Associated Press
VALLEY PARK, Missouri -- - A suburban St. Louis mayor said he will continue efforts to rid the city of illegal immigrants despite rising legal costs and opposition from other city officials.
Valley Park's Board of Aldermen voted earlier this month to stop enforcing an ordinance aimed at cracking down on landlords who rent to illegal aliens.
Board members said they were concerned about legal costs that currently stand at about $80,000 to defend the measure in court. They also wondered whether Mayor Jeffery Whitteaker had harmed the city's image.
Alderman Dan Adams believes Valley Park should stop trying to tackle immigration law. “This is a problem that is probably a little too large for us,” he said.
Whitteaker told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in Thursday's edition that he will veto the board's vote.
“I'm looking at it as an investment in the future,” he said. “I couldn't sleep at night knowing we quit in the middle of the road.”
Posted by tyne at March 31, 2007