HOW THEY FEEL.
>> IT HAS BEEN THE HEAVIEST
REACTION 10 YEARS ON COUNCIL,
NEVER SEEN THIS MUCH UPROAR.
REPORTER: HOWARD COUNTY
COUNCILMAN GREG FOX IS TALKING
ABOUT A NEW IMMIGRATION RELATED
BILL.
INTRODUCED AT THE COUNCIL
MEETING TUESDAY AIMED AT
DESIGNATING THE COUNTY AS A
SANCTUARY COUNTY.
>> THERE'S BEEN NOTHING IN
HOWARD COUNTY THAT DEMONSTRATES
A NEED FOR IT, THERE'S NOTHING.
REPORTER: THE PROPOSAL CALLS FOR
PROHIBITING CERTAIN
DISCRIMINATION BASED ON
CITIZENSHIP STATUS IT CLAIMS THE
RECENT NATIONAL POLITICAL
CLIMATE HAS GALVANIZED SUPPORT
FOR XENOPHOBIC, ISLAMOPHOBIC AND
RACIST SENTIMENTS, COUNCILMAN
-- SENTIMENTS.
>> I'M HEARING FROM A LOT OF
CONSTITUENTS WHO FEEL UNSAFE,
AND UNCOMFORTABLE IN OUR OWN
COUNTY AND THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE
TO ME.
REPORTER: CO-SPONSORS OF THE
MEASURE SAY THE BILL WILL
PROTECT MINORITIES AND
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.
>> IT TELLS POLICE UNLESS THERE
IS A PARTICULAR CRIME BEING
COMMITTED THEY SHOULDN'T BE
DOING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S
JOB.
THEY SHOULDN'T BE GOING AND
FINDING SOMEONE AND SAYING LET
ME SEAR PAPERS.
REPORTER: WHAT ANGERS SOME THE
BILL SPECIFICALLY MENTIONS
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP,
SAYING UNFORTUNATE STATEMENTS
MADE BY OUR NATION'S
PRESIDENT-ELECT HAVE BOLSTERED
SUCH DANGEROUS SENTIMENTS AND
CAUSED MANY RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT
OUR COUNTRY AND WITHIN HOWARD
COUNTY TO FEAR FOR THEIR
PERSONAL SAFETY AND THE LOSS OF
CIVIL LIBERTIES.
>> IT IS OUTRAGEOUS.
IT SAYS TO ME I AM BIGOTED
HOMOPHOBIC, WHAT EVER, YU'RE
SAYING THAT TO ME A COUNTY
RESIDENT.
REPORTER: RESIDENT LISA MOULDEN
AND OTHERS AGAINST THE BILL CAME
TO COUNCIL TO SHOW OPPOSITION
EVEN THOUGH PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE
NOT SCHEDULED FOR UNTIL JANUARY
17.
>> THEY SHOULD BE HELPING
CITIZENS OF HOWARD COUNTY, THE
PEOPLE WHO PAY TAXES INSTEAD OF
BRING IN PEOPLE WHO WON'T
CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING HOW IS THIS
GONNA HELP ME.
REPORTER: COUNTY EXECUTIVE ALAN
KETTLEMAN HASN'T TAKEN A STAND
ON THE ISSUE JUST YET.
ANOTHER MEMBER OF COUNCIL SAYS
HE'S HOPING TO FIND A MORE
MIDDLE GROUND, TO ADDRESS ISSUES
OF DISCRIMINATION.
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