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Cyrus Vance Talks Sanctuary Cities
American Rattlesnake ^ | February 23, 2017 | Gerard Perry

Posted on 02/23/2017 10:20:30 AM PST by OddLane

The man you see (indistinctly) in the photo below is Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., who spoke before a packed crowd at the Women’s National Republican Club last night on a variety of subjects. Although the invitation I responded to billed the evening as a discussion of sanctuary cities, Vance did not address the topic until prompted by an audience member during the question and answer session, approximately 40 minutes or so after he began speaking. I can’t say I was surprised by his reluctance to address the subject, despite its topicality.

The New York County District Attorney’s office is charged with the prosecution of those who violate the laws of New York State. Those who violate federal law are prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York-a point Mr. Vance emphasized when I pressed him on a recent decision to release a violent, self-declared member of MS-13 who was in this country illegally from prison.

That said, his office does occasionally come into contact with illegal immigrants through their encounters with the New York Police Department, which he implicitly acknowledged when he spoke of protecting the status of those who had been victims of crimes while residing in this country illegally...

(Excerpt) Read more at american-rattlesnake.org ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: aliens; cyrusvance; newyorkcity; sanctuarycities

1 posted on 02/23/2017 10:20:30 AM PST by OddLane
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To: OddLane

Wasn’t his daddy Cyrus Vance SoS during Jimmy Carter?


2 posted on 02/23/2017 10:27:38 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer

Yup.


3 posted on 02/23/2017 10:29:35 AM PST by OddLane
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To: Gaffer

Yes daddy was a RAT politico also. More royal political families for us to have to deal with. Good grief.


4 posted on 02/23/2017 10:33:34 AM PST by rod1 (CTLY)
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To: OddLane

Not good enough to get invited to CPAC


5 posted on 02/23/2017 10:42:20 AM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: bigbob

LOL.


6 posted on 02/23/2017 10:44:45 AM PST by OddLane
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To: OddLane

I was gonna ask if Cyrus Vance was still alive, when I read it was Jr.


7 posted on 02/23/2017 8:44:51 PM PST by SuziQ
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