AURORA | In what ended up a lengthy controversy solved by a tie-breaking vote by Mayor Steve Hogan, Aurora City Council approved a resolution that supports the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program, also known as DACA.
It was the fourth attempt at such a resolution. As the first measure was, councilman Charlie Richardson drafted the resolution, which he dubbed the “clean version” last week in the council’s study session.
This resolution focuses only on supporting the federal policy, which was an executive order signed during the Obama administration that extends some protections to children who were illegally brought to the U.S. as children. President Donald Trump rescinded the order and urged congress to address the policy through legislation within six months.
Councilman Brad Pierce submitted an amendment to the resolution that would have changed the title to include support of a total immigration system overhaul.
Richardson, against the amendment, said council should “have the guts” to either vote the resolution up or down as it was submitted. After a tied vote, Hogan voted against the amendment along with Richardson, Renie Peterson, Barb Cleland, Bob LeGare and Marsha Berzins.
The resolution, which comes after the Management and Finance Committee failed to send either of the revised resolutions to city council, passed on a 6-4 vote, Francoise Bergan , Angela Lawson, Bob LeGare and Bob Roth against.
An earlier version of this article stated Councilwoman Sally Mounier voted against the resolution. She voted for it.
