Sanctuary Mayors: Banty Roosters Crowing as a New Day Dawns
By Dan Cadman, January 27, 2017
The Washington Post published an article on January 26 titled "Trump's intervention into policing, voting and immigration sets up showdown with America's largest cities". Several mayors throughout the country are quoted reacting to recent statements by our newly inaugurated president about policing and immigration.
The statements are what we are coming to expect from any number of state and local officials who step up to declaim their newfound fondness for "federalism" — code for state and local rights, at least as envisioned by these banty roosters as they condemn President Trump's assertion that he may use federal officers to aid in quelling out-of-control crime and homicide rates in some locales, most notably Chicago, which has become the new Murder Capitol of America. He may additionally withhold federal monies from jurisdictions that impede the lawful functioning of the nation's immigration laws through sanctuary policies that shield illegal aliens, almost invariably criminal aliens who have been arrested by the police, from the reach of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
For instance according to the article, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh (D) said "You are safe in Boston. If necessary, we will use City Hall itself to protect anyone who is targeted unjustly." What, exactly, is the "injustice" in taking custody of illegal aliens, particularly alien criminals, and subjecting them to due process in the immigration courts for a judge to make a decision as to whether they should be deported?
http://cis.org/cadman/sanctuary-mayors-banty-roosters-crowing-new-day-dawns
