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On Tuesday, the county Board of Supervisors and City Council approved similar resolutions denouncing Executive Order 13767, which directed the Department of Homeland Security to 鈥渢ake all appropriate steps to immediately plan, design, and construct a physical wall along the southern border,鈥� among other policy changes.

蜜柚直播鈥檚 resolution went a step further by originally calling for the city to stop working with companies that 鈥渂ecome involved in the designing, building or financing of the border wall.鈥�

However, the county鈥檚 resolution didn鈥檛 contain such a provision because the County Attorney鈥檚 Office advised against it, said Supervisor Richard El铆as.

The city鈥檚 resolution originally stated the council would require the disclosure by 鈥渃ompanies of their involvement with the border wall prior to city investment in those companies鈥� and that 鈥渢he city of 蜜柚直播 does not wish to be associated with any company that participates in the design, construction or financing of the border wall in any way.鈥�

The council opted to revise a section of the proposal, changing that the city would not "associate with" businesses that work on the wall to "does not wish to condone" any business that works on the wall. The resolution calls for the city to divest holdings in any companies that would profit from building the wall along the Mexico border.

The language contained in the city鈥檚 resolution is largely ceremonial, although it does direct the city to divest its investment funding "as allowed by law." No publicly traded stocks or mutual funds are tied to the proposed border wall project at this time, city officials said.

City Councilwoman Regina Romero attempted to salvage the controversial section directing the city to refuse to work with certain companies, saying it was the teeth of the resolution. But she failed to convince her colleagues as City Attorney Mike Rankin said federal procurement laws would prohibit the city from going further than reviewing its investment portfolio.

Mayor Jonathan Rothschild said it was still important to oppose the border wall even if the city鈥檚 resolution is mainly symbolic. 鈥淚t is a terrible, terrible, terrible idea,鈥� he said of the proposed wall.

Michael Varney, the president and CEO of the 蜜柚直播 Metro Chamber, wrote a letter hours before the meeting to the council formally opposing the resolution. He said the council can move forward with any political statement it wants but should leave local businesses out of it.

鈥淭he city does not have to include punitive measures that will only damage local companies in order to make that statement,鈥� he said.

Brian Turmail, a spokesman for the Associated General Contractors of America, was initially critical of the resolution, saying it hurts the local construction industry.

鈥淚t holds construction workers hostage to a policy fight that has nothing to do with them,鈥� Turmail said.

The precedent of blacklisting companies for participating in a federally backed program is a 鈥渧ery slippery slope,鈥� he said, arguing other jurisdictions might refuse to work with a construction company because it once built a Planned Parenthood center.

鈥淚t is a really poorly-thought-out policy,鈥� Turmail said before the changes were made to the resolution, which was approved by the council 6-0, with Councilman Steve Kozachik not at the meeting.

County resolution

The county resolution raises a number of economic, social, environmental and humanitarian objections to additional border wall construction.

Among other things, it argues that migrant apprehensions are at historic lows, border communities often have low crime rates, thousands of migrants have died in the borderlands trying to evade fencing and other elements of 鈥渕ilitarization,鈥� and that a border wall is an 鈥渙ffensive and damaging symbol.鈥�

鈥淲e share the Sonoran Desert together with our neighbors,鈥� said El铆as, who asked that the resolution be put on the agenda. 鈥淎nd the nation of Mexico has been a good neighbor to us.鈥�

Supervisor Ram贸n Valadez decried the proposed border wall as a 鈥渢ool that doesn鈥檛 solve any issue.鈥�

The county resolution was approved with a 3-2 vote, over the objections of supervisors Ally Miller and Steve Christy.

Miller argued that additional wall construction is an effective way to protect against the entry of criminals and drugs, and rejected the resolution鈥檚 claim that the wall has led to a 鈥渉uman rights crisis.鈥�

鈥淚 don鈥檛 think our border is militarized enough,鈥� she said.

Christy said the resolution was another example of the board 鈥渄elving into areas outside of its purview,鈥� and mocked the prospects of such a measure having any meaningful impact on federal policy.

鈥淭his board has a county to run,鈥� he added. 鈥淎nd what are we doing with these national issues in a grandstanding manner to make us all feel good?鈥�

El铆as countered that Pima County has the longest border with Mexico of any southwestern county, adding that 鈥渢he people in the borderlands deserve to have a voice.鈥