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Note: False information appears to have been submitted to OJJPAC.org regarding the listing of Alabaster, AL. As a result Alabaster, AL is being removed from the sanctuary city list.
Alaska
Anchorage (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service)
Fairbanks (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service) [Mayor of Fairbanks disputes the listing. However, OJJPAC has verified the listing of Fairbanks, Alaska, as having a sanctuary policy by the Congressional Research Service in an 2005 report. OJJPAC has requested that the city administration forward its policy demonstrating that it is not a sanctuary city--but none has been forwarded as of 8-9-07.]
Arizona
Chandler, AZ (Added 5/30/07, Congressional Research Service Report, 2006 )
Phoenix, AZ
California
Bell Gardens, CA
City of Industry, CA
City of Commerce, CA
Cypress, CA
Davis CA
Diamond Bar, CA (6/26/07 Disputed by city. Currently being researched to verify.)
Downey, CA
Fresno, CA (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service)
Lakewood, CA
Los Angeles, CA (Congressional Research Service)
Long Beach, CA
Lynwood, CA
Maywood, CA
Montebello, CA
National City, CA
Norwalk, CA
Paramount, CA
Pico Rivera, CA
So. Gate, CA
San Bernardino, Ca. (Added 6/7/07, reader submitted)
San Diego, CA (Congressional Research Service)
Santa Cruz, CA (Added 5/30/07, documented by KSBW news)
San Francisco, CA (Congressional Research Service)
San Jose, CA (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service)
Sonoma County, CA (Congressional Research Service)
Vernon, CA
Watsonville, CA (Added 5/30/07, documented by KSBW news)
Wilmington, CA
Colorado
Aurora, CO
Commerce City, CO
Denver, CO (Congressional Research Service)
Durango, CO (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service)
Federal Heights, CO
Fort Collins CO
Lafayette, CO (Added 6/3/07, documented by reader)
Thornton, CO
Westminster, CO
Connecticut
New Haven, CT (Added 6/4/07. TV News 8: City council votes 25-1 to issue ID cards to illegals)
Springfield CT (Disputed)
Florida
DeLeon Springs, FL
Deltona, Fl
Miami, FL
Sanford, Fl (7-23-07. Listing disputed by City of Sanford, under review.)
Georgia
Dalton, GA (Added 5/30/07. 6/18/07 Listing disputed as inaccurate by the City of Dalton, GA. Currently being researched. )
Illinois
Chicago, IL (Congressional Research Service)
Cicero, IL (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service)
Evanston, IL (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service)
Massachusetts
Cambridge, Mass. (Source: Boston Globe. First passed resolution in 1985)
Chelsea, Mass. (Added: 8-14-07 Source: Chelsea government website with text of sanctuary policy.)
Orleans, Mass. (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service)
Maine
Portland (Added 5/31/07 Note: Maine resident reported that Portland city council passed sanctuary legislation)
State of Maine (Added 5/31/07 Note: Maine resident reported that the governor signed a sanctuary executive order)
Maryland
Baltimore, MD (Congressional Research Service)
Gaithersburg, MD
Takoma Park, MD (Reported that City ordinance passed some 20 years ago; Congressional Research Service)
Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service)
Detroit, MI (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service)
Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN (Congressional Research Service)
St. Paul, MN
Worthington, MN (Added 5-30-07 Note: This is where a Swift plant was raided by ICE in December, 2006)
Nevada
Reno (Added 5-31-07)
New Jersey
Bridgeton, NJ (Added 6-3-07) [7-27-07 Disputed by a reputed farm worker advocate, see note below.]
Camden, NJ
Fort Lee, NJ
Hightstown, NJ (Added 5-30-07)
Jersey City, NJ
Newark, NJ (Added 6-3-07)
North Bergen, NJ
Trenton, NJ
Union City, NJ
West New York, NJ
New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service; 8-14-07 KOB-TV 4 Eyewitness News report)
Rio Ariba County, NM (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service)
Santa Fe, NM (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service)
New York
Bay Shore, NY
Brentwood, NY
Central Islip, NY
Farmingville, NY
New York City, NY
Peekskill, NY [Disputed, being researched]
Riverhead, NY
Shirly/Mastic, NY
Spring Valley Village, NY (Added 7-25-07)
Uniondale, NY
Westbury, NY
North Carolina
Charlotte, NC
Durham, NC (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service)
Raleigh
Winston-Salem
Ohio
Columbus, OH (7/5/07 Source: 5/10/07 Columbus Dispatch article stating illegal aliens in misdemeanor cases are not reported to ICE)
Painesville, OH (7-19-07 Source: 7-18-07 Cleveland Scene article) [8-9-07 Disputed by Painesville's City Manager, under review.]
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City (de facto)
Tulsa (6-3-07 Note: Tulsa city council is discussing changing its sanctuary policy.)
