Ouch. That one is going to sting a bit!!!
Texas cuts funding to Travis County over ‘sanctuary city’ policy
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-texas-idUSKBN15H07Y
Texas Governor Greg Abbott made good on his promise to cut $1.5 million in grant money to Travis County after the county sheriff said she would limit her department’s cooperation with federal immigration officers, county officials said on Wednesday.
Travis County includes the Texas capital Austin, which is a so-called “sanctuary city”.
Abbott spokeswoman Ciara Matthews said the money that would be withheld from Travis County is a series of one-time criminal justice grants totaling $1.8 million. About $300,000 of that has already been spent, but she said the governor would not try to claw back that money.
Sanctuary cities in general offer safe harbor to illegal immigrants and often do not use municipal funds or resources to advance the enforcement of federal immigration laws. Sanctuary city is not an official designation.
In January, newly elected Sheriff Sally Hernandez said in a statement on the Sheriff’s Office website that she was “following all state and federal laws, and upholding constitutional rights to due process for all in our criminal justice system. Our community is safer when people can report crimes without fear of deportation.”
“and upholding constitutional rights to due process for all in our criminal justice system.” Hate to break the news to the Sheriff but illegals have no constitutional rights.
.... Our community is safer when people can report crimes without fear of deportation....
That is a typical liberal Democrat smoke and mirrors deflecton, a weak attempt to justify their acts.
Just like they dropped “gun control” and changed it to
“gun safety.”
Just like when “global warming” failed, it changed to “climate change”
Soooo, then, Sheriff, how many of those released were arrested just for reporting a crime?