[Kid Shelleen]

What could be worth losing millions of dollars in funding to protect illegals?
The under ground illegal immigration industry and voting power must be a lot bigger than we think. Maybe George Bush can adddress this issue instead of attacking Trump

[gr8eman]

All their troubles are Trump’s fault? I don’t think that will fly even in a liberal cesspool like Philly

[Qiviut]

Self-inflicted.

[yoe]

Trump merely keeping his promises; amazing, the man has only been in office a day or two over a month....

[RummyChick]

It really is mind boggling. They are advocating breaking the law. You must have come up with the reason why..not much else makes sense.

[catnipman]

“The city received more than $340 million in federal grants in fiscal year 2015, much of it targeted by the Trump administration under an executive order to pull funding from so-called sanctuary cities”

I don’t see what the problem is; can’t philly just increase their soda tax some more to fund their sanctuariness?

[puppypusher]

Look.I see a win here.All these sanctuary city’s have too do is follow the law to get there funds back.

[stylin19a]

RATs think grants are infinite?
I guessing part of the 340 million grant went to protect
the very people that is going to cost them the grant(s).
be-u-ti-ful !

[60Gunner]

Oh, I get it. It's TRUMP'S fault that the Philly is being punished because the city's leadership chooses to violate the law, knowing that there are penalties for doing so.

If ya don't like it, Philly, then you need to sh!tcan your leaders. Otherwise, get stuffed.

[ExpatCanuck]

Love the headline - it’s all Trump’s fault. Typical liberal crap.

[jiggyboy]

They’re looking at losing almost a billion dollars. Ten thousand bucks per illegal they’re harboring? Now that’s how you stand on principle. Unbelievable.

[Disestablishmentarian]

It’s obvious these politicians do not answer to the people of Philadelphia.

I wonder to whom they are actually beholden?

[Moonman62]

What could be worth losing millions of dollars in funding to protect illegals?

...

I can tell you that illegal aliens are key to a long term strategy by crooked politicians to keep our government as corrupt as possible.

[vladimir998]

Well, they can just raise the soda tax again and make up the difference (snicker!).

https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2017/02/23/philly-soda-tax-news-just-in-shock-horror-people-dodge-taxes/#28d6694cd58e

[HarleyD]

Choices have consequences.

[lacrew]

Looks like that’s almost a quarter of their budget:

http://www.phila.gov/openbudget/

The fact that 20-25% of their budget is from grants is the real crime.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

They can always raise the soda tax... yeah, that’s the ticket!

[ealgeone]

Votes. Plain and simple.

[HamiltonJay]

Losing nearly a BILLION because citizens rate second to illegals in Philly government.

[Garth Tater]

What could be worth losing millions of dollars in funding to protect illegals?

The destruction through programmed chaos and demographic change of the one country standing in the globalist NWO cabal's final implementation of their plan for total domination of the planet. That, and a bit of maintaining the old voter base.

[DannyTN]

I think that the Federal government created incentives to be sanctuary cities.

They are willing to risk millions of dollars in loss of funding to be sanctuary cities, because they aren’t willing to give up millions of dollars by ceasing to be one.

They are between a rock and a hard place. And they are in denial about which is worse.