Resolution 2018-30364RESOLUTION NO. 2018 -30364
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, STRONGLY URGING
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND THE UNITED STATES
CONGRESS TO TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO REUNITE
CHILDREN SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS DUE TO
IMMIGRATION DETENTIONS, AND TO PROHIBIT ANY FUTURE
PARENT AND CHILD SEPARATIONS BY UNITED STATES
IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES.
WHEREAS, during the past few months, the Trump Administration implemented
a policy and practice to separate children from their mothers and fathers when families
were detained by immigration authorities at the U.S. border with Mexico; and
WHEREAS, previously, many families crossing the U.S. border unlawfully
seeking refuge or asylum were released into the United States while their immigration
cases were processed; and
WHEREAS, countless news reports in recent days have documented the
agonizing cries of young children who were heartlessly taken from their parents and
removed to prison -like detention facilities under directives from the Trump
Administration, with no certainty of being reunited with their families; and
WHEREAS, the exercise of such strong -arm tactics against innocent children is
unacceptable in a civilized society, and abhorrent to the principles of justice upon which
this nation was founded, and
WHEREAS, in South Florida alone, a detention facility in Homestead is actively
housing children and has an occupancy capacity of 1000; and
WHEREAS, stark reports from another detention facility in McAllen, Texas, show
hundreds of adults and children separated in chain link enclosures, with little more than
metal benches, thin sleeping pads, and mylar emergency sheeting to use as blankets;
and
WHEREAS, on June 20, 2018, President Donald Trump signed an Executive
Order which purports to end the separation of infants and children from their parents
during immigration detentions, but does not address the fate of approximately 2,300
minors who have already been separated from their parents and, further, does not
require that such children and parents be reunited; and
WHEREAS, the practice of separating minor children and infants from their
parents is not only inhumane, but has resulted, and will continue to result, in mental
trauma and suffering if solutions to reunite families are not implemented; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach strongly
urge President Donald Trump and the United States Congress to take immediate steps
to reunite infants and children with their mothers and fathers, and to prohibit any future
parent and child separations by immigration authorities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City
Commission hereby strongly urge President Donald Trump and the United States
Congress to take immediate steps to reunite children separated from their parents due
to immigration detentions, and to prohibit any future parent and child separations by
United States immigration authorities.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ;c7 day of JL4 e , 2018.
ATTEST:
Raf I E. anado, City Clerk
(Sponsored by Vice Mayor Micky Steinberg)
Dan Gelber, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO
FORM & LANGUAGE
& FO E ECUTION
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City Attorney Date
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MAMI BEACH
Resolutions - C7 D
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Raul J. Aguila, City Attorney
DATE: June 27, 2018
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, STRONGLY URGING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
AND THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO
REUNITE CHILDREN SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS DUE TO
IMMIGRATION DETENTIONS, AND TO PROHIBIT ANY FUTURE PARENT AND
CHILD SEPARATIONS BY UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES.
RECOMMENDATION
Pursuant to the request of Vice -Mayor Micky Steinberg, the above - referenced Resolution is
submitted for consideration by the Mayor and City Commission at the June 27, 2018 City
Commission meeting.
Legislative Tracking
Office of the City Attorney
Sponsor
Vice Mayor Micky Steinberg
ATTACHMENTS:
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❑ Resolution - End the Policy and Practice of Separating Children
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MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov
Office of the City Clerk
Tel: 305-673-7411
July 9, 2018
Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
Dear Secretary of Health and Human Services Azar II,
Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2018 - 30364:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, STRONGLY URGING PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP AND THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO TAKE IMMEDIATE
STEPS TO REUNITE CHILDREN SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS
DUE TO IMMIGRATION DETENTIONS, AND TO PROHIBIT ANY FUTURE
PARENT AND CHILD SEPARATIONS BY UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION
AUTHORITIES.
(Sponsored by Vice -Mayor Micky Steinberg)
This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of
the City of Miami Beach on June 27, 2018.
Respectfully,
Rafael E. Granado
City Clerk
c: Vice -Mayor Micky Steinberg
RESOLUTION NO. 2018 -30364
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, STRONGLY URGING
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND THE UNITED STATES
CONGRESS TO TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO REUNITE
CHILDREN SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS DUE TO
IMMIGRATION DETENTIONS, AND TO PROHIBIT ANY FUTURE
PARENT AND CHILD SEPARATIONS BY UNITED STATES
IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES.
WHEREAS, during the past few months, the Trump Administration implemented
a policy and practice to separate children from their mothers and fathers when families
were detained by immigration authorities at the U.S. border with Mexico; and
WHEREAS, previously, many families crossing the U.S. border unlawfully
seeking refuge or asylum were released into the United States while their immigration
cases were processed; and
WHEREAS, countless news reports in recent days have documented the
agonizing cries of young children who were heartlessly taken from their parents and
removed to prison -like detention facilities under directives from the Trump
Administration, with no certainty of being reunited with their families; and
WHEREAS, the exercise of such strong -arm tactics against innocent children is
unacceptable in a civilized society, and abhorrent to the principles of justice upon which
this nation was founded, and
WHEREAS, in South Florida alone, a detention facility in Homestead is actively
housing children and has an occupancy capacity of 1000; and
WHEREAS, stark reports from another detention facility in McAllen, Texas, show
hundreds of adults and children separated in chain link enclosures, with little more than
metal benches, thin sleeping pads, and mylar emergency sheeting to use as blankets;
and
WHEREAS, on June 20, 2018, President Donald Trump signed an Executive
Order which purports to end the separation of infants and children from their parents
during immigration detentions, but does not address the fate of approximately 2,300
minors who have already been separated from their parents and, further, does not
require that such children and parents be reunited; and
WHEREAS, the practice of separating minor children and infants from their
parents is not only inhumane, but has resulted, and will continue to result, in mental
trauma and suffering if solutions to reunite families are not implemented; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach strongly
urge President Donald Trump and the United States Congress to take immediate steps
to reunite infants and children with their mothers and fathers, and to prohibit any future
parent and child separations by immigration authorities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City
Commission hereby strongly urge President Donald Trump and the United States
Congress to take immediate steps to reunite children separated from their parents due
to immigration detentions, and to prohibit any future parent and child separations by
United States immigration authorities.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this a7 day of , 2018.
ATTEST:
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Rafa I E. Granado, City Clerk
(Sponsored by Vice Mayor Micky Steinberg)
Dan Gelber, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO
FORM & LANGUAGE
& FO E ECUTION
G(Zzlik
City Attorney pate
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