Sanctuary Cities, USA (Is your city on this list?)

Ohio Jobs & Justice PAC (OJJPAC) ^ | August 17, 2006

[EveningStar]

...Despite a federal law that requires local governments to cooperate with Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency, many large urban cities (and some small) have adopted so-called "sanctuary policies." Generally, sanctuary policies instruct city employees not to notify the federal government of the presence of illegal aliens living in their communities. The policies also end the distinction between legal and illegal immigration -- so illegal aliens often benefit from city services too.

The justification of creating sanctuary cities is often under the guise of protecting "immigrant rights." But illegal aliens are not immigrants -- immigrants come to the US legally, and maintain their legal presence. When a person is illegally smuggled into the US or knowingly violates their visa restrictions -- he/she is not an immigrant or visitor, but an illegal alien subject to deportation. The real reason behind sanctuary policies are public officials bowing to political pressure from the open-border lobby -- and/or an attempt to pander for votes at election time...

[EveningStar]

Go to the site and scroll down to read the list. Many major cities are on the list.

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[taxcontrol]

Sadly, yes, my city is on the list. Good to know, now I can find out which candidates support altering this position.

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[GOP_1900AD]

Yes it is (well, at least the city I live in the hinterlands of...). And being that this is the case, I have been calling upon the CiC to coordinate with my governor to order the National Guard in to restore order and enforce the law. I have also been calling for an emergency measure to change governance to provisionally appointed administrators during the time when the traitors and criminals who currently run local government are prosecuted and punished.

[libbylu]

Miami is on the list. Does this make it third world?

[Gay State Conservative]

The Attorney General of my *state* has basically declared it to be a sanctuary state.

[ImpBill]

"Sanctuary Cities" should all be cut off from every peney of no-city generated tax funds used to provide services to any of the cities' citizens.

Kick them out of the Republic, financially, anyway.

[Trygar]

I think they may need to add Wilmington to the NC list, even if it is unofficial.

[Shelayne]

Of course it is! Why, we also elected the first Muslim to congress! We are soooo progressive! **gag**

[reagandemo]

My city is not on the list??? How could that be. By the amount of Illegal Aliens, and yes I know they are because they cannot speak a bit of English, I would think we are at the top of the list.

[Gay State Conservative]

Wait...something's wrong.I don't see Chappaqua,NY or Martha's Vineyard,MA on the list.Must be a typo.

[Petronski]

* Alabama Alabaster, AL

Arizona
* Phoenix, AZ

California
* Bell Gardens, CA
* City of Industry, CA
* City of Commerce, CA
* Cypress, CA
* Davis CA
* Diamond Bar, CA
* Downey, CA
* Lakewood, CA
* Los Angeles, CA
* Long Beach, CA
* Maywood, CA
* Paramount, CA
* Pico Rivera, CA
* Sonoma County, CA
* So. Gate, CA
* San Diego, CA
* San Francisco, CA
* Vernon, CA
* Wilmington, CA

Colorado

* Aurora, CO
* Commerce City, CO
* Denver, CO
* Federal Heights, CO
* Fort Collins CO
* Thornton, CO
* Westminster, CO

Connecticut
* Springfield CT (Disputed)

Florida
*

DeLeon Springs, FL
*

Deltona, Fl
* Miami, FL
* Sanford, Fl

Illinois
* Chicago, IL

Massachusetts
* Cambridge, Mass.

Maryland
* Baltmore, MD
* Gaithersburg, MD
* Takoma Park, MD

Minnesota
* Minneapolis, MN
* St. Paul, MN

New Jersey
* Camden, NJ
* Fort Lee, NJ
* Jersey City, NJ
* North Bergen, NJ
* Trenton, NJ
* Union City, NJ
* West New York, NJ

New York
* Bay Shore, NY
* Brentwood, NY
* Central Islip, NY
* Farmingville, NY
* New York City, NY
* Peekskill, NY
* Riverhead, NY
* Shirly/Mastic, NY
* Uniondale, NY
* Westbury, NY

North Carolina
* Charlotte, NC
* Raleigh
* Winston-Salem

Oregon
* Portland, OR

Texas
* Austin, TX
* Brownsville, TX
* Denton, Tx
* Dallas, TX
* Ft.Worth, TX
* Houston, TX
* Laredo, TX
* Mcallen, TX
* San Antonio, TX [Note: The Sanctuary status of San Antonio is under dispute so OJJPAC is researching the issue to determine if the city's belongs on this list or not.]

Utah
*

Provo, UT
* Salt Lake City, UT

Virginia
*

Fairfax County, VA (?)

Wisconsin

*

Madison, WI

Wyoming

*

Jackson Hole, WY

[EveningStar]

Did you look at the list? It's hard to find a major city that's NOT on the list: LA, NYC, Chicago, SF, Dallas, Denver, etc...

[Brilliant]

Egads. Sanford, Florida, is on the list. Can't imagine that would go over well if it were generally known to Sanford residents.

[beltfed308]

Miami is on the list. Does this make it third world?

Yes it does. Ever been to Miami? The airport itself speaks volumes as English is seldom heard or spoken. At least understandably.

[napscoordinator]

My entire state of Pennsylvania is not a Sanctuary City. You could have fooled me. lol.

[outdriving]

The excuse most often used for this is that illegals would not report common crime and cooperate with police.

The inference, of course, is that illegal presence is not itself a serious crime. Or even a crime at all. When clearly it is.

"Sanctuary" is just PC speak for we "Support, Accept, and Encourage the presence of illegal alien invaders and colonists.

[roaddog727]

Miami, FL.

Oh yeah. Definitely not enforced here.