Durbin says Chicago and other sanctuary cities are too poor to help feds enforce immigration law
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Sen. Richard J. Durbin said Wednesday that Chicago’s sanctuary city policy isn’t about protecting illegal immigrants, but rather a matter of poverty. The city doesn’t have enough money to turn over illegal immigrants to federal authorities.
“Come on Uncle Sam, where’s the money?” Mr. Durbin, Illinois Democrat, said in a hearing called to look at gangs’ prevalence among illegal immigrants.
He insisted that Chicago and Cook County are eager to keep serious criminals and other gang members out of their communities but said it’s up to the federal government to fund the training he said local authorities need.
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