The Real Majority Holyoke

TELL OUR HOLYOKE CITY GOVERNMENT THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO COOPERATE WITH THE ILLEGAL ABDUCTION AND DETENTION OF OUR NEIGHBORS.  On June 17th, 2025 The following resolution went before Holyoke city council  https://www.holyoke.org/meetings/holyoke-city-council-meeting-june-17-2025/ 70. Jourdain, Vacon- Ordered, that the following Resolution of the City Council be adopted and a copy be transmitted to the Department of Homeland Security and our federal delegation and the White House. It shall also be used by all departments of the city with their applications for federal funds and grants when necessary. 1. Holyoke is not a sanctuary city. 2. Mayor Joshua Garcia has publicly declared that Holyoke is not a sanctuary city. 3. The City Council hereby declares Holyoke is not a sanctuary city. 4. Holyoke adopted Ordinance 2-68 “No elected official, department head or other city employee shall issue any order that shall knowingly violate any law or regulation of the federal, state or local government or the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the Charter of the City of Holyoke, or any lawful order of a court of competent jurisdiction. No such order given shall be valid or shall be enforced by the City of Holyoke or its departments.” 5. To the extent, Holyoke has been deemed a sanctuary city by the federal government for failing to comply with any federal law or regulation, the Department of Homeland Security should notify the Holyoke City Council and Mayor of its specific violation and what steps are needed to remedy. 6. The City of Holyoke and all of its employees and agents hereby agree to fully comply with all federal laws and regulations. To the extent the city, its employees or agents have or are violating any federal law or regulation, they shall immediately cease and fully comply. 7. The City of Holyoke requests removal from any identification of our city as a sanctuary city by any federal department or agency. The matter was moved to the  'Development and Government Relations Committee' which next meets on August 4 at 6:30 pm This is unacceptable. We must remind them who they work for.  We will be protesting at City Hall on August 4th starting at 5pm to be heard by councilors as they enter the building. This is the fight. When they come for our neighbors...