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02-06-2016, 02:12 AM #1
Hundreds of 'sanctuary' cities come under Congressional scrutiny
House appropriations subcommittee chairman John Culberson (R-TX), who oversees funding for the U.S. Department of Justice called on the Obama administration to take steps to take state and local governments to task over offering sanctuary to illegal aliens or face problems in getting approval for federal budget requests. Culberson also announced that he will require local jurisdictions to adhere to federal law and stop obstructing communication with immigration agencies as a condition for receiving certain federal law enforcement funding. Three federal law enforcement funding programs that could become off-limits to sanctuaries currently dispense $1 billion+ each year to state and local agencies.
The Texas Republican wrote a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch demanding a halt to funding cities that reject Justice and Homeland Security demands for information and access to jailed immigrants. Culberson told Lynch that he must ensure that state and local law enforcement agencies are following federal law before they can get federal grants. He added that local sanctuary policies are a clearly in violation of Section 1373 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Among the jurisdictions that have imposed such policies are San Francisco, Cook County, Ill., and New York City. In addition to prohibiting local officers from communicating with immigration authorities, jurisdictions such as these prohibit federal officers from coming into jails to interview or arrest deportable criminals.
Additionally, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has threatened to cut state funding for the office of the Dallas County sheriff, a Democrat, if he continues to refuse the detention of illegal immigrants, as requested by federal authorities. Abbott requested sheriffs across the Lone Star State to comply with federal requests to detain illegal aliens. Abbott signed in June 2015 the most comprehensive border security plan of any state in the Union. He noted then that the Texas-Mexico border is a gateway for criminals to commit crimes throughout the country. Saying that 20,000 dangerous gang members associated with cross-border traffic-related crime were in Houston alone, he added that more than 100,000 gang members operate across the state of Texas.
According to the Center for Immigration Studies, more than 9,000 criminal aliens that federal authorities were seeking to deport in 2014 were instead released. More than 2,300 of these committed further crimes within a few months.
Among the jurisdictions offering sanctuary to illegal aliens are Dallas County (TX), Philadelphia, five Kentucky counties, and possibly the whole state of Massachusetts.
Here is a partial list:
States
California, Connecticut, New Mexico, Colorado
Cities and Counties
Arizona
South Tucson
California (in addition to all county sheriffs)
Berkeley
Los Angeles
Orange County Probation Department
Colorado (in addition to all counties)
Aurora Detention Center
Connecticut (in addition to state LEAs)
East Haven
Hartford
Florida
Broward County
Hernando County
Hillsborough County
Miami-Dade County
Palm Beach County
Pasco County
Pinellas County
Georgia
Clayton County
Fulton County
Illinois
Champaign County
Chicago
Cook County
Iowa
Allamakee County
Benton County
Cass County
Clinton County
Delaware County
Dubuque County
Franklin County
Freemont County
Greene County
Ida County
Iowa County
Jefferson County
Johnson County
Linn County
Marion County
Monona County
Montgomery County
Polk County
Pottawattamie County
Sioux County
Story County
Wapello County
Winneshiek County
Kansas
Butler County
Finney County
Harvey County
Johnson County
Sedgwick County
Shawnee County
Kentucky
Campbell County
Franklin County
Kenton County
Scott County
Woodford County
Louisiana
Lafayette Parish
Orleans Parish
Maine
Portland
Maryland
Baltimore City
Montgomery County
Prince George's County
Massachusetts
Amherst
Boston
Cambridge
Lawrence
Northhampton
Somerville
Minnesota
Hennepin County
Ramsey County
Nebraska
Douglas County
Hall County
Lancaster County
Sarpy County
Nevada
Clark County
Washoe County
New Jersey
Middlesex County
Newark
Ocean County
Union County
New Mexico (in addition to all counties)
Rio Arriba
New York
Franklin County
Nassau County
New York City
Onondaga County
Rensselaer County
Saratoga County
Suffolk County
St. Lawrence County
Wayne County
North Dakota
North Dakota State Penitentiary
South West Multiple County Corrections Center
Oregon
Clackamas County
Clatsop, Oregon
Coos County
Crook County
Curry County
Deschutes County
Douglas County
Gilliam County
Grant County
Hood River County
Jackson County
Jefferson County
Lincoln County
Linn County
Malheur County
Marion County
Multnomah County
Polk County
Sherman County
Springfield Police Department
Tillamook County
Umatilla County
Union County
Wallowa County
Wasco County
Washington County
Wheeler County
Yamhill County
Pennsylvania
Lehigh County
Philadelphia
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Department of Corrections
Texas
Dallas County
Travis County
Virginia
Chesterfield County
Washington
Baker County
Benton County
Chelan County
Clallam County
Cowlitz County
Franklin County Jefferson County
Kent City Jail, King County
King County
Kitsap County
Pierce County
Skagit County
Snohomish County
South Correctional Entity (SCORE) Jail, King County
Spokane County
Thurston County
Walla Walla County
Whatcom County
Yakima County
Washington, DC
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Hundreds of 'sanctuary' cities come under Congressional scrutiny
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