L.A. Councilmember: Illegal Immigrants Are So Crucial We Should Accept Budget Cuts over Sanctuary Status
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Ian Hanchett4 Jan 2025701
During an interview with KQED on Friday, Los Angeles City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez responded to a question on how much pain the city should be willing to take if the Trump administration cuts federal funding to the city over its sanctuary status by stating that “considering how much” illegal immigrants “are of the fabric of the city of Los Angeles,” “we have to do whatever we can to keep our families whole.” And “we can be innovative with our budget and we can find different ways to reassess where we’re spending our dollars to put them into more effective places. Because we cannot afford not to protect these people, not to keep families together, whole economies would break down in the city of Los Angeles if we were to lose a substantial number of our immigrant communities.”
KQED host Saul Gonzalez asked, “And if the Trump administration tries to take retribution against Los Angeles, namely by cutting federal funds for all kinds of things, things that are probably really important to your constituents, how much pain do you think we should endure to make sure the undocumented are protected in L.A.?”
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/01/04/l-a-councilmember-illegal-immigrants-are-so-crucial-we-should-accept-budget-cuts-over-sanctuary-status/
