Will This be the President to Hold Sanctuary Cities Accountable?

[CarlinAnnArbor]

I'm disappointed that hat he hasnt moved as quickly as I'd like, but he is clearly heading in the right direction. The law is clear. Start arresting these local politicians

 

[bluzman61]

I'm disappointed that hat he hasnt moved as quickly as I'd like, but he is clearly heading in the right direction. The law is clear. Start arresting these local politicians

I think he's TRYING, but he's not getting help from Congress.

 

[Zorro!]

#WINNING: Appeals court rules Trump administration can withhold money from sanctuary cities.

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals concluded the Trump administration can withhold federal funds from states and cities that refuse to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

A federal appeals court on Wednesday handed a major win to the Trump administration in its fight against “sanctuary” jurisdictions, ruling that it can deny grant money to states that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York overturned a lower court ruling that stopped the administration’s 2017 move to withhold grant money from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, which dispenses over $250 million a year to state and local criminal justice efforts.​

2nd Circuit said:

“These conditions help the federal government enforce national immigration laws and policies supported by successive Democratic and Republican administrations. They ensure that applicants satisfy particular statutory grant requirements imposed by Congress and subject to Attorney General oversight,” the appeals court said.

The Justice Department praised the decision, issuing a statement calling it a “major victory for Americans” and saying it recognizes that the attorney general has authority to ensure that grant recipients are not thwarting federal law enforcement priorities.​

In several cases, individuals who were released even after ICE issued a detainer have gone on to commit additional crimes, even murder. Just last month New York’s sanctuary policy resulted in the rape and murder of a 92-year-old woman named Maria Fuertes.

Last year, two El Salvador teens, members of MS-13 were arrested on attempted murder charges in Maryland. ICE filed a detainer for both teens but police released them without notifying ICE. The two then went on to murder a teenage girl named Ariana Funes-Diaz with a baseball bat and a machete after luring her into a wooded area.

Last September a California Sheriff blasted the state’s sanctuary policies after one of his deputies was shot when he went to arrest Guadalupe Lopez-Herrera after he failed to show up at court for his domestic violence case. “We had him in our custody in January of this year. And because of the folks in Sacramento limiting our ability to cooperate with ICE, we could not turn him over,” Merced Sheriff Van Warnke said. He added, “Bottom line is our immigration policies need to be revamped because we’re gonna continue to have more of this situation happen.”

 

[Circe]

He has to. These places are seceding right out of the United States! Let that go on and on and we've suddenly got a much smaller country ----

 

[JimBowie1958]

I dont understand why it took this long to uphold the Executive Branches power over immigration law that is plainly written into the Constitution.

We need to Quarrantine these cities any way to inhibit Corvid19 spread.

 

[Zorro!]

I dont understand why it took this long to uphold the Executive Branches power over immigration law that is plainly written into the Constitution.

We need to Quarrantine these cities any way to inhibit Corvid19 spread.

It's been the Judiciary imposing their views rather than the law as passed by Congress. Everyone needs to learn to stay in their own lane:

Congress MAKES law for the future.
The President executes law in the present.
The Judiciary applies law to past facts.