House cuts off Federal funding for "sanctuary cities"

[SunsetBengal]

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/justice-ends-funding-to-sanctuary-cities-in-huge-house-gop-victory/article/2595917

Somewhere, lost in all of the distraction over the Clinton email probe, and the events in Dallas last night, the House scored a major win for the protection of American citizens.

[SunsetBengal]

I know the Dallas story is big news, but this is pretty big too. Can't believe that no one has any opinion on this.

[GMDino]

(07-09-2016, 12:32 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I know the Dallas story is big news, but this is pretty big too.  Can't believe that no one has any opinion on this.

I'm guessing the issue is bigger than just the headlines...so I'm not sure how there can be so many sanctuary cities and counties and yet you rarely hear about it.

Then there is this:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/07/07/senate-dems-block-votes-on-immigration-issues-including-sanctuary-cities.html

Quote:The Republican-controlled Senate failed Wednesday to advance efforts to change federal immigration law -- including one to cut funding to so-called sanctuary cities.


The vote was 53-44, failing to get the minimum 60 votes to begin debate on the issue.


The measure attempted to block congressional funding for sanctuary cities -- municipalities that ban police from cooperating with immigration officials to potentially deport illegal immigrants.


Senate Republicans also failed to get enough votes to advance their proposed Kate’s Law – named after Kate Steinle, who was fatally shot in July 2015, allegedly by an illegal immigrant who had multiple felony convictions and was deported several times prior to the incident.


“How many times does this have to happen?” Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Pat Toomey asked just before the 55-42 vote that failed along party lines. “At some point, a person needs to go to jail. That’s what Kate’s Law does.”


However, Democrats strongly opposed the measures.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said they put presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s “ant-immigration rhetoric into action.”


“These bills follow Trump’s lead in demonizing, criminalizing immigrant, Latino families,” the Nevada Democrat said before the votes.


In addition, the White House issued a statement after the vote on Kate’s Law, in part saying: “The bill fails to offer the comprehensive reforms needed to fix the Nation's broken immigration laws and would impose severe and unprecedented mandatory minimum sentences that would undermine the discretion of federal judges to make sure the punishment fits the crime in each case.”