House OKs bill to crack down on 'sanctuary cities,' White House threatens veto

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Fox News:

The House approved legislation Thursday to punish so-called “sanctuary cities” for failing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, in the first congressional response to a brazen murder earlier this month in San Francisco allegedly committed by an illegal immigrant.

 

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., would penalize jurisdictions that bar the collection of immigration information or don't cooperate with federal “detainer” requests, by blocking them from receiving certain federal law enforcement grants and funding.

 

It passed 241-179.

 

“Sanctuary city policies needlessly endanger American lives by refusing to honor the federal government’s authority to enforce immigration laws,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., said in a statement. “Unfortunately, the Obama Administration’s own foolish policies enable rogue local governments to defy federal immigration laws. All too often, these reckless policies create preventable tragedies.”

 

The legislation already faces a White House veto threat. The White House said it “fails to offer” comprehensive reforms and undermines current efforts to remove dangerous convicted criminals and work with local law enforcement.

 

Angry Democrats accused Republicans of aligning themselves with Donald Trump and his brash anti-illegal immigrant views.

 

The legislation is the first passed since the July 1 killing of Kathryn Steinle on a California pier.

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Angry Democrats vs angry Americans.

[Draggingtree]

'SANCTUARY CITIES' OR 'SAFE HAVENS' FOR TERRORISTS?

 

De Blasio's New York takes a dangerous turn.

 

September 23, 2014 Michael Cutler

 

Since the deadly terror attacks of 1993 at the CIA and the World Trade Center, there have been a series of terror attacks attempted inside the United States by radical Islamists.

 

On September 11, 2001 our nation suffered the worst terror attacks ever carried out within the borders of our country.

 

Every one of these attacks had something in common: The perpetrators were all aliens who had managed to gain entry into the United States and managed to hide in plain sight, or in the jargon of the 9/11 Commission, they embedded themselves in our country as they went about their deadly preparations. http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/241622/sanctuary-cities-or-safe-havens-terrorists-michael-cutler