Posted on 03/26/2024 10:37:16 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
In the wake of Laken Riley’s murder in Georgia, Athens-Clarke County Mayor Kelly Girtz condescendingly dismissed suggestions from the public and media that his county’s refusal to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may have been a contributing factor.
He also insisted that Athens-Clarke County is not a sanctuary jurisdiction, stating, “The term ‘sanctuary city’ doesn’t have a sole legal or procedural definition. That term means different things to different people, depending on the context of the discussion.”
Actually, the term “sanctuary city” doesn’t have any legal or procedural definition. Under the Supremacy Clause of the 10th Amendment, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” The Constitution delegates the powers to establish a uniform rule of naturalization, manage immigration and control our borders to the Federal Government. If a state disapproves of some aspect of immigration law, it may ask its representatives in Congress to change it – but it cannot unilaterally ignore that law or actively impede federal efforts to enforce it.
Nevertheless, for some time now, Athens-Clarke County has refused to honor requests that it hold criminal aliens for pick-up by ICE. So, despite Mayor Girtz’s claims to the contrary, it is a de facto sanctuary jurisdiction whether it has passed an ordinance to that effect or not.
Girtz’s semantic tap dancing, coupled with the fact that he seemed more concerned about not offending illegal aliens than he was about a ruthless assault on a young woman in his district, made the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) curious about what Girtz and his colleagues might be saying behind closed doors.
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I simply HATE these people. There’s no reconciliation with them.
because they’re #ing Rats
The WORDS of mayor Girtz.
I watched his post murder news conference. He came off as a callous snob. His main point was that it was a mistake to conflate open borders, unvetted illegal aliens and Democrat soft on crime policies as contributing factors to the cause of this murder. His hands were dripping with the blood of this poor girl. He was disgusting.
Hogwash. In most sanctuary cities & states, it is against statutes for the local police, jails, etc. to report an illegal to ICE.
Gritz should be worried. People have discovered his agreement to “resettle” illegal aliens in ACC and they are not happy. He apparently entered into that agreement without the knowledge of commissioners or other county/city leaders. It appears he didn’t even run the agreement by the city’s legal department.
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