We are now in an era of very Strong States Rights where the Federal Government is screwed up and weak

I think the Trump Administration is just so very very weak and being attacked from all sides and likely is going to do down to defeat in the fall 2018 elections for a variety of reasons that this sanctuary issue is eventually going to go to the individual states over time. States rights I think have to increase simply because the Federal Government is completely dysfunctional. So, basically right now we have 50 states that are more like countries at this point joined by a common military. States that now have this much power are NOT going to give into the Federal government any time soon on sanctuary cities.

 

The reason: Illegals will NOT go to law enforcement officials regarding illegal things in their cities without sanctuary rights. Cities and States become 10 times or more dangerous if they don't have sanctuary cities. States have no reason at all financially or realistically to give up sanctuary cities even if they have to secede from the U.S. to do it.  So, the danger now for the Federal government is this likely could result in states seceding from the Federal Government (especially California and New York) that are wealthy enough to do this rather than give up sanctuary cities.

The present federal government under Trump is stupid and dysfunctional completely so states have to fill in for all the craziness and stupidity of Trump. They won't give up sanctuary cities at all.

 

 

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Trump Administration Steps up Fight With 'Sanctuary Cities'

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Trump Administration Steps up Fight With 'Sanctuary Cities'

Jan. 24, 2018, at 12:10 p.m.

Trump Administration Steps up Fight With 'Sanctuary Cities'

FILE PHOTO: Immigrant supporters protest during the Los Angeles City Council ad hoc committee on immigration meeting to discuss the city's response to threats by the Trump administration to cut funding from Los Angeles and other jurisdictions which federal officials say are providing sanctuary to illegal immigrants arrested for crimes, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 30, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo Reuters

By Sarah N. Lynch

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday escalated its battle with so-called sanctuary cities that protect illegal immigrants from deportation, demanding documents on whether local law enforcement agencies are illegally withholding information from U.S. immigration authorities.

The U.S. Justice Department said it was seeking records from 23 jurisdictions, including America's three largest cities - New York, Los Angeles and Chicago - as well as three states, California, Illinois and Oregon.

The administration has accused sanctuary cities of violating a federal law that requires state and local authorities to share information about people they arrest, including suspected illegal immigrants, with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.

Many of the jurisdictions have said they already are in full compliance with the law. Some sued the administration after the Justice Department threatened to cut off millions of dollars in federal public safety grants to sanctuary cities. The cities have won in lower courts but the legal fight is ongoing.

The Republican president's fight with the Democratic-governed sanctuary cities, an issue that appeals to his hard-line conservative supporters, began just days after he took office last year when he signed an executive order saying he would block funding to municipalities that failed to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. The order has since been blocked by a federal court.

"If these jurisdictions fail to respond to our request, fail to respond completely or fail to respond in a timely manner, we will exercise our lawful authorities and issue subpoenas for the information," said a senior Justice Department official, briefing reporters on condition of anonymity.

Supporters of the sanctuary movement say enlisting local law enforcement officers' support in rounding up immigrants for deportation undermines trust in local police.

The sanctuary cities issue is part of Trump's broader crackdown on illegal immigrants living in the United States. As a candidate, he threatened to deport all roughly 11 million of them. As president, he has sought to step up deportations and rescinded protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought into the country illegally as children.

'RULE OF LAW'

"Protecting criminal aliens from federal immigration authorities defies common sense and undermines the rule of law," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement.

Following the announcement, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Twitter he would skip a previously planned meeting at the White House in light of the Justice Department's decision to "renew their racist assault on our immigrant communities. It doesn’t make us safer and it violates America's core values."

Other jurisdictions on the list targeted by the Justice Department include: Denver; San Francisco; the Washington state county that includes Seattle; Louisville, Kentucky; California's capital Sacramento; New York's capital Albany, Mississippi's capital Jackson; West Palm Beach, Florida; the county that includes Albuquerque, New Mexico; and others.

Certain sanctuary cities such as Philadelphia were not on the Justice Department's list due to pending litigation.

The Justice Department said it has previously contacted all of the jurisdictions on its list but said it is not satisfied that they are in compliance with the law.

The Justice Department last year threatened to withhold certain public safety grants to sanctuary cities if they fail to adequately share information with ICE, prompting legal battles in Chicago, San Francisco and Philadelphia.

In the Chicago case, a federal judge issued a nationwide injunction barring the Justice Department from withholding what is known as Byrne JAG grant money to sanctuary cities on the grounds that its action was likely unconstitutional. This funding is typically used to help local police improve crime-fighting techniques, buy equipment and assist crime victims.