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Trump anti-sanctuary meeting was just bad political theater
The Hill ^ | 05/20/18 | Raul A. Reyes

Posted on 05/20/2018 10:14:10 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

On Wednesday, Donald Trump embraced the "resistance". The president held a White House meeting of state and local leaders from California who are rebelling against the Golden State’s sanctuary policies, which limit cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. The Trump administration’s Department of Justice is suing California over these policies, and the guests in attendance represented cities and counties that are “resisting” state law by passing ordinances against sanctuary policies or supporting the federal government in the lawsuit.

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The 14 anti-sanctuary guests that Trump had in attendance at his meeting, like the mayor of Los Alamitos, are not representative of most Californians. An April poll by the Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies found that a majority of California voters (56 percent) support the state’s sanctuary law, with support especially high among Latinos, African Americans, young voters and women. Similarly, in November, a Los Angeles Times poll found that California’s sanctuary policies had “wide approval” with 53 percent of Californians favoring it.

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Trump’s anti-sanctuary meeting was a farce. It speaks volumes that the administration cannot make a case for its immigration policies without resorting to staged meetings and misleading statements.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; cnn; immigration
Raul A. Reyes is an attorney and contributor to NBCNews.com and CNN Opinion. Follow him on Twitter @RaulAReyes.

He has a Twitter account. Do you have a Twitter account?

1 posted on 05/20/2018 10:14:10 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Reyas will have sex with Uranus.


2 posted on 05/20/2018 10:15:56 AM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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So no mention of MS-13. One of the more intellectually dishonest pieces I’ve seen in the last while. I don’t know what is more laughable, the author’s screed or the brutal comments that follow.


3 posted on 05/20/2018 10:21:28 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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The resistance in California is from US citizens who want to retain the rule of law against the state government that has decided it is a colony of Mexico and protects Mexican citizens from US law.


4 posted on 05/20/2018 10:23:07 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: yesthatjallen

Reyes hates America.


5 posted on 05/20/2018 10:45:51 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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Raul A. Reyes is an attorney and contributor to NBCNews.com and CNN Opinion.....


6 posted on 05/20/2018 11:11:39 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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Their Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies found that a majority of California voters support the state’s sanctuary law.

Berkeley study? Flat out lie. No sale.

7 posted on 05/20/2018 1:06:05 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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One of Trump’s best moves — that’s how you resist the left.


8 posted on 05/20/2018 1:14:46 PM PDT by Socon-Econ
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9 posted on 05/20/2018 4:29:21 PM PDT by 4Liberty (illegal immigration is a "process" crime too....)
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10 posted on 05/20/2018 4:35:05 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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11 posted on 05/20/2018 4:38:27 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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