Billboards that tout San Francisco, New York, and Chicago as “sanctuary cities” have been spotted near the Texas-Mexico border. Someone claiming to be with the group behind the ads says they want to provide information on cities that limit enforcement of immigration laws.
San Francisco officials are considering a new policy that would exempt certain criminals from the sanctuary city policy. This comes after federal authorities notified the DA about two criminal fugitives in the city. City officials in Los Angeles are considering new policies, as the city launched a new program that would provide an unarmed alternative […]
The U.S. secretary of state meets with Israel’s leader in Jerusalem, Senator Mitt Romney is the first GOP senator to come out in support of the Jan. 6 commission bill, and a group of Republican senators demands that Attorney General Merrick Garland produce a memo on the changes to sanctuary city policy.
The Supreme Court has dismissed three pending requests to hear challenges to the Trump administration’s order to withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement funds from so-called sanctuary jurisdictions—states and cities that refuse to cooperate with Department of Homeland Security efforts to deport people residing in the United States illegally. “After a request from the […]
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has subpoenaed Denver law enforcement for information on four foreign nationals wanted for deportation and could expand the unusual practice to other cities, an escalation of the conflict between federal officials and so-called sanctuary cities. And if the city officials don’t respond, ICE, the Homeland Security agency responsible for arresting and deporting people in the U.S. illegally, could take the subpoena to a federal judge who can order compliance, and find them in contempt.
After a law was passed by Arizona that required local police to check the immigration status of people suspected to be in the country illegally, the state’s second-largest city, Tucson, wanted to send a message of their own.
An illegal alien who was repeatedly arrested and released from custody in a sanctuary town in Washington state now stands accused of murdering a teenager.
