Trump acknowledges plan to place immigrants in sanctuary cities

John Fritze and Christal Hayes, USA TODAY
Published 12:53 p.m. ET April 12, 2019
Updated 1:52 p.m. ET April 12, 2019


WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration is "giving strong consideration" to placing migrants arriving at the border into so-called sanctuary cities, an idea his aides previously said had been rejected.

"Due to the fact that Democrats are unwilling to change our very dangerous immigration laws, we are indeed, as reported, giving strong considerations to placing Illegal Immigrants in Sanctuary Cities only," Trump posted on Twitter.

Trump's tweet came a day after revelations that the White House tried to pressure immigration authorities into releasing captured immigrants into sanctuary cities, particularly targeting liberal strongholds in hopes of hurting Democrats. The idea was first reported by The Washington Post.

The White House attempted to pitch the idea to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at least twice since November, the Post reported. The White House suggested both transporting migrants who were captured at the border and those currently being held in facilities to sanctuary cities where local authorities don't cooperate with federal immigration enforcement authorities.

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"The Radical Left always seems to have an Open Borders, Open Arms policy - so this should make them very happy!" Trump said.

The idea comes at a time of upheaval for Trump's immigration policy, and the Department of Homeland Security, which carries that policy out. The president has made many threats, such as a promise last month to seal the U.S.-Mexican border, that he has not carried out. On the other hand, he declared a "national emergency" at the border to free up more funding for his proposed wall.

And many top DHS officials, including Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, have left their jobs.
Democrats quickly blasted the idea of placing migrants in sanctuary cities, which Trump's own aides said would raise legal and practical questions to carry out.

"It's just another notion that is unworthy of the presidency of the United States and disrespectful of the challenges that we face as a country, as a people, to address who we are: a nation of immigrants," House Speaker Pelosi, D-Calif., said Friday.

Trump's suggestion that the idea is still under consideration appeared to contradict statements from the administration Thursday in which officials described the idea as "a suggestion that was floated and rejected."

Sanctuary cities have long drawn Trump's ire. Just days after taking office, Trump signed an executive order attempting to cut off federal funding to sanctuary cities, calling undocumented immigration a "clear and present danger" to national security. The order was challenged and the cases are pending.

So-called sanctuary cities are jurisdictions that decline to cooperate with federal immigration agents in certain situations. Many decline to hold immigrants for an extended period in local jails at the request of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

Overall, illegal immigration across the southern border remains lower than the peak years throughout the 1990s and 2000s, when the Border Patrol regularly apprehended more than 1 million undocumented immigrants a year crossing the southern border.

But agents have seen a large increase in family units attempting to enter the country. U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 92,000 immigrants trying to cross the border illegally in March, the administration said this week. That was the highest monthly total since April 2007.

With resources stretched, the administration has started quickly releasing migrants into the streets of border communities, breaking with the past practice of detaining them as long as possible

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

Why doesn't the coward do it?

Ummmm...dipshit....he just said it.

He hasn't had time to do anything...yet.

Key word....YET.

Doh!

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

question and answer in one sentence. nice

More bomshell BS that isnt going to happen.. yet FK got his boner.

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When America was "great"

if his lips where moving, he was probably lying.

he is a man of Great Empathy for this Humanitarian Crisis. He reflects Christ perfectly.

lock him up. please...

Just think of how safe those places are going to be.

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"The government who robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul," - George Bernard Shaw

“Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f—k things up.” - Barack Obama

“End of quote. Repeat the line.” - wise words from Joe Biden

This is exactly what he should do. No prog could complain (though they would), as sanctuary cities are the safest places they could be placed since the politicians in those places like illegal aliens more than their constituents.

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I don't think it is a bad idea. The asylum seekers have to go somewhere, so we might as well put them in the cities that are advertising that they want as many of them as possible. Unless the sanctuary cities are being dishonest and they just intend to use the label of being a sanctuary city as a marketing trick on their electorate, then they should be perfectly fine with it. There are enough sanctuary cities that it isn't like they will all be unloaded in one place.

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"The government who robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul," - George Bernard Shaw

“Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f—k things up.” - Barack Obama

“End of quote. Repeat the line.” - wise words from Joe Biden

He really needs to try and make this happen, that will make Steven Miller happy. Oh and maybe send the kids to one city and the parents to another! Yeah that would be better!

Names of sanctuary cities please?

You can Google the map of it but it is basically the Pacific Northwest, California, Colorado, Iowa for some reason, and the coast of the Northeast states.

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"The government who robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul," - George Bernard Shaw

“Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f—k things up.” - Barack Obama

“End of quote. Repeat the line.” - wise words from Joe Biden

So "sanctuary city" is an official US Government designation? Or a made up one like Dumba$$-in-Chief?

To my knowledge, all of the ones marked on the map are either self-proclaimed or designated based on ICE enforcement restrictions. Trump is about to hook them the F up! So safe. They are about to get a big injection of diversity. They are going to love it.

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"The government who robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul," - George Bernard Shaw

“Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f—k things up.” - Barack Obama

“End of quote. Repeat the line.” - wise words from Joe Biden

I think they need to dump off about 1000 in YOUR town!

Epic!

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

He already back down. Just more bullshit from the pathetic baby.

It's still amazing to me that this idiot shares the same office as Lincoln, Washington and FDR.

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I was right.

LOL That was even quicker than I thought.

Tpattycakes didn't even have time to hump one of his cows with his newfound erection..

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When America was "great"

Not to mention they called his bluff.

http://www.reuters.com/article...migrants-idUSKCN1RO2E3

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I was right.

Now he's back at it again. The man is daffed.

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I was right.

Your problem is that you actually THINK Trump wont do it where Trump (if he can) will prove YOU wrong EVERY TIME!

IDIOT!

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

He has yet to prove me wrong. lol

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I was right.