As per recent Federal Court ruling, the Federal Government will be withholding funds from Sanctuary Cities. They should change their status and go non-Sanctuary. Do not protect criminals!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 5, 2020
Karen Townsend at HotAir:
"The ruling came after numerous courts had ruled against the Trump administration claiming it didn’t have the authority to impose immigration-related conditions on certain funding. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals said, hold on, there’s a grant program for that:Precisely. As I've written before, "Sanctuary policies are essentially a re-boot of the discredited 'nullification' tactic used by states in the old South prior to the U.S. Civil War (to justify slavery)."
"The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled on Feb. 26 that the Department of Justice (DOJ) could withhold funding from cities and states that refuse to cooperate with the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants.The policy decision from the Trump administration was announced in 2017 and the lawsuits followed. The policy is to be a deterrent to cities and states that want to ignore federal immigration law and allow illegal immigrants to live and work in their cities without legal consequences, the first step being deportation. Federal law trumps, so to speak, state and local jurisdiction on immigration. Cities don’t get to dictate which federal laws they will or will not enforce."
The three-judge panel found Congress had delegated authority to the attorney general to set conditions on the federal grant program it had created, called the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program."
'Immigrant rights' organizations, sanctuary city lawyers, or rogue states attorneys general don't get to dictate federal government policies about control of our national borders and immigration policy. They cannot refuse to cooperate with federal laws while simultaneously demanding federal tax dollars. These sanctuary cities and states are not 'entitled' to this federal grant program money - even though their numerous lawsuits against Trump administration immigration policies expose their vile cupidity.
Way-back machine: Obama administration sues Arizona over it's attempt to enforce immigration law (2010)
