House Wants to Deny Sanctuary Cities Aid

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By JENNIFER TALHELM
The Associated Press
Thursday, July 6, 2006; 6:32 PM

WASHINGTON -- Cities and states that aid illegal immigrants without reporting them to the authorities risk losing millions of dollars in homeland security and other federal money under two spending bills approved last month by the House.

The bills, which fund the departments of Homeland Security, Commerce, State and Justice, were amended to refuse federal money to any city or state with policies that prohibit local government officials from alerting federal authorities about possible immigration law violators.


House lawmakers say several cities and states allow criminal suspects to escape deportation because local officials, including police officers, turn a blind eye to the immigration law passed in 1996.

It is unclear what will happen to the immigration provisions when the spending measures are considered in the Senate.

But the prospect outraged New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who raised the issue during a Senate immigration hearing in Philadelphia this week, threatening "one heck of a battle" if Congress cuts off homeland security and justice dollars.

Bloomberg said New York City protects residents' confidentiality when they report a crime or seek medical care or education.

The city's policy complies with the 1996 law, he said. But he said some members of Congress have questioned it and asked for the Justice Department to review all state and local policies.

"We believe the review will validate our approach," Bloomberg told the Senate Committee. "But whatever the findings, let me be clear: The way to deal with this issue is not _ not _ by reducing the safety and security of our nation."

House supporters of the provisions said cities that prevent police officers from sharing information about illegal immigrants with the federal government put Americans at risk.

They shared a list of violent crimes committed by illegal immigrants in Houston, New York and other cities. Several involved gang members.

"No police officer should be barred from contacting federal immigration authorities about a criminal alien suspect," said Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, who offered the amendment to the 2007 Homeland Security appropriations bill.

The Congressional Research Service reported earlier this year that the "sanctuary" policies of several cities are rooted in a 1980s religious movement in which churches helped thousands of Central American migrants fleeing civil war. The specific policies vary. Some prevent local governments from using resources to enforce a federal law.

Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus, said Congress intended the 1996 federal immigration law to counteract the sanctuary policies.

"Unfortunately, there was a law but there was no penalty," Tancredo said in an interview. "What this does is add some sort of penalty."

Bloomberg said the penalty would aid terrorists. "New York remains the country's top terror target, and if Congress passes this amendment, no one will cheer louder than al-Qaida," he said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/06/AR2006070601324.html
 
More churches aiding and abetting illegal immigration...
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More US Churches Become Sanctuaries for At-Risk Immigrants
January 17, 2017 - A record 800 congregations have opened their doors to serve as sanctuaries for undocumented immigrants and other vulnerable populations, doubling from about 400 before President-elect Donald Trump's election, according to a coalition of faith communities called the PICO National Network.
"We are seeing more and more congregations joining the sanctuary movement, opening their doors to undocumented people, as well as to their Muslim neighbors, and as well to those who might be attacked," said Bishop Dwayne Royster during a press call Tuesday. The bishop added that the growth of the movement is "a powerful tool to resist the harsh, xenophobic and the discriminatory policies proposed by the Trump administration." Trump has not yet proposed any policies, although he has said he would deport 2 to 3 million people who "have criminal records." In the past eight years, a record 2.5 million people have been deported under President Barack Obama.

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The Rev. Annie Steinberg-Behrman, right, provisional pastor with Metropolitan Community Church, holds a sign while listening to speakers at a meeting at City Hall in San Francisco to reaffirm the city's commitment to being a sanctuary city​

Sanctuaries serve as safe spaces to stay for people with pending deportation orders. Currently, five people are staying in sanctuary in coalition churches as they fight to stop Obama administration deportation orders in Denver, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Chicago, which has two cases. Ingrid Encalade Latorre came to the U.S. from Peru in 2000 and for seven weeks has been staying with a sanctuary congregation in Denver, Colorado. She is undocumented and since 2010, she has been facing deportation after pleading guilty to working with someone else's papers. "I feel grateful and thankful to be able to be here and to continue to be here with my family while I fight my deportation order," Latorre said in the press call, translated from Spanish.

