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'Sanctuary cities' endangered by Trump order threatening to cut federal funds
The Manchester Guardian ^ | January 25, 2017 | Oliver Laughland in New York and Julia Carrie Wong in San Francisco

Posted on 01/25/2017 3:44:10 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

An executive order on “sanctuary cities” signed by Donald Trump on Wednesday has placed in the crosshairs over 400 cities and counties that offer some form of safe haven to America’s 11 million undocumented migrants.

These localities include some of the largest, most progressive metropolises in the United States, many of which have already begun preparations to fight one of Trump’s most aggressive campaign pledges – to force compliance with federal immigration agencies in a bid to ramp up deportations. The beginnings of that pledge that have now been formalised by executive action within Trump’s first week in office.

The order issued on Wednesday claims these jurisdictions “willfully violate federal law” causing “immeasurable harm to the American people”, and instructs the Department of Homeland Security [DHS] and the US Department of Justice [DoJ] to explore which cities could be in violation of federal law and ways of stripping sanctuary jurisdictions of federal grant money, which amounts to billions of dollars across many different federal agencies....

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: aliens; criminals; first100days; illegalcriminals; illegals; immigration; sanctuary; sanctuarycities; trump; trump45
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To: mumblypeg

It’s plain old theft of services

Try that on a train you get off the next stop if you don’t pay or sign the IOU

Yeah these illegals are pious-thou shalt not steal has no translation in the 3rd world


22 posted on 01/25/2017 5:05:05 PM PST by Phil DiBasquette
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Say, what does everyone think of a 99.9% tariff on monies transferred out of the US?

What? Did I hear someone suggest a 101% tariff?

Even better!


23 posted on 01/25/2017 5:08:49 PM PST by turfmann
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To: GraceG

Excellent analogy!!


24 posted on 01/25/2017 5:09:55 PM PST by grania
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The liberal fanical idiot talebans, always ready to welcome terrorists in their midsts.

We need to let them do it in some cities, and then watch the IsIs beheading start.


25 posted on 01/25/2017 5:11:38 PM PST by lavaroise (s)
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To: Garth Tater

to force compliance with federal immigration agencies laws
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Yes, I took note of that immediately. Just another instance of dishonest journalism.


26 posted on 01/25/2017 5:18:21 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (God, Guns, and Trump will save the USA)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good.


27 posted on 01/25/2017 7:24:25 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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