Withholding funds: Trump begins
crackdown on sanctuary cities
Hot Air,
by
Karen Townsend
Original Article
Posted By: MissMolly,
3/6/2020 3:30:44 AM
Thanks to a ruling from the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan on February 26, federal funding can be withheld from sanctuary cities and states across America. Thursday President Trump delivered a message via tweet – sanctuary cities had better change their status or federal funding will be cut. (Snip for tweet) The ruling came after numerous courts had ruled against the Trump administration claiming it didn’t have the authority to impose immigration-related conditions on certain funding. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals said, hold on, there’s a grant program for that.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Timber Queen 3/6/2020 6:46:37 AM (No. 338242)
#1 - Different grants. The public health grants are specifically for the "epidemic" and I'm sure the Trump administration will have use requirements. The grants being withheld for Sanctuary city/state statues has to do with law enforcement, money cities/states use to be able to spend more of their local tax dollars on their pet projects. They baked these grants into their budgets decades ago. With the withdrawal of these long-standing and on-going LE grants Sanctuary cities/states are going to feel the pinch in their pocketbooks. Nothing gets a socialist's attention faster than closing out their bank account.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Rinktum 3/6/2020 6:50:35 AM (No. 338244)
Stop funding these cities by whatever means. We are literally taking food, services, and housing away from needy American citizens to provide the same for illegal aliens. This is not right and the majority of Americans want this to stop. Our veterans and seniors who are real contributors, are pushed to the side in favor of people who came here illegally, contributing nothing. My goodness, this is nothing more than a partisan political stunt to bring people in from other countries, feed and house them in order to gain political power. We are paying for our own destruction. The democrat party will destroy the country with these irresponsible and illegal policies. I am sickened by their complete indifference to the suffering of American citizens. You have to be sick to do what they are doing to our country or so filled with raw political ambition that you become monsters to your evil ideology. This party is a cancer devouring this country. If it is not stopped, we will all be living in the hell holes they are so desperately creating. God help us.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Red Jeep 3/6/2020 7:03:03 AM (No. 338251)
These "Sanctuary" cities are no different than States seceding prior to the Civil War and should be treated as such. They should be taken over by the Feds and the rule of law established.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
planetgeo 3/6/2020 7:27:53 AM (No. 338273)
The Democrats are adept at coming up for euphemisms for their illegal or evil practices. "Sanctuary" cities, instead of "hiding of illegal aliens and abetting those that commit felonies" cities. "Pro-choice", instead of "pro-murdering of babies up to and immediately after birth". "Affordable Care Act", instead of "Ridiculously Unaffordable Act for those who are stuck with the bill for everyone else Act". Etc.
And in all these cases, why has it turned out this way? Why have the Democrats gotten away with such monstrous lies and purposeful mischaracterizations? Answer: because the spineless RINOs have been too cowardly to call each of these lies what they really are, or to actively create countermeasures to stop them.
Until now. Until Donald J. Trump became President and in effect said, "No more." Godspeed, Mr. President.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
hoosierblue 3/6/2020 7:34:46 AM (No. 338276)
No Problem, #1. Just deny the claims.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
FunOne 3/6/2020 8:06:02 AM (No. 338307)
I respectfully disagree with #4's assessment that the current "sanctuary cities/counties'states" are no different from the Confederate states. The Confederate states voted to LEAVE the union entirely, and like their forefathers of a quarter of a century before who "seceded" from Great Britain, desired to be left on their own. The sanctuary movement is entirely liberal, as they want to continue to receive benefits from Uncle Sam, but desire to reject the responsibility of cooperating with the federal authorities on matters of their own choosing.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
stablemoney 3/6/2020 8:12:59 AM (No. 338316)
American taxpayers should not be required to underwrite our oppressors, including sanctuary cities, PBS and NPR, the UN, leftist diversion of automatically budgeted fundings that also have automatic increases, and leftist schools. It is time to stop this!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
moebellini3 3/6/2020 8:20:18 AM (No. 338324)
Think about it. Democratic sanctuary cities actually protect illegal alien criminals while putting the American citizen at risk. Yet the brain dead zombie democratic voters still vote these people into office. They put you and your families at risk and you still support them. Shameful...
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
bpl40 3/6/2020 9:08:17 AM (No. 338365)
Can we deport the sanctuary officials along with the illegals? Then I will be really happy.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Aubreyesque 3/6/2020 9:52:38 AM (No. 338430)
I hope he really goes hard after Houston. I have to leave my border county in order to feel like Im still in Texas. I welcome any immigrant who is here to be American and can contribute to our good future, but Im tired of being swarmed by people who don't give a damn about the state I love or the history or the culture that we had here. Houston is not the same city I knew growing up. We havent had a conservative running Houston since the early 80s and its showing.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 3/6/2020 12:43:51 PM (No. 338593)
I like the apparently subtle approach they are taking. No matter how legally correct, a big messy raid with people hurt or even scared would be a mess all over the news, distorted against the legitimate actions of the government. Slow and steady.
Meanwhile, cut funds to the cities.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
DVC 3/6/2020 5:43:05 PM (No. 338854)
Immigration violations should be criminal violations, not some namby-pamby "civil violations", which prevent the use of warrants and entering homes. This is absolutely ridiculous.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Jobe 3/6/2020 6:12:49 PM (No. 338877)
Withholding funds from these scofflaws is not punishment enough. They need to be arrested for federal criminal acts and should be held to account for what they have done. As a private citizen I would be hauled before a court if I were to deliberately flaunt federal law.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
or gate 3/6/2020 6:46:06 PM (No. 338908)
Illegals always find a way to vote for the crooked libs, protect them.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
udanja99 3/6/2020 6:55:34 PM (No. 338916)
Next up, arrest the governors, county officials and mayors who are refusing to enforce federal law!
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