Sanctuary Cities’ Death Rattle Grows Louder
Commentary
August 12, 2024
By Brian Lonergan
While our society seems to be drowning in an unrelenting torrent of lies, propaganda, and half-truths, we may draw some comfort from the fact that, over time, many of history’s most outrageous deceptions eventually were conquered by truth. The Titanic was the great unsinkable ship, until it sunk. The Third Reich was supposed to rule for 1,000 years and was gone after 12. More recently, Joe Biden was proclaimed to be “sharp as a tack,” until the truth could no longer be concealed .
A similar inconvenient truth is now crashing into the once lauded concept of sanctuary cities. Sanctuary cities sound great to those who filter life through their emotions. Was it ever practical, however, to defy federal authority and declare large, metropolitan areas safe zones for foreign nationals who violate our immigration laws? No, but it did wonders for making supporters of the idea feel compassionate and superior to anyone who raised warning flags. And no politicians has been punished for advancing this project. Thus was born the sanctuary city concept in the 1980s, and it spread to communities throughout the land.
With a body of evidence spanning four decades now, it is time to judge sanctuary cities not by their pseudo-humanitarian goals, but by reality. Many of America’s largest, once-beautiful cities have been brought to their knees by overcrowding, crime, and the astronomical costs of providing for the never-ending flow of illegal aliens to their communities.
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