Cities baffled as Jeff Sessions targets them for illegal immigration efforts

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 Cities baffled as Jeff Sessions targets them for illegal immigration efforts

 

    Sadie Gurman and Russell Contreras
    Associated Press   

August 4, 2017 Albuquerque, N.M.—Attorney General Jeff Sessions took new steps Thursday to punish cities he believes are not cooperating with federal immigration agents in a move that was met with bewilderment by local officials who said they did not know why they were being singled out.

The Justice Department sent letters to four cities struggling with gun violence, telling them they would not be eligible for a program that provides money to combat drug trafficking and gang crime unless they give federal immigration authorities access to jails and notify agents before releasing inmates wanted on immigration violations....

https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2017/0804/Cities-baffled-as-Jeff-Sessions-targets-them-for-illegal-immigration-efforts

[Fishrrman]

"Attorney General Jeff Sessions took new steps Thursday to punish cities he believes are not cooperating with federal immigration agents in a move that was met with bewilderment by local officials who said they did not know why they were being singled out."

If they can't figure this out on their own, no amount of 'splainin's gonna help...