Ivan Gamboa Appointed To The WIGOP Executive Committee As Chair Of The Wisconsin Republican National Hispanic Assembly

Gamboa, the current Chair of WHEDA and Senior Vice President of Tri-City Bank has been appointed to the WIGOP Executive Committee as Chair of the Wisconsin Republican National Hispanic Assembly in the state.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

November 22, 2017

Milwaukee, WI - Brad Courtney, the Chairman of the Wisconsin State Republican Party has appointed Ivan Gamboa, 39, the current Chair of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) and Senior Vice President of Tri-City Bank as Chairman of the Wisconsin Republican National Hispanic Assembly (WRNHA), which Gamboa gained a seat in the WIGOP Executive Committee. Gamboa hasn't yet been ratified or elected by the WRNHA or card carrying members of the WIGOP, Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) has learned. 

Gamboa with the knowledge and support of Governor Scott Walker (R) replaced the vacant position left by the late and former WRNHA Chair Rev. Joe Medina of Waukesha who as a member of the WIGOP Executive Committee in many occasions stayed silent on anti-immigrant issues affecting the undocumented and documented Hispanic community in Wisconsin and the proposed state anti-immigrant legislation by extreme conservative Republican legislators in the state. 

HNNUSA attempted to contact Courtney by email and his business at Courtney Industrial Battery, Inc. in Milwaukee and at the WIGOP dot org in regards to Gamboa's appointment as Chair to the WRNHA, but HNNUSA was unsuccessful.

HNNUSA in an email asked Gamboa where he stood on the SB 275/AB 190 anti-Sanctuary City bills and the current 287g Program application that was approved by ICE to partnership with the Waukesha County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) to enforce federal immigration laws while processing inmates at the County jail. Gamboa responded to HNNUSA on Wednesday and stated "I don't expect them (SB 275/AB 190) to pass" in the Republican controlled legislature.

Governor Walker has yet to approve the ICE partnership with the WCSO.

Recently, several similar anti-Sanctuary City bills to Texas SB 4 were proposed in the WI State Senate and Assembly, SB 275/AB 190 by State Senator Stephen Nass (R) with the support of other Republican state senators and state representatives in Wisconsin, which both bill includes illegal provisions.

Republican senators in the State of Wisconsin Labor and Regulatory Reform Committee recently approved 3-2 to move forward Senate Bill 275, known as the Sanctuary City Bill that prohibit city, townships and county governments from enacting resolutions banning employees and law enforcement agencies from enforcing federal immigration laws by cutting (reducing) share revenue funding, includng making it mandatory for law enforcement agencies to accept U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawful detainers of suspected undocumented immigrants, which have been ruled not legal binding in the case of Galarza v. Szalczyk 2014.

SB 275 is now waiting to be scheduled for debate on the state Senate floor once it gets scheduled in January 2018.

The SB 275 is also a similar resolution proposed in the State Assembly AB 190.

On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick permanently ruled and set precedent that the Trump Executive Order to cut federal grants from cities who limit cooperation with ICE was illegal. Judge Orrick's ruling will set precedent and could very well make it illegal for states to pass legislation cutting share revenue funding to cities who also limit cooperation with ICE.