Illegal Immigration and the candidates for Mesa Mayor

Here is an interesting article that you should read if you want to take a look at how each of the candidates will approach illegal immigration. The current mayor goes short of saying that Mesa is a sanctuary city, but says that they have been "way too lax."

The overall tone I get from this article is that while Mesa is technically not a sactuary city, most people perceive it to be. Look no further than the comment section of the article to see what people think.

I don't know how the current councilmembers running don't get impacted negatively by an implication like that. Under their watch, like it or not, people think that the City has become a sanctuary city.

They both were in favor of parking restrictions to limit day laborers, but it didn't pass. Where is the leadership on that one? Walters says that she has the experience to bring the real change, and Griswold says that he has the right mix of business and government experience to make a difference, but in the end, it seems like we constantly hear them say things like "we couldn't get the votes." Well, its going to be hard to change the perception when the only words in the regular person's vocabulary are "budget deficit" and "sanctuary city."