Seattle mayor pens op-ed saying her city 'isn't afraid' of immigrants amid Trump sanctuary city plan
By Tal Axelrod - 04/12/19 08:38 PM EDT
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan (D) wrote that her city is not “afraid†of immigrants in response to President Trump's his proposal to send detained undocumented immigrants to “sanctuary cities."
“Here’s a message to President Trump: Seattle is not afraid of immigrants and refugees. In fact, we have always welcomed people who have faced tremendous hardships around the world. Immigrants and refugees are part of Seattle’s heritage, and they will continue to make us the city of the future,†she wrote in a Washington Post op-ed Friday.
“What does scare us? A president and federal government that would seek to weaponize a law enforcement agency to punish perceived political enemies. A would-be despot who thinks the rule of law does not apply to him…He is demonizing immigrants and refugees to incite fear and to distract the American public from his own failures.â€
Trump announced Friday that he is mulling sending the migrants to sanctuary cities, or cities that do not cooperate with federal immigration authorities through information-sharing or detaining immigrants, as a way to retaliate against Democrats.
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