It came in the form of an interview with Boston Herald Radio, where he opined that so-called “Sanctuary City” mayors who fail to turn in undocumented immigrants to the feds should be arrested (via Mediaite).
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“I’d additionally make them civilly liable in order that households, sufferer’s households might sue”. “Particularly if the prosecutors aren’t taking motion or the mayor’s not altering their methods, I might permit the households to go to courtroom to sue them civilly as nicely to get well damages”.
Joseph Curtatone, mayor of the sanctuary city Somerville, Massachusetts, joined Boston Herald Radio after Jindal’s segment and brushed off the comments as an attention-seeking tactic.
Jindal was able to reiterate his often-repeated themes during the debate.
Indian-American presidential hopeful Bobby Jindal could not make it to the first televised Republican presidential debate featuring top 10 party candidates led by real estate baron Donald Trump.
Recent polls have suggested that Jindal is ranked fourth in Iowa and has been attracting quite a sizable crowd in this State.
The Believe Again super PAC plans to run the ad on Fox News in Iowa during Thursday’s primetime debate, which will not include Jindal, The New York Times reported.
The rationale, according to supporters and law enforcement advocates, is that keeping cops from becoming surrogates for ICE builds community relationships and encourages immigrants to come forward if they witness crimes without fear that they will be deported. Jindal’s campaign responded, saying Curtatone’s “laissez-faire attitude is flat-out unsafe”.
“The Mayor has set up a safe haven for illegal immigrants in his city and his laissez-faire attitude is flat out risky”.
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There are a wide range of ways in which jurisdictions deal with ICE, ranging from those that comply completely to those where city employees are barred from questioning people about their immigration status and where the use of municipal resources can not be used to enforce immigration law. Bobby Jindal has been outspoken in his condemnation of sanctuary cities. “I thought Gov. Jindal got through without making a mistake, but I’m not sure he distinguished himself from the other candidates on the stage”. “We need leadership that is fair, compassionate and bold, in other words a serious discussion on immigration, and instead we get rhetoric that is intend to incite the mob”.
