Cities That Don't Enforce Immigration Laws Should Not Be Branded Sanctuary Cities, Kansas Police Chief Says

Thursday, May 21, 2009
By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer

Chief of Police of Topeka, Kan., Ronald Miller said his city is not a sanctuary city despite its opposition to taking part in the federal program that allows local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration laws and the rejection of the federal E-Verify program that checks the immigration status of potential employees. (CNSNews.com/Penny Starr)


(CNSNews.com) – Cities where the local authorities do not enforce U.S. immigration laws should not be branded as sanctuary cities because the federal government still has the ability to enforce the immigration laws there, says Topeka, Kan., Chief of Police Ronald Miller.

“There are no sanctuary cities in the United States, because federal immigration laws can be enforced in all of those cities,â€