MULBERRY, Fla. — The city of Mulberry wants its residents, visitors and everyone else to know it is a migrant-supporting and diverse city. 

City leaders are making that commitment to diversity and multicultural inclusivity clear Tuesday evening by issuing a city resolution proclaiming their beliefs. 

Commissioner Maria McClintock came up with the resolution idea. The resolution also says the city rejects the politics of division, isolation and hate.

McClintock said she has not seen the kind of division and hate in Mulberry that other communities across the nation are seeing. She did, however, express concern about the way President Donald Trump’s administration was enforcing immigration laws.

She felt conditions at border facilities were inhumane. 

“It’s really more national politics and even international politics,” she said. “We are seeing this worldwide trend of anti-immigration.”

We spoke with several Mulberry residents who support President Trump's hardline positions on immigration. Bobby Faulk, Michael Baez and Kenneth Bankhead all wanted people to know they loved immigrants. 

In fact, Faulk and Bankhead have Mexican-American relatives who they adore, including a brother-in-law.

“I love him just like he was my brother,” said Faulk. 

But all three men support the president’s tough talk on illegal immigration and don’t feel like that means they are supporting division and hate.

“Well, everybody got an opinion,” said Faulk. “It’s what they want to believe. I believe in freedom and obeying the law and paying your taxes and doing whatever you are supposed to do in our country.”

McClintock said she supported much more legal immigration, but could also be willing to concede that people who see things another way might not be hateful.

“I think the best answer I could give to that would be that people that want to see immigration laws enforced can also be loving and kind people,” she explained.