Some mayors boycotted a meeting scheduled with President Trump Wednesday after Attorney General Jeff Sessions sent a letter threatening further action against those municipalities with “sanctuary city” policies.
The Justice Department on Wednesday threatened to subpoena 23 jurisdictions if they don’t turn over information about their “sanctuary” policies — triggering a backlash from mayors across the country who pulled out of a White House meeting.
In letters to New York City, Chicago, San Francisco and other jurisdictions, the Justice Department demanded records relating to whether these localities are “unlawfully restricting information sharing by law enforcement officers with federal immigration authorities.”
“I continue to urge all jurisdictions under review to reconsider policies that place the safety of their communities and their residents at risk,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement. “Protecting criminal aliens from federal immigration authorities defies common sense and undermines the rule of law.”
New York City’s idiot mayor Bill De Blasio used his social media account to criticize Trump and his attempt to enforce immigration law:
I will NOT be attending today’s meeting at the White House after @realDonaldTrump’s Department of Justice decided to renew their racist assault on our immigrant communities. It doesn’t make us safer and it violates America’s core values.
— Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) January 24, 2018
Watch the baby toss a tantrum:
WATCH: NYC Mayor @BilldeBlasio is giving his first remarks after skipping a meeting at the White House with President Trump. https://t.co/wu0URPA6qm pic.twitter.com/1nQPkG3jWG
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 24, 2018
WAhhhhh!! LOL!
Some cities have argued that targeting illegal aliens for deportation when they haven’t committed violent crimes makes their cities less safe, since illegals become reticent to cooperate with local law enforcement. While the reasoning makes sense, there isn’t a whole lot of evidence for this claim. And further, it’s simply a matter of enforcing the law…