Carlsbad Shelter Encourages Illegal Immigration, Minutemen Argue
"The San Diego Minutemen, a group opposed to illegal immigration,
wants Carlsbad city officials to reconsider their decision to give $108,500 to build a permanent farm workers shelter, it was reported Wednesday. Group leader Jeff Schwilk told the Carlsbad City Council last night that the shelter would encourage illegal activity because most farm workers are illegal aliens, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported," Fox 6 News writes. "Catholic Charities now runs a shelter, La Posada de Guadalupe, which consists of a couple of portable buildings able to house 50 workers. The council agreed last month to give Catholic Charities funds as seed money to build a permanent shelter. The charity is planning a permanent building that would house an additional 72 farm workers at the same location, near Palomar Airport Road and El Camino Real, at a cost of about $2 million, the Union-Tribune reported."
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