Posted on 10/12/2015 12:57:59 PM PDT by Isara
Speaks with WHO’s Jan Mickelson regarding Sanctuary Cities
HOUSTON, Texas– U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, spoke with Jan Mickelson regarding immigration, Syria refugee crisis and 2016 presidential race.
Below is an excerpt featuring the Senator’s remarks on stopping sanctuary cities and enforcing immigration law. Full interview can be listened to below:
MICKELSON: You are in the right place, right time to talk about sanctuary cities, you’ve introduced along with David Vitter, the Stop Sanctuary Policies Protect American’s Act. Talk to us about that:
CRUZ: Well the Senate is going to vote on that next week, I’ve joined with David Vitter of Louisiana and actually Iowa’s own Chuck Grassley were the co-authors of this legislation. It does two things. Number one, it strips federal funding of any sanctuary cities. So if you have a city, typically led by a Democrat Mayor and a Democrat city council, that declares they are going to fight federal immigration laws, that they’re going to oppose enforcing the immigration laws, than the federal government is not going to be sending them any money. And I think if we pass that into law, it will have a powerful effect ending the lawlessness of these local elected Democrats.
And the second component of this is Kate’s law, which is the legislation I introduced in the senate. That provides any illegal alien that has been deported who comes back who has an aggravated felony, that individual faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison. We’re going to vote on both of those next week in the Senate.
MICKELSON: Technical question, does a city or jurisdiction have to declare themselves a sanctuary city to be under the provisions of this act?
CRUZ: Well they don’t and actually the act includes transparency and accountability. One of the things that makes a sanctuary city is when the federal government, immigration officials issue what’s called a detainer. Which is let’s say a local city picks up someone for committing a crime and the feds discover that person is here illegally, they can issue a detainer which is asking the local government will you hold this person so we can pick him up and deport him. There are a whole bunch of cities that ignore federal detainers. That say, ‘nope sorry we are not going to cooperate with you, we’re going to let this guy go,’ And one of those cities is San Francisco. We were all horrified at the murder of Kate Steinle just a couple of months ago. Yet that’s an example where San Francisco, the federal government issues a detainer and asks them will you hold temporarily this illegal alien who is a criminal so that we can process him and deport him. San Francisco says no we welcome illegal aliens including badly, violent criminal illegal aliens to our city and so the numbers in terms of cities that refuse to honor detainers will all be publicly reported that’s part of this legislation so that anyone can go look at the website and see what their city is doing and just how many criminal illegal aliens their city has released.
MICKELSON: The city of Des Moines has never declared itself a sanctuary city. However, various members of law enforcement here have publicly stated that they will not do the 287 or 387 G agreements; I can’t remember the number at the moment. They’ve expressed the outspoken desire not to enforce immigration laws and not to cooperate.
CRUZ: It is a problem Jan that we’re seeing it across the country and not only is it local cities which are an enormous problem but it’s true at the federal government level too. The Obama administration in 2013 released over 103,000 violent, criminal illegal aliens including 196 murderers. Including nearly 400 illegal aliens convicted of sexual assault. And that’s one of the things I pledged, if I am elected President, that will end. The federal government will stop releasing violent criminal illegal aliens. It’s indefensible, it’s lawless we’re seeing cities doing it and sadly we’re seeing the Obama administration doing it as well.
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What does he say about the Syrian refugees? I don’t have time to listen at the moment. I like what he said on immigration.
He needs to knock off the H1B crap, though.
Call me crazy, but how about building a wall so we’re dealing with our own criminals? Any legislation on that?
Moratorium on all immigration? E verify and stiff penalties for employers? Eliminating the H1B visa program? Anything to stop them coming here in the first place?
And the election season trolls come running like pigs to a trough.
Through a trap door with a noose around their necks. We should do it often and rinse and repeat as necessary.
Ft. Smith transformed itself from a wild, dangerous outlaw town into a nice little town of handsome framed homes, businesses and church goers in a mere 15 years with this formula.
From what I understand, he wants to legalize the presence of illegals but deny them a “path to citizenship.” Certainly better than what liberals want, but it still rewards illegals.
The big questions that no Republican candidate or anyone with a national voice for that fact will address; if elected, will you investigate and prosecute those people who are responsible for the crimes that are coming from in the WH, the Congress and the Supreme Court that are clearly crimes against the US Constitution and the American people? As president, will you re-institute the enforcement of ALL Constitutional LAWS and work to rescind all laws and EOs that are not constitutional?
After they see the name, Ted Cruz. They are very afraid.
1. Rescind every single illegal and unconstitutional executive action taken by President Obama.
2. Instruct the United States Department of Justice to open an investigation into Planned Parenthood, into these horrific videos, and to prosecute any and all criminal conduct by that organization and its employees.
3. Instruct the Department of Justice, the IRF, and every federal agency, that the persecution of religious liberty ends today. Instead of the federal government violating and persecuting our religious liberties, the federal government will defend the Bill of Rights and our religious liberty.
4. Rip to shred this catastrophic Iranian nuclear deal, which is the single greatest national security threat facing America.
5. Begin the process of moving the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, the once and eternal capitol of Israel.
That’s a good start but where is Ted on investigating and prosecuting any and all of the DC criminals and their treason over the past 16 to 24 years? For treason against the US, I don’t believe the statute of limitations applies.
As they should be.
If I was president violet criminals with a life time proven record of violent crime would never ever see the out side of the prison doors but take dirt naps sooner than they thought.
Those with minor crinal records would work to pay back socity for their crimes.
Those who have been falsely convicted would be put on the fast track through the criminal justice system with current and state of the art science to prove their innocents.
Women who think it’s some kind of game or sport to falsely accuse men of assault or rape and if proven to have lied to the criminal justice system would get automatic 10 years in prison for lying and falsely accusing men or assault or rape.
That is only part of the problem. No one wants prisons in their counties.
Repeat violent offenders need to be eliminated, as well as those who have been convicted of murder, rape of a child. These are people of the Manson ilk who are sociopaths and cannot be cured.
You have 2 choices live in prison with not parole with only 1 hour a day of freedom to take care of personal hygiene or the death penalty. Control the access to exercise equipment so they can’t bulk up.
Or you could build massive prisons in the middle of Death Valley or on deserted islands surrounded by sharks that states could use for a fee. Alcatraz worked so well because of where it was located.
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