Oregon
State of Oregon * (8-9-07 Congressional Research Service) *(See note below)
Ashland, OR (8-9-07 Congressional Research Service)
Gaston, OR (8-9-07 Congressional Research Service)
Marion County, OR (8-9-07 Congressional Research Service)
Portland, OR
Texas
Austin, TX (Congressional Research Service)
Baytown, TX (6-13-07 Local reader observation)
Brownsville, TX
Channelview, TX (6-13-07 Local reader observation)
Denton, TX
Dallas, TX
El Cenizo, TX (6-13-07 Congressional Research Service)
Ft.Worth, TX
Houston, TX (Congressional Research Service)
Katy, TX (Congressional Research Service)
Laredo, TX
Mcallen, TX
Port Arthur, TX (6-13-07 Reader/resident observation)
San Antonio, TX [Note: The Sanctuary status of San Antonio is disputed, being researched.]
Utah
Provo, UT
Salt Lake City, UT
Virginia
Fairfax County, VA
Virginia Beach, VA (Added 6/3/07)
Washington
Seattle, WA (Added 5/30/07; Congressional Research Service)
Wisconsin
Madison, WI (Congressional Research Service)
See the trend...They are going everywhere and as states try to enact their own laws (like Pa) and the government rejects them, there will be no state or city that is not a sanctuary city. we cant keep running to another state forever.
And notice that even as this becomes more and more clear with more press and American people speaking out, the numbers are only growing. Thanks government, now excuse me while I go pay my taxes
You forgot Nebraska.....don't tell me Omaha isn't a safe haven for illegals. If you drive in any part of this town you can literally count one in five.
"Sanctuary Cities" is a hot-button issue, but is nothing more than a manifestation of the "brave new world" we've all created. The San Jose P.D., or the LAPD, or any other PD, has neither the legal right, the duty, nor the resources to act as immigration officers; and if they did, they'd end up in a bruising, nasty lawsuit, and they know this.
The people responsible for immigration are in the Federal Government. They do little or nothing to stop illegal immigration, and all of us know it. Anyone who doesn't has only to consider the infamous "Ramos and Compean" case in which the government turned it full resources into imprisoning two of its own agents on the word of an illegal-immigrant felon. Think this doesn't send a message?
In recent years, in total outrage and frustration, harmless old men with folding chairs and binoculars have taken to sitting and "observing " things along the border. They are armed with cell-phones, not weapons. Yet after months of deafening silence, what was "The Decider's" brilliant comment, when asked about these men?..."well--uh---I don't like vigilantes"...period. What a disgusting, lame excuse for an intelligent answer, and what a loss of the opportunity to reassure the public of his good intentions. But that's because he HAS no "good" intentions, and has not the slightest desire to do anything to stop immigration. He's the President, and if he doesn't want to discuss it, he doesn't have to. I think that should be clear enough for even the most naive American to figure out.
Therefore, the problem falls to the "sanctuary cities" to deal with. They could round people up all day, but Immigration wouldn't take custody of them anyway (this has happened many times).
Police Departments are not social-services providers--they are supposed to get criminals off the street, period. And they take orders from us, the public. If we, through our elected officials, don't let the cops know we're serious, there's nothing they can do but "cover their A**es" and protect their budgets.
Isn't it curious that we tell the Mexicans, "Don't come here...go home and straighten out the problems there, and you'd have a better country"...but we can't seem to "straighten out" the problems with our OWN government, although we have vastly more "clout" than the Mexicans do at home....Not as easy as it sounds, I guess.....
"Sanctuary Cities" is a hot-button issue, but is nothing more than a manifestation of the "brave new world" we've all created. The San Jose P.D., or the LAPD, or any other PD, has neither the legal right, the duty, nor the resources to act as immigration officers; and if they did, they'd end up in a bruising, nasty lawsuit, and they know this.
The people responsible for immigration are in the Federal Government. They do little or nothing to stop illegal immigration, and all of us know it. Anyone who doesn't has only to consider the infamous "Ramos and Compean" case in which the government turned it full resources into imprisoning two of its own agents on the word of an illegal-immigrant felon. Think this doesn't send a message?
In recent years, in total outrage and frustration, harmless old men with folding chairs and binoculars have taken to sitting and "observing " things along the border. They are armed with cell-phones, not weapons. Yet after months of deafening silence, what was "The Decider's" brilliant comment, when asked about these men?..."well--uh---I don't like vigilantes"...period. What a disgusting, lame excuse for an intelligent answer, and what a loss of the opportunity to reassure the public of his good intentions. But that's because he HAS no "good" intentions, and has not the slightest desire to do anything to stop immigration. He's the President, and if he doesn't want to discuss it, he doesn't have to. I think that should be clear enough for even the most naive American to figure out.
Therefore, the problem falls to the "sanctuary cities" to deal with. They could round people up all day, but Immigration wouldn't take custody of them anyway (this has happened many times).
Police Departments are not social-services providers--they are supposed to get criminals off the street, period. And they take orders from us, the public. If we, through our elected officials, don't let the cops know we're serious, there's nothing they can do but "cover their A**es" and protect their budgets.