Concern for immigrant neighbors

Not knowing what Trump is going to do may have led some churches to fear the worst. "United Methodists have been involved in sanctuary for several decades but never 60 congregations," said Bishop Minerva Carcano, spokesperson for United Methodist Church Bishops. "It's been a congregation here and there across the country, but 60 is significant; it's an exponential increase."

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Immigration activists participate in a sit-in protest against the raids and deportation of immigrants near the downtown Los Angeles Federal Building​

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the federal agency that executes deportation orders, has an unofficial practice of not going into churches or hospitals, making churches a safe space. "Our very own congregations are concerned about their immigrant neighbor," Carcano said. "About the immigrant that just joined their church or who has begun to visit, the immigrant who comes into their lives, and they themselves are stepping up and saying, 'What can we do?' And sanctuary has become one of those really deep, faith options for our congregations."

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Youth from United We Dream chant slogans calling for an end to deportations outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offices in downtown Phoenix​

These congregations have also opened their doors to Muslims who may feel threatened by Trump's talk of a Muslim registry or other heated rhetoric. "Sanctuary for me has been like a gift,” Latorre said. “I feel that there is so much union and solidarity, and I don't feel so alone in fighting my case anymore."

More US Churches Become Sanctuaries for At-Risk Immigrants

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Surge of African Migrants Brave Latin America Jungle Trek for US Dream
January 16, 2017 — Using a stone, Ahmed Ali Hassan scraped away at the side of the container truck until he made a small hole, and putting his parched mouth to it, gasped for air.
The overcrowded truck carrying nearly 100 migrants, many from Africa, took turns to breathe in pockets of dry air as the truck rattled through rural Nicaragua. One man from Eritrea had badly swollen fingers, a sign of severe dehydration. "We all thought we were going to die," Hassan, a Somali, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation as he recalled last month's journey. "We were not treated with dignity," said the 24-year-old university student, who declined to give his real name.

As Europe tightens its borders to stem the influx of refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe, Hassan is part of a growing surge of people from African nations seeking new routes to flee poverty, war and persecution. Hassan had paid a human smuggler $1,000 to guide him overland through Central America to reach Mexico in the hope of crossing into the United States. He is lucky not to have suffocated. In October, immigration officials in Mexico's Veracruz state found four migrants dead in a truck that smugglers had abandoned.

New route

The routes to Europe have become more difficult, said Claudette Walls, head of the field office for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Mexico's city of Tapachula. "What's happening in the Mediterranean is that it's becoming more and more hazardous and difficult to take that route," Walls said. "Through Latin America coming all the way up to Mexico and then on to the U.S. has become another route," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Many migrants from Africa fly to Ecuador and Brazil where few visa restrictions allow an easy point of entry into the Americas.

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African and Haitian migrants intending to seek asylum in the U.S. rest on mattresses inside a shelter in Mexicali, Mexico​

They join the hundreds of thousands of Central American migrants fleeing poverty and gang violence every year, and who have been using the well-trodden route for decades. Immigration officials first noticed African migrants arriving in Mexico in 2013, when around six trickled in a day, mainly through Tapachula along Mexico's southern border with Guatemala. Hundreds now turn up every day. Last year between 150 to 700 African migrants arrived per day at Tapachula — with a total of 19,000 migrants arriving from Africa and Haiti in 2016 — according to Mexican government figures.

This influx is expected to continue this year, Walls said. Mexico has also seen a tide of Haitians coming through as they seek a better life in the United States. Thousands of Haitians who had lived in Brazil are leaving because of the country's economic recession. Experts also say the surge north reflects a push by migrants to reach the United States and reunite with relatives before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20. During his campaign, Trump took a hardline position on immigration, including a pledge to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border to keep out illegal immigrants.

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By JENNIFER TALHELM
The Associated Press
Thursday, July 6, 2006; 6:32 PM

WASHINGTON -- Cities and states that aid illegal immigrants without reporting them to the authorities risk losing millions of dollars in homeland security and other federal money under two spending bills approved last month by the House.

