Posted on 10/07/2019 12:08:40 PM PDT by jazusamo
Despite Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser declaring the nation's capital a "sanctuary city" for those who violate federal immigration law, one city councilman believes that additional legislation is needed to prevent Immigration and Customs Enforcement from removing illegal aliens from the city.
WTOP reports that Ward Six Councilman Charles Allen has called for an emergency meeting this Tuesday to discuss a new bill that he says would stop all city agencies from cooperating with ICE unless given an explicit court order. This means that local police and other D.C. government officials would be barred from "sharing information with ICE, complying with detainer requests or allowing ICE agents to enter city facilities, such as the jail, juvenile justice facilities and St. Elizabeths Hospital," according to Anagha Srikanth.
D.C. correctional facilities are currently required by law to notify ICE at least 48 hours before releasing an illegal alien from custody. Allen argues that this infringes upon people's liberties.
"The District has a responsibility to ensure that all residents are respected and able to interact with public safety officials without fear of adverse civil immigration action," Allen's bill argues.
Other council members agree with Allen.
"For 2 years I've asked DOC abt its cooperation with ICE because I believe we need to fully live up to our #sanctuarycity status. I'm proud to be a co-introducer of emergency legislation the Council will take up next week to further limit cooperation w/ICE," council member-at-large David Grosso tweeted.
For 2 years I've asked DOC abt its cooperation with ICE because I believe we need to fully live up to our #sanctuarycity status. I'm proud to be a co-introducer of emergency legislation the Council will take up next week to further limit cooperation w/ICE: http://bit.ly/2o5iDc6
ICE has long argued that policies like those in D.C. endanger American lives. By ignoring detainer requests, acting New England ICE field director Michael Lyons said last December that law enforcement is "always two steps behind any criminal alien."
The President should declare martial law and state that DC, NY and CA are in open rebellion and arrest the government of those entities.
No more sanctuary city bs.
And the corporate media at the same time for sedition.
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Well said, I couldn’t agree more.
I’ve no doubt the leftist commies are doing everything they possibly can to destroy our nation as we’ve known it.
Bump!
So DC is holding a secession vote?
Hispanics read better than the average D.C. citizen?
quacks like a rebel duck
waddles like a rebel duck
...you know the rest
Arrest the traitors.
It’s time to abolish this asinine District, give the sh*tholes to the two adjacent states and America will keep our precious artifacts,museums,documents etc. I am indifferent to the rest of the swamp capitol government but it is time to remove the sacred name of our greatest American Washington from D.C. swamp sh*thole.
If it is in a state of insurrections, Trump oughta roll tanks right up the middle of Constitution avenue.
Exactly. Trump oughta send troops to arrest the Mayor for interference with Federal immigration operations.
The U.S. Senate can simply ban the federal payment that is made to D.C. each year if full cooperation with all federal agencies is not provided. The failure is not in home rule but in the Republican cowards that control the senate.
I guess you can say Congressional rule is a failure.
What the hell is wrong with these people?
You can’t run a country like this, else you soon won’t have a country.
There used to be several magazines for carpenters, builders etc that were published in both English and Spanish. I had lunch with one of the editors who told me that they discontinued the Spanish versions because the Hispanic company owners and managers preferred English and the Spanish speakers were for the most part illiterate.
You couldn’t be more right, it seems like they work overtime to to destroy us.
Another commiecrat run city moving toward shithole 3rd world status.
They will never learn. They are simply incapable. More proof dems are mentally ill.
“Hispanics read better than the average D.C. citizen?”
We stayed a week in downtown DC and whites were clearly the minority.
Hispanics and Asians #1 and #2, Muslims #3, blacks #4, whites #5.
We stayed at the Westin and all the employees were Hispanics or Asian or muslim
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