My memory may be faulty, but I haven’t seen Guilford County commissioners do this:
When it comes to stopping illegal immigration, there’s little that the Forsyth County commissioners can do. But that hasn’t stopped them from arguing about it.
A one-page proposal on immigration that surfaced last week, which the county attorney acknowledges would have no practical effect, is generating a fierce debate among the commissioners about race, immigration and the county’s proper jurisdiction. It also is dividing the board along political lines.
Hey, give the county staff a little credit:
county officials said that Forsyth County is already in full compliance with federal immigration laws, and that when it hires new employees, it already requires them to provide citizenship documents.
County Attorney Davida Martin, who drafted the resolution at the request of commissioners, said that there is no presumption in the resolution that the county is in any way not following the law.
“My understanding is that we are in compliance,” she said. “We’ve just never said that we are compliant.”
Yes, we’re getting very close to an election.
