Number of sanctuary cities nears 500
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Nearly 500 jurisdictions are now sanctuary cities, according to a group that’s tracked the issue for more than a decade, and who said there’s been a massive surge in the number of places trying to thwart federal immigration agents since President Trump’s election.
The Ohio Jobs & Justice Political Action Committee has added more than three dozen new cities and counties to its list in 2017 alone, as jurisdictions rush to try to shield illegal immigrants from what they expect to be a new push for deportations under Mr. Trump.
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This story should have been posted but maybe hasn't and really is national news.
That 500 figure boggles the mind; that's an average of 10 per state. Of course, some states will have many such cities, some other states will have very few and possibly none at all.
