Posted on 04/13/2019 5:15:31 PM PDT by Mariner
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. mayors said on Friday their cities would welcome illegal immigrants, dismissing President Donald Trump's threats to transport people detained at the border to "sanctuary cities" as illustrating the White House's callous approach to the issue.
Trump confirmed on Twitter that he wanted to transport people detained in his immigration crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border to sanctuary cities, an informal designation for localities that refrain from assisting federal immigration authorities in detaining people living in the country illegally.
Mayors from across the country were quick to respond to Trump's latest portrayal of immigrants and sanctuary cities as threats.
In New York City, where nearly 40 percent of the population are immigrants, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Trump's immigration policy was rooted in cruelty.
"He uses people like pawns," de Blasio said in a statement. "New York City will always be the ultimate city of immigrants – the President's empty threats won't change that."
In Philadelphia, known as the city of brotherly love, Mayor Jim Kenney said in a statement that his city "would be prepared to welcome these immigrants just as we have embraced our immigrant communities for decades." He said the White House was demonstrating "the utter contempt that the Trump Administration has for basic human dignity."
The Republican president has made cracking down on illegal and legal immigration a centerpiece of his administration, and has regularly threatened to try to cut federal funding to programs in generally Democratic-leaning sanctuary cities, counties and states.
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“Feel bad for the folks in Democrat sanctuaries, but they’ve had decades of heads up to get out of Dodge and/or vote for some not-insane leadership already.”
Black gangs and Mexican/Hispanic gangs fight existential wars. I mean wars of elimination. Total scorched earth stuff.
That will play out in every one of these cities within a year of arrival by the “immigrants”.
Because what everyone knows but never says is that Blacks and “Mexicans” hate each other. And it plays out in every prison in America. Whites are actually able to survive there because of that higher-level animus.
They just need to be told it’s the best and safest place to be. They should tell their friends and family to come join them because they are safe and have the best benefits.
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