Isn't it curious that we tell the Mexicans, "Don't come here...go home and straighten out the problems there, and you'd have a better country"...but we can't seem to "straighten out" the problems with our OWN government, although we have vastly more "clout" than the Mexicans do at home....Not as easy as it sounds, I guess.....
La police are told that they are not to even report or inquire about status.
La police are told that they are not to even report or inquire about status.
That's because Mayor Antonio Villareconquista is doing his part for the reconquest of the southwest. While the sanctuary city policies in Los Angeles did not start with Tony Villar--they will never be abolished as long as he remains Mayor of the second largest city in the United States.
I am sooooooo glad to be out of that third world sh*t hole! I can't even begin to articulate the full extent of my joy. Yet when I think of the Los Angeles of my youth, it becomes sadly poignant. I remember when it was safe to walk downtown L.A. I remember stunning architecture and clean streets before the mercados moved into the bottom floors of the downtown buildings as businesses and the theatre fled. Playbills have been replaced by graffiti, theatre patrons and business people have been replaced by vendors selling tamales and plastic pigs from makeshift storefront mercados inserted into the doorways of now abandoned office buildings. If you take a wrong turn in downtown Los Angeles, you had better lock your doors and pray for a glimpse of the freeway to guide you out of the barrio.
Even though there is a large part of me that is thankful I don't have to deal with this on a daily basis anymore, there is a part of my heart which will always remember Los Angeles as it used to be, before the invasion, before sanctuary city policies, before the mercados and the plastic pigs.
I'm fairly certain San Antonio's attempt at becoming a haven for illegals (sanctuary city) was shot down. I also think that's only a technicality, because I can't remember the last time I saw a Border Patrol vehicle here and it's not like anyone would have to look very hard.
In my area where the housing boom has definitely not gone bust I could easily find at least several thousand illegal aliens without having to drive more than a a few miles..
"Sanctuary Cities" is a hot-button issue, but is nothing more than a manifestation of the "brave new world" we've all created. The San Jose P.D., or the LAPD, or any other PD, has neither the legal right, the duty, nor the resources to act as immigration officers; and if they did, they'd end up in a bruising, nasty lawsuit, and they know this.
The people responsible for immigration are in the Federal Government. They do little or nothing to stop illegal immigration, and all of us know it. Anyone who doesn't has only to consider the infamous "Ramos and Compean" case in which the government turned it full resources into imprisoning two of its own agents on the word of an illegal-immigrant felon. Think this doesn't send a message?
In recent years, in total outrage and frustration, harmless old men with folding chairs and binoculars have taken to sitting and "observing " things along the border. They are armed with cell-phones, not weapons. Yet after months of deafening silence, what was "The Decider's" brilliant comment, when asked about these men?..."well--uh---I don't like vigilantes"...period. What a disgusting, lame excuse for an intelligent answer, and what a loss of the opportunity to reassure the public of his good intentions. But that's because he HAS no "good" intentions, and has not the slightest desire to do anything to stop immigration. He's the President, and if he doesn't want to discuss it, he doesn't have to. I think that should be clear enough for even the most naive American to figure out.
Therefore, the problem falls to the "sanctuary cities" to deal with. They could round people up all day, but Immigration wouldn't take custody of them anyway (this has happened many times).
Police Departments are not social-services providers--they are supposed to get criminals off the street, period. And they take orders from us, the public. If we, through our elected officials, don't let the cops know we're serious, there's nothing they can do but "cover their A**es" and protect their budgets.
Isn't it curious that we tell the Mexicans, "Don't come here...go home and straighten out the problems there, and you'd have a better country"...but we can't seem to "straighten out" the problems with our OWN government, although we have vastly more "clout" than the Mexicans do at home....Not as easy as it sounds, I guess.....
You really do believe in allowing illegals to overrun this country don't you? War is peace and Peace is war. ood is bad and bad is good.
Guess what? We have no clout. You just think we do. Any person who thinks he m easn a thing to to Congress is dreaming and only dreaming. This country has been lost many years ago. We are Mexico, just an English speaking (supposedly anyway) Mexico. Our corruption is as bad and we are just as hateful and racist as any Mexican. The funny thing is that so many believe thye idiot cr** taught as history in this country. It is revisionist history and nothing else. Always remember that the winners of war write the history. You should see what is being taught as history in Mexico. It would fry your brain if you knew.
In fact, we are now part of the ignorant and disgusting North American Union, even though it has not been offically sanctioned. It is here and has been for decades. Why else do you think the Mexicans run around like they own the place.
Then of course we have the idiot liberal wussies who think them being so giving and loving to the Mexicans, who only want to take over the country, will change the world somehgow. The elite think this will m ake amends for the way they have treated the people they think less of in the past. All they are doing is hurrying the downfall of this once great nation. Read your history people. This is exactly how Rome went down and it is our downfall. Multiculturalism is killing any and all countries who thyink it is good for them. And, please notice that only the WHITE European countries are expected to be multicultural.
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