Mayors from cities around the US have vowed to resist President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, despite Trump’s pledge to strip so-called “sanctuary cities” of federal funding if they don’t comply.
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Mayor Daniel Rivera said Wednesday President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to cut off federal aid to “sanctuary cities” that protect illegal aliens from being turned over to immigration authorities will not affect Lawrence.
New York City’s Bill de Blasio, Chicago’s Rahm Emanuel and Seattle’s Ed Murray are among those in “sanctuary cities” that have tried to soothe anxious immigrant populations.
Despite the frustrations of federal immigration enforcers, there are practical reasons for why sanctuary cities do what they do.
Wesson said he wants the City Council to create a new position of immigrant advocate and come up with strategies for protecting all federal grants, loans and other funds during the Trump administration. “You are secure in Chicago and you are supported in Chicago”, Emanuel said, according to ABC-owned station WLS.
Laura Gomez, interim dean of social sciences at UCLA, said that while the campus hasn’t been designated a sanctuary, it is committed to making sure its undocumented students will have the resources they need in the coming years. Federal data show that about 1.9 million immigrants are subject to deportation because of criminal convictions, but that figure includes immigrants who are in the country legally.
“After everything gets normalized, we are going to make a determination on the people that you’re talking about”.
Immigration was a top issue in his campaign, and President-elect Donald Trump’s promises are about to be put to the test.
The leaders of three East Bay sanctuary cities are sending unambiguous signals that they will try to protect immigrants against xenophobic federal policies that the incoming Trump administration is expected to adopt. He also said he plans to deport millions of criminals who are living in the country illegally. It does not mean, as its wording might suggest, that undocumented immigrants who commit crimes enjoy shelter and coverage from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, who are in charge of deportation operations. We are not going to work in conjunction with Homeland Security on deportation efforts. They don’t believe some people should have to listen to the law and they are proactively supportive of government officials and elected officials who believe that they don’t have to listen to the law.
“This is the only time I remember enforcement raids on families of women and children who are fleeing some of the most violent places on the planet, ‘ says Royce Bernstein Murray, director of policy for the National Immigrant Justice Center”.
“Chicago has been a city of immigrants since it was founded”.
You may have heard of sanctuary cities in the United States, but have you heard of a “sanctuary campus”?
“I think people are largely taking it out of context what he [Trump] is capable of”, he said.
“Block funding for sanctuary cities”.
Trump didn’t elaborate on his plans for cracking down on the cities.
Mayor Jim Kenney said last week that his city will not change its policies around immigration detainers, calling laws that target sanctuary policies “incredibly unsafe”, according to Philly.com.
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“I’ve been in touch with mayors [from NY and L.A.] and I’ve told them we’re going to stand together on this”, Elorza told the Providence Journal Sunday.
