Posted on 07/23/2015 9:13:37 AM PDT by jazusamo
Says legalization is best way to deal with criminals
The White House vowed Thursday to veto a bill to punish sanctuary cities, instead calling on Congress to legalize illegal immigrants as the way to solve the problem of criminals who shouldn’t be on the streets.
The threat came just hours before the House was expected to pass a bill that would withhold money from states or localities that don’t abide by a federal law that requires them to cooperate when federal immigration authorities request help identifying illegal immigrants.
But the White House Office of Management and Budget said that “threatens the civil rights of all Americans.”
Sanctuary cities have become a target in the immigration debate after the July 1 murder of Kathryn Steinle, who was walking Pier 14 in San Francisco with her father when she was shot. The man implicated in the murder was deported five times before and had an extensive felony record, but had been released by San Francisco, rather than turned over to federal authorities for deportation, under its sanctuary policy.
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Exactly.
This should make it clear to everyone who didn’t know it before that he is not looking out for us but just the opposite.
Whether he vetoes or not, if the Congress doesn't appropriate money for it, the money doesn't go out ... correct?
Pass it anyway and make him veto it. Then pass a law restricting selling fetal body parts . Make him veto that. Then make him veto a law building a border fence. Make him veto common sense legislation every day. Make him look like the extremist he really is.
Exactly! If we had decent leadership running Congress that’s precisely what they’d do.
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