Posted on 02/21/2017 3:43:36 PM PST by xzins
An overwhelming majority of Americans believe that cities that arrest illegal immigrants for crimes should be required to turn them over to federal authorities.
The poll shows that President Trump has broad public support in his effort to crack down on sanctuary cities.
A survey from HarvardHarris Poll provided exclusively to The Hill found that 80 percent of voters say local authorities should have to comply with the law by reporting to federal agents the illegal immigrants they come into contact with.
As it stands, hundreds of cities across the nation many with Democratic mayors or city councils are refusing to do so.
Trump has signed an executive order directing Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly to find ways to starve these sanctuary cities of federal funding. A Reuters analysis found the top 10 sanctuary cities in the U.S. receive $2.27 billion in federal funding for programs ranging from public health services to early childhood education.
Kelly is expected to hire thousands of new immigration enforcement agents with broad authority to detain and deport those in the country illegally, potentially setting up a showdown between the federal government and sanctuary cities.
The HarvardHarris Poll survey found strong support for an overhaul of the nation's immigration laws, with 77 percent saying they support comprehensive immigration reform against only 23 percent who oppose.
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I suspect that without the grab video during the campaign that Trump would have taken all except cali, ny, ill. He was surging when they broke that video, and they used it then because they had to.
I’d like to get the chance to defund them cut the budget. Hope the mayors remain stupid.
I'd love to see how the Harris poll worded that particular question.
They obviously slanted it in some way to obtain that result, given that three quarters of the American people have consistently said that they want the illegals to return to their countries of origin.
I think most only hear “reform” and don’t have a clue about the cir bill
This is the issue that will kill Democrats. Republicans have avoided it for fear of racism charges, but with people’s attention on this and seeing Democrats for it will kill their party.
Deplorable racists./s
Hope is all he has, apparently. He voted in lockstep with the lefties then took the coward’s way out when asked some very simple, practical questions about the ramifications.
The First Amendment dodge was as bizarre as it was irrelevant. It doesn’t require a vote of the council or the dogcatcher department to exercise or endorse free speech. Moreover, free speech may have serious consequences that can’t be excused away by claiming that it was all harmless rhetoric.
Sanctuary city, streetcar debacle, tying the hands of police - it seems Cincinnati is determined to undo all the good since 2000-2001.
Here’s a poll by 451 research / “451 Global Digital Infrastructure Alliance” regarding IT trends and the impact of Trump’s presidency on them: https://survey.451research.com/SE/?SID=SV_0dD9EQweymgRK2V
I didn’t want to post an article specifically for this. Maybe you want to, or not...
I thought it was interesting.
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