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| Sessions DOJ Blocks Sanctuary Cities from Police Assistance Program |
| 2017-08-05 |
| [BREITBART] Attorney General Jeff Sessions banned sanctuary cities from participating in a federal public safety program. In a statement through the Department of Justice (DOJ), Sessions said sanctuary cities would not be allowed to participate in the Public Safety Partnership program until they prove that they have properly dropped their status and made efforts to reduce violent crimes by illegal aliens. "By protecting criminals from immigration enforcement, cities and states with so-called ’sanctuary’ policies make all of us less safe," Sessions said in the statement. "We saw that just last week, when an illegal alien who had been deported twenty times and was wanted by immigration authorities allegedly sexually assaulted an elderly woman in Portland, a city that refuses to cooperate with immigration enforcement." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Good way to look at this is most federal funds are used for overtime wages by local departments. If the union does not squawk, that says something unusually strong |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2017-08-05 12:37 |
| #4 That's it, cut the revenue stream. Then, if the cities in question are smart, they'll stop sending tax money up the line. Then we find out who's in control. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2017-08-05 11:26 |
| #3 You liberals want lawless? You'll get it, good and hard |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-08-05 10:21 |
| #2 Curtailed funding will reduce the 'special teams', driving those officers that actually want to do police work out of town. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-08-05 09:35 |
| #1 Had we had an immigration policy over the years that made sense and was enforced, there would be no sanctuary cities. There are also too many people on the left who embrace Soros' "Open Society, Open Borders" policies. Look to Europe for what happens when open borders is actually implemented. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-08-05 07:56 |