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Sanctuary cities (or States) are in violation of the U.S. Constitution and established law. The States created the Constitution which established the Federal Government. They agreed to it's terms. Now they want to go "rogue" and "do their own thing?"
Funny. Those who hate big government think it's OK when they want the federal government to tell state and local municipalities what laws they should prioritize their resources on. Oh, and also who someone can marry and what a woman can or cannot do with their body.
What resources are required to just pick up the phone and call ICE when they have a known criminal alien in their custody?
Who's denying someone to marry whom they want? As for gays, many Americans just object to a "traditional" marriage for them. A civil union will serve the same purpose.
If you are referring to abortion it isn't just the woman's body at stake here. No one should have the right to kill anyone born or unborn.
It's odd that she would make such a claim because even Cato, which is NOT a liberal source disagrees:
"All of the figures are presented as a rate of crime per 100,000. The violent crime rate in Arizona was declining before SB 1070 and continued to decline afterward (Figure 1). From 2009 to 2014, the Arizona violent crime rate declined by 6.3 percent while it dropped 13 percent nationally. There was a decline of 16.3 percent in California, 9.9 percent in Nevada, and 5.5 percent in New Mexico. " https://www.cato.org/blog/arizonas-sb1070-crime
She said homicide rates drop.. She may or may not be correct, but your figures are for violent crime, not limited to homicides...
I am still waiting for a specific definition of a sanctuary city,
Sounds like a question that you should ask the officials of those cities who publicly declare themselves to be a sanctuary city.
Get them to tell you specifically what they will and won't do as far as cooperation with federal immigration agencies and laws and what their motivation behind that level of cooperation is.
There's a difference between a city that does not wish to spend the time and money to help enforce federal immigration laws and one that is purposely ignoring and or helping to prevent enforcement of those laws.
Marsha Blackburn is blatantly pandering to her base. As usual what Blackburn says is half false.
Also, rather ironic coming from a woman who represents a state so dependent on federal aid. Maybe she should clean her own house first.
"...More than 41 percent of the state of Tennessee's annual revenue is provided by federal funding, making it one of the state most dependent on the federal government...."
So in order for the state to get their peoples money back they have to bow down to an act of bribery? I can't stand how illegals are coddled and how we have the criminal anchor baby rule but that isn't the way to go about solving the problems. Do as we say and you'll get your money back?
Bring the officials who don't comply up on charges and quit hurting we the people.
Since when was ****ing hard-working Americans a left-right issue?
The ultra-left needs welfare parasites and the ultra-right needs to slash US worker's earnings to third-world levels.
Who cares what the CATO Institutes has to say!
I have no idea how this ^ has anything to do with my post.
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