An Open Letter To Congress
Cities’ Day of Immigration Action: March 21, 2017
Since late 2016 the Conference of Mayors has focused considerable attention on immigration policy issues. Specifically, concerns about possible federal action that would penalize cities financially for their policies toward immigrants and lead to increased deportation of immigrants. With the January 28 issuance of an executive order halting admission to the United States by refugees and other immigrants, mayors, and the Conference focused attention on these issues as well.
Following are materials and statements from the Conference of Mayors on these immigration policy issues.
Participating Mayors
- William Bell, Sr., Birmingham, AL
- John Giles, Mesa, AZ
- Greg Stanton, Phoenix, AZ
- Jonathan Rothschild, Tucson, AZ
- Lioneld Jordan, Fayetteville, AR
- Mark Stodola, Little Rock, AR
- Tom Tait, Anaheim, CA
- Mary Casillas Salas, Chula Vista, CA
- Jim Clarke, Culver City, CA
- David Haubert, Dublin, CA
- Paula Devine, Glendale, CA
- Robert Garcia, Long Beach, CA
- Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles, CA
- Jill Techel, Napa, CA
- Libby Schaaf, Oakland, CA
- Darrell Steinberg, Sacramento, CA
- Edwin M. Lee, San Francisco, CA
- Sam Liccardo, San Jose, CA
- Pauline Cutter, San Leandro, CA
- Ted Winterer, Santa Monica, CA
- Michael Tubbs, Stockton, CA
- Lauren Meister, West Hollywood, CA
- Michael Hancock, Denver, CO
- David Martin, Stamford, CT
- Muriel Bowser, Washington, DC
- Buddy Dyer, Orlando, FL
- Michael Ryan, Sunrise, FL
- Kasim Reed, Atlanta, GA
- Jim Throgmorton, Iowa City, IA
- Nina Jonas, Ketchum, ID
- Rahm Emanuel, Chicago, IL
- Riley Rogers, Dolton, IL
- Karen Freeman-Wilson, Gary, IN
- Pete Buttigieg, South Bend, IN
- Greg Fischer, Louisville, KY
- Mitch Landrieu, New Orleans, LA
- Martin Walsh, Boston, MA
- Jasiel Correia II, Fall River, MA
- David Narkewicz,Northampton, MA
- Jon Mitchell, New Bedford, MA
- Ike Leggett, Montgomery County, MD
- Joseph Baldacci, Bangor, ME
- Kurt Metzger, Pleasant Ridge, MI
- Betsy Hodges, Minneapolis, MN
- Sylvester “Sly” James, Kansas City, MO
- Francis G. Slay, St. Louis, MO
- Pam Hemminger, Chapel Hill, NC
- Steven Fulop, Jersey City, NJ
- Alberto Santos, Kearny, NJ
- Francis Womack, North Brunswick Township, NJ
- Adrian Mapp, Plainfield, NJ
- Byron W. Brown, Buffalo, NY
- Bill de Blasio, New York, NY
- Thomas Roach, White Plains, NY
- Paula Hicks-Hudson, Toledo, OH
- Denny Doyle, Beaverton, OR
- Shane Bemis, Gresham, OR
- Ted Wheeler, Portland, OR
- Ed Pawlowski, Allentown, PA
- Jim Kenney, Philadelphia, PA
- William Peduto, Pittsburgh, PA
- James Diossa, Central Falls, RI
- Jorge Elorza, Providence, RI
- Madeline Rogero, Knoxville, TN
- Steve Adler, Austin, TX
- Mike Rawlings, Dallas, TX
- Derrick Freeman, Port Arthur, TX
- Levar Stoney, Richmond, VA
- Bruce Bassett, Mercer Island, WA
- Denis Law, Renton, WA
- Ed Murray, Seattle, WA
- Paul Soglin, Madison, WI
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