President Trump Keeps Promise to Make Sanctuary Cities Face Consequences

Published:  

Breitbart News -- Lee Stranahan

In his effort to force cities to cooperate with federal law enforcement and protect American sovieegntry, President Trump may have allies at the state level, as USA Today reports:

Help won’t be hard to find. Republicans in Congress, including Rep. Duncan Hunter of California and Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, have tried in recent years to pass laws establishing those kinds of cuts, but they always faced a veto threat from Obama. Republicans filed similar bills this week, and those have a far better chance of becoming law now that Republicans control both Congress and the White House.

Rosemary Jenks, director of government relations for NumbersUSA, which favors lower immigration levels, said it’s impossible to know how nasty the fight will get over sanctuary cities given the raw emotions on both sides. “I’m not going to rule anything out,” she said.

Read the full story at Breitbart News.

Rosemary Jenks
sanctuary cities