 The owners of virtually all of the more than 30 sites considered by the city government had refused to grant a lease for this purpose, and in the one case where the property owner was willing to consider the use, the county's efforts to lease the property fell through after the property owner backed out.The debate became caught up in a larger national debate about the role of illegal immigrants in American society.Leggett located a site for day laborer center on county-owned land with his first several months in office.