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I have a blog on "Irving - A Safe Haven For Illegals" (Nov. 10). Irving is really going down the toilet. High crime rate, horrible traffic, litter & trash thrown out everywhere. When you go into almost any business, store, or restaurant you will not find any one who speaks English, or if you do, you won't be able to understand them. I can speak basic Spanish so I can get by.

For Farmers Branch, I don't think they will pass any kind of legislation against the illegals. But next year when they have the elections, some of the present councilmen may find themselves not getting re-elected.

Another big question: If FB does pass ordinances against apartment managers or business owners not doing business with illegals, who is going to enforce them?

I agree with you Marks, immigration is a national issue. But don't think much of anything will be done about it. The Democrats will now work with Bush to establish an amnesty program with some kind of guest worker program. The border fence that they are building will have very little effect on the illegals. They say there are about 33 millions Latinos in the U.S. now (with about 12 million of them illegal). That number is projected to rise to 100 million by the year 2050. In Irving, the mayor has openly declared the city to be a safe haven for illegals, and the police chief has refused to allow the police officers to get involved in any immigration issues.

Showdog, I really empathize with you all in Irving.. The Mayor is not using his authorities wisely, it is unfair to the taxpayers in your community. He should not be re-elected.

If cities would enact tighter housing codes, this wouldn't happen. Single family homes and apartment should only house single families. Not two families, not ten men, not three women and nine kids-one family. And landlords who don't follow this law should be severely fined and brought back to reality. What sometimes happens is this (and I saw exactly this happen in my own Carrollton neighborhood). A house goes for sale. An absentee landlord buys it as an investment and sets it up with a realtor to manage. A contractor or agent leases the property then illegally subleases it to other parties. The cities and citizens have rights to have their property values maintained. This means that houses and complexes should be in good repair, should be painted to fit the neighborhood, should be free of crime or the owners MUST take steps to make sure that it isn't an attractive nuisance. In our case the house (ours formerly) was bought by one family, who turned it over to a relative. The carefully tended shrubs were mowed down, the large live oak was cut down, the garage was illegally enclosed without abiding by local zoning or code restrictions. A porch was made of plywood held up by two by fours. It housed enough people to have six cars in front of a three bedroon F&J house from the early 80's. Our former neighbors were livid. Then strangers started showing up on the street at all hours of the day or night. Beer cans littered the yard and street. Broken bikes and trashed cars were in the back yard. Then the neighbors went in person to complain and things quieted down for awhile. Then

UPDATE: Farmers Branch city council member Tim O'Hare will be live on FOX 4's News at 9. In addition to the questions above, what questions or comments do you have for O'Hare?

Hispanic groups are going to call you racist regardless of what you do.

I just hope FB goes through with the plan they are trying to get passed.

Maybe it will act like a pilot program and if it works other cities can follow.

Something needs to be done because it is certainly not going to get better.

Getting it enforced will be a problem.

Hi Tracy,

I am just wondering, if FB does pass some kind of ordinance about immigration, how is it going to be enforced?
My understanding is that they are considering three things,
1. Official language to do business with the government - English only,
2. Landlords cannot rent to illegals,
3. Businesses cannot hire illegals.
How are they going to enforce these if they pass?

I don't think any of these will pass the council. I think they will have to wait till next year and then vote out the councilmen whom they don't like.

Hey, Kowboy, you're always thinking one step ahead of me. Way to Go!!!

Question to Tim O'Hare, what are they going to do about,
"Unlocking the Potential of Farmers Branch" and providing the road map for "other" cities to follow.
Alowing "LULAC" to railrooad over the citizens of Farmers Branch..

I am sorry TexasTruBlu,I tried to paste this over per chance Tim O'hare will see what you wrote.. TrueBrit :)