Posted on 02/21/2017 2:03:10 PM PST by davikkm
(Harvard Harris) Poll - Americans overwhelmingly oppose sanctuary cities
The Hill | 02/21/17 | JONATHAN EASLEY
An overwhelming majority of Americans believe that cities that arrest illegal immigrants for crimes should be required to turn them over to federal authorities.
The poll shows that President Trump has broad public support in his effort to crack down on sanctuary cities.
A survey from Harvard–Harris Poll provided exclusively to The Hill found that 80 percent of voters say local authorities should have to comply with the law by reporting to federal agents the illegal immigrants they come into contact with.
As it stands, hundreds of cities across the nation — many with Democratic mayors or city councils — are refusing to do so.
Trump has signed an executive order directing Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly to find ways to starve these sanctuary cities of federal funding. A Reuters analysis found the top 10 sanctuary cities in the U.S. receive $2.27 billion in federal funding for programs ranging from public health services to early childhood education.
Kelly is expected to hire thousands of new immigration enforcement agents with broad authority to detain and deport those in the country illegally, potentially setting up a showdown between the federal government and sanctuary cities.
The Harvard–Harris Poll survey found strong support for an overhaul of the nation's immigration laws, with 77 percent saying they support comprehensive immigration reform against only 23 percent who oppose.
I’m still not moving back ;)
He’s got to start somewhere. As they are rounded up, many will self-deport. Under Operation Wetback, 25% were deported and the rest left on their own.
Trump said he feels for the dreamers. he won’t reverse it.
I’m not happy about that. plus he should’ve added that anyone deported wouldn’t be allowed to return legally, ever. that would speed up the self-deportations and save money. he should also have said e-verify and punishment of employers hiring illegals will be enforced.
but I’ll take this! it’s beyond my wildest dreams that I would live to see this happening (but I’m still not moving back to Mexifornia)
FIRST, cancel every unconstitutional executive action, memorandum and order issued by President Obama
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Right there.
DACA is an unconstitutional executive action.
If he does not end it, it becomes Trump’s unconstitutional executive action.
This is better than what we would have gotten from Yeb! or the ineligibles, but it is breaking a campaign promise.
Immigration law is law and DACA is not.
Nice when ICE does their job.
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He’s got to start somewhere. As they are rounded up, many will self-deport. Under Operation Wetback, 25% were deported and the rest left on their own.
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Starting somewhere = enforcing ALL the Laws...It’s his JOB now.
I have no doubt they would self-depot knowing there was NO ‘wiggle room’ anymore.
Even more so once the DOJ starts prosecuting these lawless counties/cities/etc.
How do you plan on deporting all 20 million illegals in one day?
I’d like to see them instantaneously gone but it won’t happen. And will be cheaper for us if the scurry themselves over the border.
I’d like to see Trump go after the other laws, like you said. Prosecute employers that hire them, kick them off of government handouts-and prosecute any civil servants that let them have it.
I know. I’m disappointed.
Having escaped Mexifornia, these ‘dreamers’ are nothing more than users. They grew up speaking Spanish, loving their home country, having disdain for the US while getting free college and taking the place of an American student, so they can major in Latin American studies.
They are as bad as the rest. Probably worse.
Did I say, or give the impression, of ‘one day’? I don’t believe anyone here is naive enough to think *anything* can be done, especially in\of\from govt, instantaneously.
But, as I pointed out, he’s not doing his job (IE: enforcing any\all laws on the books, aka equal under the law) fully.
Still, if I were Prez for a day, I’d give a 30-day ‘heads-up’: Deportations will continue as they have, but any/all (illegals, govt employees, sanc. cities, etc.) will be *aggressively* prosecuted after the 30-day is up; paid by the illegal gains in assets that can sold off. Govt employees would immediately lose all pensions/benefits/perks.
I've noticed the same thing - many of the children of illegal Mexican and Central American immigrants are worse than the parents in many ways. Usually the parents work - they can't possibly earn enough with their low skill, sub-minumum wage jobs to provide for their families of 10 or more, but they do work. In contrast, their kids tend to grow up to be La Raza activist types if they go to college, or gang members if they don't. "Dreamers" indeed!
Exactly. Obama and his allies may have gotten us into this mess with the DREAM act, but the ball is now in President Trump's court. I understand Trump's need to compromise on certain issues (like cabinet appointments) in order to appease GOP Congressmen and Senators whose cooperation he needs in the future to get legislation passed. This isn't one of those issues.
Pay attention to Trump approach. He’s doing things incrementally and letting the left lose it over small changes that are pretty popular. Once the left has blown all their outrage for no effect then he shifts to slightly less popular measures and the left find’s itself ineffective in stopping them. Winning bit by bit is far more effective than trying to win all at once.
The DREAM Act is not an Act, it never passed Congress.
Obama illegally implemented it anyway with an executive order.
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