Trump indicated he is drumming up a plan to remove federal funding for any city or state that “allows these Death Traps to exist!” Making the announcement of his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote “No more Sanctuary Cities! They protect the Criminals, not the Victims.”
Trump said of sanctuary cities “They are disgracing our Country and are being mocked all over the World. Working on papers to withhold all Federal Funding for any City or State that allows these Death Traps to exist!!!”
During a March House Oversight Committee hearing with sanctuary city mayors, the Democrats of Boston, Chicago, Denver, and New York City, defended their positions. Breitbart News reports Boston Mayor Michelle Wu defended her city’s stance on not helping federal authorities by honoring ICE detainers. In defense of the sanctuary policies in Boston and, in an apparent dig at President Trump, Wu told the committee, “Our local community knows best, and we can tell you, in Boston, over our history, it has not been the word of presidents, or kings, or presidents who think they are kings that sets what happens. It is our residents.”
“Sanctuary states and cities are generally identified as those that have policies or laws that preclude local and state law enforcement officials from cooperating with federal authorities on matters related to illegal immigration,” Breitbart reports and gives the following examples:
In Massachusetts, current law does not allow state law enforcement authorities to detain an illegal alien for federal immigration purposes longer than necessary for state law enforcement purposes. This means they cannot honor ICE detainers. In addition, sanctuary policies in several cities across the state prohibit local police from cooperating with ICE agents to include information sharing.
In Boston, the city council passed an updated version of a 2014 sanctuary policy known as the Trust Act. The act prohibits law enforcement officers from honoring an immigration detainer filed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and limits informal information sharing between local law enforcement officers and ICE agents regarding the whereabouts, detention status, or case information of an illegal alien. The policies make locating and arresting illegal aliens facing serious criminal charges in the state more difficult.
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