SIMMONS: Gray breaks mayor’s oath with stance on illegals
By Deborah Simmons
The Washington Times

Sunday, October 23, 2011

There are so many loopholes in U.S. immigration laws that it is impossible to cover them all in a single newspaper column, but one immigration issue is not up for debate.

The District of Columbia is on the wrong side of federal immigration laws.

The federal government is tussling with Arizona and Alabama about the legality of those states’ tough new illegal immigration laws, while Virginia’s Prince William and Loudoun counties are taking hardened stances.

On the other hand, New York City has long been a sanctuary city, and D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray delivered the nation’s capital Thursday when he put his signature on an executive order that mandates all public-safety officials take a “don’t ask, don’t tellâ€