Second, please remember States’ (and localities’) Rights. A mayor must execute the laws given by the City Council, to include Sanctuary City laws. So, here the city's and nation's laws conflict.
This is similar to the Ghey Marriage ruling thrust on states. The states should have a right to ignore it. In fact, governors should be bound by enforcing the only real laws that exist in the matter: their states’.
So, shouldn't mayors be bound to enforce Sanctuary Cities?
Just cut their funding, as Trump proposes.
“Second, please remember States’ (and localities’) Rights. A mayor must execute the laws given by the City Council, to include Sanctuary City laws. So, here the city’s and nation’s laws conflict.”
But on immigration, federal law controls. Immigration is a federal issue. I believe there are immigration laws specifically addressing the mayor of Chicago’s behavior in aiding illegal aliens and not cooperating with the federal government.
I believe to be treason we would have to be at war. I don’t think it would apply.