This is absolutely appalling. We need to get rid of so-called sanctuary (sounds so warm and fuzzy, doesnt it? but it's not!) cities, not create more of these zones. Are you waiting for another murder to occur similar to Kate Steinle's by a non-citizen who was coddled by the City of Mountain View?
This is a nation of laws, or so I thought. Apparently we need to vote out some of these snowflake liberal politicians on the school board and the MV City Council... you think?
May I remind you that there are legal ways to apply for US immigration, work permits, student visas etc., which thousands of law abiding immigrants utilize and abide by.
When the new administration cuts off your funding, I hope it directly impacts these liberal politicians and perhaps they will change their tune.
It would be a shame for the rest of us citizens to suffer from the funding cuts(read: "U.S." Citizens, snowflakes, not the "People's Republic of Open Borders") because of these libs, progs and leftists who are attempting to pervert and subvert our Republic.
No, we are not all Libs in Mountain View, thank you!
Please comment if you too are sick of this BS sanctuary attitude!

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Original post made on Feb 7, 2017
A delegation of Mountain View City Council members will trek out to the nation's capital for a few days in March for the National League of Cities Conference. But like practically everything else in national politics, that tradition has been thrown into limbo with President Donald Trump's administration.

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I'm all for sanctuary cities if it means if living in one I can get a tax-relief sanctuary so I don't have to pay taxes to support sanctuary cities. Fair enough?
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From Matthew:

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, "Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in. I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me."

“Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink? When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you? When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?'

“The King will answer them, 'Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.' Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry, and you didn’t give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and you didn’t take me in; naked, and you didn’t clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.'

“Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn’t help you?'

“Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.' These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Please pardon the stray text in the previous comment.

From Matthew:

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, "Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in. I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me."

“Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink? When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you? When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?'

“The King will answer them, 'Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.' Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry, and you didn’t give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and you didn’t take me in; naked, and you didn’t clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.'

“Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn’t help you?'

“Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.' These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Did Jesus also say if you don't agree with the laws break them? Did Jesus say if the laws don't suit you, disregard them?

No. I'm with the first commenter, we are a nation of laws. Don't like them, then work to get them changed. But we can't just blatantly disregard them because we don't like them. It's WRONG.

Every police office, city official, California board of education staff, attorney. Must take an oath to uphold the laws of the state.
What the heck is going on here in California, Mountain View this is ridiculous . Have we become a city of lawlessness
. I'm still hoping California comes to it's senses. This just shows how this board is out of touch representing the best interest of our schools.

Our Lord commands us to live lives full of love and empathy for our neighbors. To cast them out is to cast Him out. What you do to them, you do to Him.

@LOVE
KNOCK IT OFF WE GET YOUR POINT!!

hey - I'm with you Love (WWJD)

and @Love feast yeah, BTW Jesus of Nazareth was executed it is said by the Jewish/Roman historian Josephus for something like sedition and crimes against the state/religious authorities

some things like over turning the tables of the money-changers in the Temple's courtyard?

bad dude - even revolutionary in some of his distain for 'authority'
and that's the Gospel truth

What kind of person is not in favor of having CHILDREN feel safe in school. This is not Nazi Germany yet. Our police have no business going into schools. This is a federal issue and ONLY federal money should be spent on immigration issues I do not pay taxes to have children threatened at school. Do you people have no heart.
I applaud Mountain View for standing up.

Seeing Red who are you? GenJonesGuy who are you?

Children are among our most vulnerable. We must protect them and demonstrate inclusion and show the best in our community. They are not threats. We need to go high, as Michelle Obama says, when others go low. Fear, uncertainty and doubt must now cloud our judgement and our commitment to an inclusive and supportive community.

Seeing Red, I don't think you do get the point. If you got the point, you wouldn't have such anger and hate in your heart, you wouldn't be "seeing red." You would be filled to the brim with love and compassion, as our Father wants us to. He loves you as He loves all of His children.

Please don't hide behind the children. Laws are laws. Please don't say that those of us who want to follow laws hate children and are racist, hate God, etc etc. That's ridiculous. We just may like the idea of a lawful society just as we like the idea of 3 branches of government that check and balance each other.
Allowing children to "hide" in schools is just the beginning. It allows their parents to "hide" in plain sight as illegals who are breaking laws to be here. They are more than welcome legally! We have rules for a reason. And it's not because we are a hateful, Godless society.

Jw, God doesn't care what kind of society you want to live in. He commands us to love our neighbors. If you cast out these children, cast out these families, you are casting Him out. He loves us all and demands that we love each other.

