Sanctuary Cities That Fail to Comply with Immigration Laws Risk Losing Federal Dollars

Monday at the White House press briefing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions warned municipalities that have implemented the policy of sanctuary cities, which he described as making “our nation less safe by putting dangerous criminals back on the streets.” Sessions said the Department of Justice would require that jurisdictions that are seeking or applying for DO DOJJ grants to certify compliance with 8 U.S.C. 1373 as a condition of receiving those awards.” Sessions said, “According to one recent poll, 80 percent of Americans believe that cities that make arrests — that arrest illegal immigrants for crimes should be required to turn them over to immigration authorities. Unfortunately, some states and cities have adopted policies designed to frustrate this enforcement of immigration laws. This includes refuses to detain known felons under federal detainer requests or otherwise failing to comply with these laws. For example, the Department of Homeland Security recently issued a report showing that in a single week, there were more than 200 instances of jurisdictions refusing to honor I.C.E. Detainer requests with respect to individuals charged or convicted of a serious crime. These charges and convictions against these aliens include drug trafficking, hit-and-run, rape, sex offenses against a child and even murder. Such policies cannot continue. They make our nation less safe by putting dangerous criminals back on the streets.” He added, “Today, I am urging states and local jurisdictions to comply with these federal laws, including 8 U.S.C. Section 1373. Moreover, the Department of Justice will require that jurisdictions seeking or applying for Department of Justice grants to certify compliance with 1373 as a condition of receiving those awards.  Read the full story HERE.

Trump keeps campaign Promises, issues Executive Orders to cut funds to Sanctuary cities and build Wall

Unlike the vast majority of two faced politicians who tell the voters one thing while on the campaign trail and do nothing or sometime just the opposite when they get into office, President Donald J. Trump is proving to be that rare exception.  Candidate Trump had promised to do something about sanctuary cities and the criminal aliens that freely walk the streets preying on innocents.  In his first week, President Trump has issued sweeping executive orders to withhold funds from those lawless cities.  And they are just that---lawless!  The mayors of these municipalities not only give alien criminal elements the freedom to roam the streets, but in many cases fell to reign-in lawless gangs who go on murderous rampages every day in cities like Chicago.  Few care if these gang members kill one another, but far too often their bullets go astray and kill innocent bystanders, including children.  This carnage must stop.

Of course, the biggest campaign promise of Donald Trump was to build a border wall on the southern border and have Mexico pay for it.  But just as those in the media said he had zero chance of being elected president, these same purveyor's of fake news and half-truths are repeatedly telling their dwindling audiences that Mexico will not pay for they wall.  All I can say, is wait and see.  At any rate despite being in office for less than one week President Trump has not only issued an executive order to build the wall, but at the same time to increase the number of Border Patrol agents by 5000 and ICE agents by some 10,000.  Also he is putting an end to the "Catch and Release" policy of Obama.  While at the same time ordering the construction of more detention centers along the border to hold illegals until their status can be determined.  This instead of giving them a bus ticket, at taxpayers expense, to any city in America and asking then to please return for a court hearing in a year.  Guess what?  They never show up!
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