growth and technological advancements.
3. Ethical Concerns: Some find the metaphor morally questionable, as it seemingly justifies leaving people to "drown" in poverty.
4. Misrepresentation: Countries, unlike lifeboats, have renewable resources and the ability to produce and manufacture goods.
If we have not reached our resource limit, we are heading full speed toward it with allowing more people on the "life boat" even as we have homeless camps cropping up in our city and around the country. Not to mention the highest percentage of its population in prison. I'm hoping I do not live to see the day where the U.S. is either turned into a huge slum or the government is forcing abortions as China did due to overpopulation.
Most people don't get it. Pa has a minimum wage that is around one-half of surrounding states. Who else will you get to do the necessary yet low paid workers to do these jobs? It is not the immigrant but the employer who is to blame. The employer has the responsibility for hiring his workers and checking credentials. The employer passes his costs onto his customer. If you spend money to deport the immigrant and replace the immigrant at double the cost what does that mean to your pocket book?
Relax, friend. The upcoming deportation is focused on illegal border crossers who entered this country and then committed another crime inside this border, These are the gang members, muggers, rapists, child traffickers, drug sellers, welfare frauds, etc. These aren’t the types filling the minimum wage jobs you refer to. It will take years just to kick out these bums.
It's very odd the way the left is now driving the mass importation of foreign scab labor.
My parents came to Allentown in the 60’s paid all fees and proper documentations and never used the system for assistance! Went to school and paid for their education and got jobs based on their work ethic and experience, not race!! There should be NO exceptions!! Stop wasting tax payers $$! It is a shame at what the city has become!! Dangerous and dirty !!
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