@JW:

I assume you realize that neither local police nor local schools have the expertise or resources to enforce federal immigration law. In diverse communities most chiefs of police will tell you they need the support of the community to develop leads in most kinds of criminal cases. If immigrant community members believe they will be hassled by law enforcement based on potential immigration violations, why would they come forward with information. My wife and I are both Born in the USA. However, many years ago she was hassled by a Los Altos PD officer for what we later determined to be "driving while poor in Los Altos". A Legal immigrant under similar circumstances would not think to be carrying "papers" beyond a driver's license. So they could be jailed and the car impounded until the situation is sorted out. If that is your vision in a diverse community, be prepared to pay for more cops and a much bigger impound yard. Or I guess we could just require EVERY person to carry a passport with them at all times. And we could pay to have CBP passport checkers in front of every public building. Ridiculous extreme? Maybe not in the mind of POTUS, we'll have to see. I'll carry mine if Trumpistas in Michigan will carry theirs. (sarc)

and Love just don't give up! Praise the Lord (or The Profit POTUS blessed be his name) and pass the Passports. (sarc?)

@HOPE
Who am I you ask. I am an American from Mexican parents who by the way came to this country legally in the 1930s whose families in Mexico travel here to the US and around the world with passports .
As far as your concern about my heart it's fine however your concerns should be directed at the parents of those children being scared by liberal media.

Seeing Red,

God commands us to love our neighbors as ourselves. Stop seeing red and start feeling love! Let Him into your heart.

How presumptuous of you, you don't know my relationship with God.
We are a country of laws that's why I see read.

Seeing Red, to love God is to love each other. If you cast out these children, cast out these families, you're casting out Him!

"Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.' These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

You know Love, there's some pretty big gates in Heaven and some mighty strong requirements to get thru those gates.

Love fest, I know it's easy to mock those of faith, but I love you all the same. We are all God's children.

Again, not mocking, just making salient points. And I do believe God has some expectation of righteousness i.e. Following laws. I could sit here and say I love you too (although how, I don't know, I have no clue who you are) but love doesn't make wrong right.

Love fest, it is not our place to judge righteousness, we are just commanded to love our neighbors as ourselves. The Lord tells us to love even our enemies! Casting out these families, these children, is casting out God himself.

@Seeing Red Did you even read the article? This is about keeping children at schools. It's trump's rhetoric-ban on Muslims, build the wall, Mexicans are rapists.
Don't attack children because of their parents. And please stop blaming liberal media in getting old and stale and there are so many VIDEOS of trump's own words.
Why don't YOU blame the corporations like Walmart, farmers and restaurants who hire undocumented workers.Oh yeah think about wage suppression.
The current nominee for labor secretary admitted his restaurants, like Hardee's, Carl's Jr., La Salsa, and Green Burrito restaurant chains, had up to 40% undocumented workers! Don't be a hypocrite! Speak out about Andrew Puzder or raise one of your kids to go pick fruit in 108 degrees this summer.

Yup, I used the I-word (the one that means the opposite of legal) and got my post removed for offensive language.

If you wonder why the media has a lower approval rating than Trump ...

@USA @Seeing Red @Jw @GenJonesGuy
Still waiting for one of you or all the others who like their comments to weigh in on the nominee for Secretary of Labor. It's his own words about hiring undocumented workers.

The current nominee for labor secretary admitted his restaurants, like Hardee's, Carl's Jr., La Salsa, and Green Burrito restaurant chains, had up to 40% undocumented workers! Don't be a hypocrite! Speak out about Andrew Puzder or raise one of your kids to go pick fruit in 108 degrees this summer.

I suppose since this doesn't agree with your views you will call it fake news even though there is video of him admitting this.

@Hope - are we supposed to act surprised that a fast food restaurant chain had illegals working there?

Can't do it. Sorry.. this is an open secret.

Ever work there yourself? Everyone of those illegals shows up with a valid Social Security Card and California ID/DL.

What is your world view? Do you think fast food restaurants shouldn't hire people who could possibly be illegally here?

I'm with you Hope. We need to stop offering illegals economic incentive to come here! Stop paying them and they'll all be forced to go back to whatever horrible country they came from in the first place!

There's a lot of sarcasm in there..[portion removed; be respectful of other posters]. I'm actually pro immigrant. We just need to know who is coming into our country and kick out the tirds.

So why are people not up in arms about Andrew Puzder, employers are supposed to check. So this begs the question if we get rid of all the undocumented workers, WHO will take their place? AGAIN why would someone come here legally, and pick fruit at 108 degrees. What jobs are they taking from Americans if no American want to do those jobs!