Thread: A close look at 'sanctuary cities'

A close look at 'sanctuary cities'

Grant Martin -
Apr. 10, 2011 12:00 AM
News21

While Arizona has drawn national attention for its hard-line immigration policies, dozens of American communities are taking the opposite tack, attempting to protect immigrants from close scrutiny of their legal status.

These communities - called "sanctuary cities" by both critics and defenders - are home to many of the estimated 10.8 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. and include Austin, New York City, San Diego and Minneapolis. Their laws and policies vary widely, but all, in effect, protect some illegal immigrants from deportation.

In San Francisco, where its designation as a "city of sanctuary" is explicitly written into its municipal code, the city's sheriff waged a recent battle against federal law enforcement to resist the implementation of a program that would deport illegal immigrants found guilty of misdemeanors.

Princeton, N.J., began issuing municipal identification cards this summer, implicitly affording illegal immigrants a means of accessing various public and private services to which they would otherwise not be entitled. Other cities also have begun issuing identification cards.

In Arizona, no city has ever sought a sanctuary-city designation, but several have been given that label by critics who believe the cities aren't doing everything they can to target illegal immigrants. Those communities, which include Chandler and Mesa, are trying to find ways to enforce the state's new immigration laws without destroying law enforcement's relationship with the Hispanic community.

They're finding it a fine line to walk.

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I live here in Mesa and I do believe this to be a sanctuary city. There are illegals everywhere, in the apartment complexes and working but everyone turns the other cheek. The apartment complex I live in made us meet certain credit requirements, yet there are illegals shacked up everywhere in here. I have noticed that most of the real Americans that live here in Mesa and Chandler are mentally off. I am guessing that you would have to either be mentally off or an illegal alien to continue living here. Hence the reason I am moving back home to Michigan soon! lol

thedramaofmylife, I feel for you. I lived in the west valley and it was horrible. I noticed LOTS and LOTS of people that were not mentally "there". I just figured it was the heat.

When I moved to Arizona I couldn't believe how illegals just did what ever they wanted, when they wanted. I noticed a shift when Sheriff Joe started getting serious. They were not as out in the open as they were. But, we all knew they didn't go home as the media was saying. They were just getting craftier at the game. They have no intentions of going home or following any laws. This country needs to get it. They are hanging on until we give them everything we have. Between them and the Middle East, we are in trouble. We need a government that puts it's foot down. Sanctuary cities are not legal. Period. We need protection. We need our constitution. We need people who actually believe in our country. This administration does not give a damned about anything except votes and power plays. And, I'm starting to believe it actually is intending to give our power away. I just can't figure out who is behind Obama. Who is his puppeteer?

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