Markk wrote: ↑Thu Jun 12, 2025 2:37 am
Gunnar wrote: ↑Wed Jun 11, 2025 7:56 pm
Equine excrement!
Lol....then why is it called a sanctuary city, and why are laws passed to let illegal immigrants walk free from their breaking federal immigrations laws?
As an example, it is a felony if a person is deported, and then comes back illegally.....but sanctuary cites do not and will not contact ICE for federal charges....why, because they offer sanctuary.
Here is the president explaining it for you....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IrDrBs13oA
Sanctuary cities and communities don't only benefit undocumented immigrants. Here are some of the best arguments for sanctuary cities:
Democrats have long championed these policies as a way to create safe and welcoming environments for immigrants.
Jill Habig, Founder and President of Public Rights Project—a national nonprofit that works with state and local governments to enforce civil rights—is currently working with Portland to fight back against Trump’s legal and political fight with sanctuary cities. She says sanctuary cities have adopted these laws in order to create trust between immigrant communities and law enforcement.
“If immigrants fear that their local police are going to turn them over to ICE, then they may not report a crime that's affecting everyone in their neighborhood,” Habig says. “That’s really the principle that cities have been deploying for decades: to say, ‘We want to make sure everyone in the community feels safe and that they feel comfortable, that they can access city services without fear of deportation.’ That actually makes cities safer.”
In a 2017 study by the Center for American Progress—conducted during Trump’s first term—the center reported that there were, on average, 35.5 fewer crimes committed per 10,000 people in sanctuary counties compared to nonsanctuary counties. A 2020 Cambridge University study also found that when local law enforcement works closely with ICE, undocumented immigrants are less likely to report crimes, which “undermines public safety,” one of the researchers said to the Hill.
A January 2025 statement from the California Police Chiefs Association—which “represents all 334 municipal police chiefs in the State of California”—echoes this desire for cooperation between immigrant communities and law enforcement.
The association said that local law enforcement should not “shield dangerous individuals or restrict our agencies and officers from investigating and apprehending serious or violent offenders.” However, at the same time, they argue that sanctuary laws in place “to ensure the safeguarding of every undocumented person in need of assistance…must remain in place.”
Quotes taken from
https://time.com/7222159/what-are-sanct ... ting-them/
I'm not arguing for blanket, unrestricted protection for undocumented immigrants, but emphasis should be against those who violate serious crimes other than merely being undocumented residents and less on those who are actually contributing to their local communities, holding down productive, essential jobs, paying taxes and supporting beloved family members who would be devastated by their deportation.
And certainly, no action should ever be taken against legal visitors and tourists to this country, such as cancelling their visas, merely because they exercised their constitutionally protected right to publicly express opinions that Trump or anyone in his administration didn't like! The right of free speech, like many other constitutionally established rights, applies to everyone within the jurisdiction of U.S. no matter what their citizenship status or political or religious beliefs.
No precept or claim is more suspect or more likely to be false than one that can only be supported by invoking the claim of Divine authority for it--no matter who or what claims such authority.
