CDZ Walsh affirms Boston’s role as sanctuary city

[Fishlore]

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh offered a passionate defense of immigration and religious diversity at the city’s largest mosque Friday night during a forum to hear the fears and concerns raised by the Trump administration’s executive orders regarding immigration and refugees.

Walsh affirms Boston’s role as sanctuary city - The Boston Globe

 

[OldLady]

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh offered a passionate defense of immigration and religious diversity at the city’s largest mosque Friday night during a forum to hear the fears and concerns raised by the Trump administration’s executive orders regarding immigration and refugees.

Walsh affirms Boston’s role as sanctuary city - The Boston Globe

Shoot. I wanted to read it but the Globe makes you give them your e-mail address, and I don't want to start getting a bunch of junk email.
Could you copy and paste it for us?

 

[Pete7469]

The imbeciles who repeatedly elect killers like Ted Kennedy support the sanctuary of those most likely to set off explosives in crowds?

No surprise.

 

[Freewill]

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh offered a passionate defense of immigration and religious diversity at the city’s largest mosque Friday night during a forum to hear the fears and concerns raised by the Trump administration’s executive orders regarding immigration and refugees.

Walsh affirms Boston’s role as sanctuary city - The Boston Globe

We have no problem with relocating illegals and anyone else wishing to come to America. They all go to the sanctuary cities. Apparently there is a lot of space in these cities for poor people. I know in San Francisco it is very expensive to live. Maybe that is why they need to ship in poor people to equal out their demographics. Boston is equally expensive if there is even places for the poor to live.

 

[2aguy]

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh offered a passionate defense of immigration and religious diversity at the city’s largest mosque Friday night during a forum to hear the fears and concerns raised by the Trump administration’s executive orders regarding immigration and refugees.

Walsh affirms Boston’s role as sanctuary city - The Boston Globe

The Boston bombers whole heartedly agree with the Mayor's decision.....

 

[2aguy]

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh offered a passionate defense of immigration and religious diversity at the city’s largest mosque Friday night during a forum to hear the fears and concerns raised by the Trump administration’s executive orders regarding immigration and refugees.

Walsh affirms Boston’s role as sanctuary city - The Boston Globe

We have no problem with relocating illegals and anyone else wishing to come to America. They all go to the sanctuary cities. Apparently there is a lot of space in these cities for poor people. I know in San Francisco it is very expensive to live. Maybe that is why they need to ship in poor people to equal out their demographics. Boston is equally expensive if there is even places for the poor to live.

The democrats have always want cheap labor........especially after the Republicans made them free their slaves....

 

[Fishlore]

There is a bit of circular logic in the sweeping statement that illegal immigrants all go to sanctuary cities. First of all, it isn't true. The most densely populated illegal immigrant area is California's Central Valley, which isn't a city and doesn't claim sanctuary status.

Immigrants, legal and illegal, go to where they can get jobs. That is why they come. In areas where immigrants find jobs, it means that they are successfully contributing to the local economy. This tends to make the locals look favorably on immigrants of whatever status. This is true of Beverly Hills as well as Silicone Valley, although the economic niche of immigrants is different in those two cities.

Boston has a real shortage of labor in a number of sectors. Its huge medical sector needs large numbers of cleaners, laundry personnel etc. Construction is being held back by a shortage of drywall hangers, painters etc. Getting child care and property maintenance in the suburbs is very difficult.

Boston's crime rate is way down, its economy is way, way up. The immigrant boogeyman just doesn't sell in a city proud of its black, Italian and Irish heritage. Bostonians may look down their noses at nativists in the Rust Belt and the Flyover States, but that's nothing new either.

 

[2aguy]

There is a bit of circular logic in the sweeping statement that illegal immigrants all go to sanctuary cities. First of all, it isn't true. The most densely populated illegal immigrant area is California's Central Valley, which isn't a city and doesn't claim sanctuary status.

Immigrants, legal and illegal, go to where they can get jobs. That is why they come. In areas where immigrants find jobs, it means that they are successfully contributing to the local economy. This tends to make the locals look favorably on immigrants of whatever status. This is true of Beverly Hills as well as Silicone Valley, although the economic niche of immigrants is different in those two cities.

Boston has a real shortage of labor in a number of sectors. Its huge medical sector needs large numbers of cleaners, laundry personnel etc. Construction is being held back by a shortage of drywall hangers, painters etc. Getting child care and property maintenance in the suburbs is very difficult.

Boston's crime rate is way down, its economy is way, way up. The immigrant boogeyman just doesn't sell in a city proud of its black, Italian and Irish heritage. Bostonians may look down their noses at nativists in the Rust Belt and the Flyover States, but that's nothing new either.

You missed it.....illegal aliens....who are violent criminals...go to cities that are sanctuary cities...because they can move around easily and don't have to worry about getting deported...that is why these democrat, sanctuary cities are crap holes....

 

[Toronado3800]

Now I know small government types all support the State's rights to import whatever immigrants they want but isn't it pretty much D.C.'s job to decide who gets into the country? How is this sanctuary city stuff a thing?

 

[Fishlore]

Now I know small government types all support the State's rights to import whatever immigrants they want but isn't it pretty much D.C.'s job to decide who gets into the country? How is this sanctuary city stuff a thing?

That ^^^ is indeed a very reasonable question. Sanctuary cities do not deny the power of ICE to enforce federal immigration laws; the issue has been the role of local law enforcement and courts. What the sanctuary policy says is that the feds will do their thing and the local cops will do their thing.

It is not traditionally a job for local police to enforce non-violent federal paperwork. Being in the country without proper documentation is a federal misdemeanor, not a violent crime. Local police do not want to be come the feared enemy in neighborhoods with lots of immigrants as it will make their job of protecting the public much more difficult. There is also a question of legal liability if cops arrest someone on suspicion of violation of immigration laws and the guy turns out to be legal. The city is vulnerable to big time lawsuit. Beside this, tying up local police and legal resources in situations where there cannot be any local charges costs towns a lot of money.

As a background to all this, it is important to remember than there is a great variation from one location to another in the matter of public attitude toward immigrants. The places where Trump voters are in an uproar over illegal immigrants are matched by more and larger areas where immigrants are nothing special and don't seem to most people to present any special problems.