Thread: Cop-Killing Illegal Credits Sanctuary Cities For Helping Evade Police Capture

Posted By Christian Datoc On 11:48 AM 02/09/2016 In | No Comments

In a recent interview with the Texas Tribune, convicted cop killer Juan Leonardo Quintero explained how sanctuary cities allowed him to evade police capture after illegally entering the United States for the second time.

Quintero — who shot and killed Houston police officer Rodney Johnson in 2006 — first came to America in 1994 but was deported back to Mexico in 1998 after being charged with sexual indecency with a 12-year-old girl.



Despite being told he would face 10-20 years in federal prison if he were caught again in the United States, Quintero returned to his family and job in Houston seven months later, “knowing Houston police were forbidden to ask his citizenship status.”



http://dailycaller.com/2016/02/09/co...capture-video/

Key Republican Appropriator Urges Lynch to Stop Sanctuary Cities, Threatens Justice Department Funding

Congressman John Culberson (R-TX), chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Justice Department, wrote a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch threatening to exercise his budget authority if she does not take steps to shut down sanctuary cities — state and local jurisdictions with policies intended to impede the enforcement of immigration law by federal immigration officials. (See FAIR Sanctuary Policies Page) "Sanctuary city policies across the country prevent state and local law enforcement from notifying the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) when an illegal alien is released from their custody," the Texas Republican said. (Culberson Press Release, Feb. 1, 2016) "This is unacceptable, and it allows thousands of criminal aliens to remain on the streets." (Id.)
Specifically, Culberson outlined several actions that he expects Lynch to take in order to ensure compliance with existing Federal immigration law — notably Section 1373 of the Immigration and Nationality Act — and help prevent the release of criminal aliens into American communities. These include:

1. Work with state and local jurisdictions to change their illegal sanctuary policies. If they refuse, then take legal action to compel their compliance with Section 1373;
2. For fiscal year 2016, amend the application forms for Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants (Byrne JAG), Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grants, and the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) reimbursement program to require grantees to certify that they do not have policies that violate Section 1373;
3. Deny funding to any state and local jurisdictions that refuse to comply with Section 1373; and
4. Determine if state and local jurisdictions that knowingly release criminal aliens are in violation of Section 1324 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which prohibits shielding illegal aliens from detection.

If Lynch refuses to take the aforementioned actions, Culberson warned that the Justice Department could face consequences when Congress writes its 2017 spending bill. "Any refusal by the Department to comply with these reasonable and timely requests will factor heavily in my consideration of their 2017 budget requests, and whether or not I will include language in the fiscal year 2017 CJS appropriations bill prohibiting the award of law enforcement grants to jurisdictions that harbor illegal aliens." (Culberson Press Release, Feb. 1, 2016)