What Curtatone finds so idiotic, he has said since Donald Trump’s blockbuster immigration speech this week, are his attacks on “sanctuary cities”-places like Somerville, where local government doesn’t prioritize finding and arresting people without legal immigration status and limits cooperation with federal immigration officials”. Also that day Democratic vice presidential pick Tim Kaine will deliver what’s being called a “major national security address” in Wilmington.
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Trump has made immigration a central issue in his campaign, promising to build a wall on the Mexican border and making Mexico pay for it. They have existed since the 1980s, and returned to the spotlight last year after a 32-year-old San Francisco woman was allegedly killed by an undocumented immigrant with a felony record who was deported five times. “Cities that refuse to cooperate with federal authorities will not receive taxpayer dollars, and we will work with Congress to pass legislation to protect those jurisdictions that do assist federal authorities”.
Jessica M. Vaughan, director of policy studies for the Center, said that the newest sanctuaries are in Kentucky, three near Lexington and one near Cincinnati. The Department of Justice, under pressure from House Republicans, has begun warning the sanctuary areas of federal funding cuts if the continue to snub federal requests for illegal immigrants held in jails.
“These undocumented immigrants that Donald Trump is attacking, they’re our neighbors”.
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A detainer is the primary tool used by ICE to gain custody of criminal aliens for deportation.
