{"id":7776,"date":"2016-11-21T09:22:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T14:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=7776"},"modified":"2017-01-26T06:59:05","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T11:59:05","slug":"sanctuary-city-mayors-pledge-to-fight-trumps-threats-to-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=7776","title":{"rendered":"USA: \u2018Sanctuary city\u2019 mayors pledge to fight Trump\u2019s threats to immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"
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…. HUMAN RIGHTS ….<\/p>\n

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In the wake of Donald Trump\u2019s election to president and his threat to crackdown on illegal immigrants, Mayors in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York have re-affirmed their pledge to continue their policies to fight deportation efforts by the federal government under the description \u2018sanctuary cities.\u2019<\/p>\n

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\nThe mayor of Chicago says”Chicago always will be a sanctuary city.”<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

In a “60 Minutes” interview<\/a>, his first as president-elect, Trump confirmed his campaign pledges to immediately deport 2-3 million illegal immigrants with a criminal record. \u201cWhat we\u2019re going to do is get the people that are criminal and have criminal records, gang members, drug dealers, where a lot of these people, probably 2 million, it could be even 3 million, we are getting them out of our country,\u201d Trump told CBS.<\/p>\n

Those remarks and threats made during his campaign to end “sanctuary cities\u201d prompted city officials up and down the country to reiterate their roles to provide sanctuary for immigrants.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti told the Los Angeles Times <\/a> he avoids the phrase \u201csanctuary city\u201d and argues it is \u201cill defined.\u201d \u201cWe cooperate all the time with federal immigration officials when there are criminals that are in our midst and need to be deported,\u201d Garcetti told the LA Times. \u201cWith that said, we\u2019re a very welcoming city, where are law enforcement officers and LAPD don\u2019t go around asking people for their papers, not should they.\u201d<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said on Monday his department had no plans to get involved in any deportation efforts and would continue its police against allowing officers to stop people solely to learn their immigration status.<\/p>\n

Mayors in Chicago, Boston and New York have also reaffirmed their stance on federal immigration deportation.<\/p>\n

“You are safe in Chicago. You are secure in Chicago. You are supported in Chicago,\u201d Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel said on Monday, according to WGN News<\/a>. \u201cNow administrations may change but values and principles as it relates to inclusion do not.”<\/p>\n

\u201cChicago always will be a sanctuary city,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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The post-election fightback for human rights, is it gathering force in the USA?<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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A city typically gains \u2018sanctuary\u2019 status upon passing an ordinance prohibiting city officials and police from inquiring about a person\u2019s immigration status. Los Angeles became the first such sanctuary city in 1979.<\/p>\n

Boston\u2019s Mayor Marty Walsh said the day after the election he would work to protect the city\u2019s illegal immigrants, and is \u201cnot letting anybody change the policies in the city of Boston\u201d with regard to pathways to citizenship.<\/p>\n

San Francisco went further and refused to cooperate with federal immigration officials. It declared itself a sanctuary city in 1989, and strengthened their stance in 2003 with its \u201cDue Process for All\u201d ordinance. The law declared local authorities could not hold immigrants for immigration officials if they had no violence felonies on their records and did not currently face charges.<\/p>\n

According to the Center for Immigration Studies, a non-profit group that advocates for the strict enforcement of immigration laws, there are roughly 300 “sanctuary” jurisdictions around the country.<\/p>\n

There are an estimated 11 million immigrants in the country without legal status.<\/p>\n

Many took advantage of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program which the Obama administration passed through executive action which provided a work permit and deportation reprieve to people who were brought to the US as children and stayed illegally.<\/p>\n

Not everyone agrees with the stance taken by leading urban city mayors. \u201cIt\u2019s no secret that these criminal illegal aliens and terrorists are looking for places to go where they are least likely to be caught,\u201d Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson told CBS Boston. He says sanctuary cities are breaking federal law. \u201cWhat\u2019s really troubling about this is that any elected official in this country would suggest that there should be a certain class of people who do not have to abide by our laws,\u201d Hodgson said.<\/p>\n

On a federal level there were moves last year to penalize law enforcement and municipal governments for their stance on immigration. Democrats in the Senate blocked a bill by Senator David Vitter (R, Louisiana) which would have stopped law enforcement funding and community development grants to states and cities that didn\u2019t hold immigrants for federal immigration officials.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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