Are they required to help the feds? I don't think so. If some illegal immigrant shop lifts ten bucks, and under state law gets a misdeameanor citation and release from custody, why should by state tax dollars go to holding him till the feds get around to collecting him? Why shouldn't my state taxes go to locking real dangerous people?So far nobody's put up what law the sanctuary cities aren't enforcing.
Sanctuary cities do NOT violate federal law.
The status usually means that the city has publicly let it be known that they will refuse to cooperate with immigration officials. Not illegal, but highly irresponsible.
This bill would have threatened to withhold federal funding to such cities.
Obviously these cities are controlled by Dims who can't until America is turned into the worlds largest third world nation.