The bills, which fund the departments of Homeland Security, Commerce, State and Justice, were amended to refuse federal money to any city or state with policies that prohibit local government officials from alerting federal authorities about possible immigration law violators.


House lawmakers say several cities and states allow criminal suspects to escape deportation because local officials, including police officers, turn a blind eye to the immigration law passed in 1996.

It is unclear what will happen to the immigration provisions when the spending measures are considered in the Senate.

But the prospect outraged New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who raised the issue during a Senate immigration hearing in Philadelphia this week, threatening "one heck of a battle" if Congress cuts off homeland security and justice dollars.

Bloomberg said New York City protects residents' confidentiality when they report a crime or seek medical care or education.

The city's policy complies with the 1996 law, he said. But he said some members of Congress have questioned it and asked for the Justice Department to review all state and local policies.

"We believe the review will validate our approach," Bloomberg told the Senate Committee. "But whatever the findings, let me be clear: The way to deal with this issue is not _ not _ by reducing the safety and security of our nation."

House supporters of the provisions said cities that prevent police officers from sharing information about illegal immigrants with the federal government put Americans at risk.

They shared a list of violent crimes committed by illegal immigrants in Houston, New York and other cities. Several involved gang members.

"No police officer should be barred from contacting federal immigration authorities about a criminal alien suspect," said Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, who offered the amendment to the 2007 Homeland Security appropriations bill.

The Congressional Research Service reported earlier this year that the "sanctuary" policies of several cities are rooted in a 1980s religious movement in which churches helped thousands of Central American migrants fleeing civil war. The specific policies vary. Some prevent local governments from using resources to enforce a federal law.

Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus, said Congress intended the 1996 federal immigration law to counteract the sanctuary policies.

"Unfortunately, there was a law but there was no penalty," Tancredo said in an interview. "What this does is add some sort of penalty."

Bloomberg said the penalty would aid terrorists. "New York remains the country's top terror target, and if Congress passes this amendment, no one will cheer louder than al-Qaida," he said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/06/AR2006070601324.html

That is the price they pay. In Georgia there was a Speaker of the Assembly who refused to let the federal seat belt law be enforced on pickup trucks because he was a farmer. The Feds cut off road funds and he said screw you.
 
I would end all fed money going to any sanctuary city.

I agree and when they start raising taxes to make up the difference listen to those folks yell.

I doubt they will agree with their local Govt. when it starts to hit them in the pocketbook.

They sure won't want to pay more so some illegal asshole can stay in their city.

They won't want to pay more so their Govt. leaders can have a Sanctuary city.
 
I would end all fed money going to any sanctuary city.

I agree and when they start raising taxes to make up the difference listen to those folks yell.

I doubt they will agree with their local Govt. when it starts to hit them in the pocketbook.

They sure won't want to pay more so some illegal asshole can stay in their city.

They won't want to pay more so their Govt. leaders can have a Sanctua
Sacrilege!
 
House Wants to Deny Sanctuary Cities Aid
Now we're talkin'... !!!

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Time to start flushing Illegals out of our cities...

Turning off the Federal faucet will force LibTard mayors and city councils to choose between funding and Illegals...

It may take a few months, but when those LibTards are forced to raise property taxes through the roof...

And when their Sheeple and Lemmings start seeing those tax bills in their mailboxes, and start squealing like piggies...

We'll start seeing some Midnight City Council resolutions to set aside Sanctuary status, while legions of Illegals protest outside...

Better to throw them under the bus rather than the vast majority of their citizen-taxpayers and voters...

Time to force that choice, and wipe that smug look off the faces of Sanctuary City mayors and council-folk...

And, for those that still won't budge...

Send in US Marshals to arrest Sanctuary mayors and city councils and charge them with conspiracy to obstruct justice in Federal court...

Open-and-shut cases and low-hanging (easy) 'guilty' verdicts in nearly all cases...

Long overdue, and great fun ahead, for these miserable bastards who chose to stand alongside an invasion force of 11-12,000,000 invaders, rather than their own fellow countrymen...
 
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House Wants to Deny Sanctuary Cities Aid

good they should take it a step further

and deny aid to any state that harbors a sanctuary city
 

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