Posted on 01/01/2019 10:13:09 AM PST by John Semmens
In a year-end reflection, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf "took pride in the aid I was able to give to immigrants being pursued by ICE. Oakland is a sanctuary city. As such I feel it is my obligation to protect all our inhabitants from persecution by federal authorities. Sure, some of the undocumented immigrants living here have criminal records, but so do some of the native-born citizens. Accepting the fact that a portion of any population must live outside the law is what is required if we truly respect the values of diversity."
"I have no regrets," Schaaf asserted. "The victims of crimes committed by those who escaped ICE apprehension due to my warning might just as easily been victimized by citizen-criminals. So, there's no direct link between my act of mercy toward immigrants and any specific crime. In fact, the success of Democrats in the November election shows that voters in California approve of open borders, sanctuary cities, and the eventual restoration of Mexican sovereignty over land stolen by US military aggression during the 1800s."
Meanwhile, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) declared his state's independence from the federal government. "After a long train of abuses, we are exercising our rights under the Constitution to sever the bonds between our state and the federal government, except for the federal aid that is owed us," Cuomo announced. He further warned the State's two senators that "I shall ask the legislature to recall them if they fail to protect New York's allotment of federal funds."
In Texas, recently defeated senatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke rushed to the El Paso Greyhound bus station with a stack of voter registration forms after ICE released 200 illegal immigrants there while they wait for a refugee status hearing scheduled for 2020. "In all likelihood, these people are going to be here in the United States for the foreseeable future," O'Rourke said. "As human beings they have a natural right to participate in electing those who will govern them. As the first person to come to their assistance in exercising this right I hope I can count on their support when I run for president next year."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,345709.0.html
BTW is breaking federal laws okay with these “sanctuary” advocates?
How about state and local laws?
NORMALCY WILL RETURN
...Met By Determined Patriots Forging Ahead To Restore America's Free Constitutional Republic and Defeat The Leftist Dems, The Enemy Within.
NOT a satire at all...
Happy New Year.
Sooner or later, one of our elites in media or politics is going to be touched by an illegal. The reaction will be instructional.
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