Posted on 03/28/2017 8:00:43 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Responding to the latest warnings by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions that Department of Justice funds will be withheld from sanctuary cities, Mayor Eric Garcetti said Monday he will fight efforts by the Trump administration to take away federal funding needed for law enforcement in Los Angeles.
Garcetti said that such actions would be unconstitutional, adding that the city’s policies are “designed to keep our residents safe.”
“Slashing funds for first-responders, for our port and airport, for counterterrorism, crime-fighting and community-building serves no one — not this city, not the federal government, not the American people,” he said. “We will fight to protect the safety and dignity of all Angelenos, and we will work closely with our representatives in Congress to make sure that Los Angeles does not go without federal resources that help protect millions of people every day.”
Among the Justice Department grants received by the city of Los Angeles in recent years include $1.8 million from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, which goes to the city’s initiative for reducing criminal gang activity.
The city also was awarded $1 million last year from the Justice Department to be put toward a $69 million program to equip all police officers in the field with body cameras.
It was not immediately clear how much funding could be at risk if Los Angeles were deemed a sanctuary city.
Sessions said local jurisdictions seeking U.S. Department of Justice grants must first demonstrate they are not sanctuary cities, by proving they are in compliance with Section 1373 of U.S. Code Title 8, which requires notification of federal officials about the immigration status of people in local custody. The policy was issued under the Barack Obama administration in 2016.
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He is loyal to Mexico.
And he is disloyal to the USA.
Go suck it, L.A.
Won’t be long and you will need a passport to enter and leave the once great state of Mexifornia.
[Garcetti said that such actions would be unconstitutional]
LOL He’s worrying about constitutionality?
The democrats are the ones fighting for decentralized government and the republicans are on the side of centralized government.
I'm not sure what to think.
A humorous way of announcing that Elizabeth Chou wasn't able to find the answer by Googling it.
What a joke the MSM is.
These liberals get dumber by the minute.
Should correct the title to say “Mexican Mayor of Los Angeles vows.....blah, blah, blah....”
There’s yer trouble right there.
We want your money.
But not your laws.
If some self-centered low IQ liberal (but I repeat myself) judge tries the injunction trick, it is long past time for some Mexican style retribution for those judges.
After all, it IS Mexifornia.
Really, what other course is there?
PING
Fine. Just lock his sorry ass up for violating his oath of office, Federal law, and encouraging others to violate the law. In a more sane time, this would be recognized for the anarchy it is.
Will POTUS DJT have his defunding of so called sanctuary cities thwarted by an activist liberal judge?
You take the Kings Gold, You do the Kings Bidding.
Pretty simple.
BTW It was Fedzilla under Obama that took Arizona to court claiming they were the sole Enforcer of Immigration. Courts agreed.
So Suck it, Liberals. You want to house, feed, educate the freeloading Criminal Invaders? Pay for it with your OWN money.
you can’t have it both ways.
If you are democrat you can have it any way you want- well used to be true until Trump came along
LA already is Mexico City Del Norte.
“Slashing funds for first-responders, for our port and airport, for counterterrorism, crime-fighting”
Wait....is this asshole saying that if the Feds make them remove criminals from the city it is somehow going to make the city more dangerous?
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