Posted on 04/13/2019 5:15:31 PM PDT by Mariner
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. mayors said on Friday their cities would welcome illegal immigrants, dismissing President Donald Trump's threats to transport people detained at the border to "sanctuary cities" as illustrating the White House's callous approach to the issue.
Trump confirmed on Twitter that he wanted to transport people detained in his immigration crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border to sanctuary cities, an informal designation for localities that refrain from assisting federal immigration authorities in detaining people living in the country illegally.
Mayors from across the country were quick to respond to Trump's latest portrayal of immigrants and sanctuary cities as threats.
In New York City, where nearly 40 percent of the population are immigrants, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Trump's immigration policy was rooted in cruelty.
"He uses people like pawns," de Blasio said in a statement. "New York City will always be the ultimate city of immigrants – the President's empty threats won't change that."
In Philadelphia, known as the city of brotherly love, Mayor Jim Kenney said in a statement that his city "would be prepared to welcome these immigrants just as we have embraced our immigrant communities for decades." He said the White House was demonstrating "the utter contempt that the Trump Administration has for basic human dignity."
The Republican president has made cracking down on illegal and legal immigration a centerpiece of his administration, and has regularly threatened to try to cut federal funding to programs in generally Democratic-leaning sanctuary cities, counties and states.
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To name a few, it continues to dissolve our national sovereignty and shred our rule of law.
It would also increase the population for those liberal cities and states, which currently means an increase in (D) House of Reps.
Trump needs a whole lot more help to restore rule of law and our sovereignty.
Obama was doing that.
They were doing the same thing under Labour in the UK. It was revealed through Wikileaks under HLS Jack Straw.
Trump owns these idiots, he lives in their heads 24/7/365.
Great, send 100,000 a month to them. Make sure you get fingerprints or iris scans so we can be sure they don’t vote.
The comments are ABSOLUTELY EFFIN OUT OF THIS WORLD. Some of the commenters are actually sane.
One poster commented: Do these mayors realize that it is 100,000 per month? That is per month people!
another: greyhound nonstop from rio grande to Philly.
And so it goes. I haven't seen one comment yet that is derisive of Trump's position. And this is Yahoo!
Yep! It'll take about a New York second to file suit if Trump goes through with it.
That's because they've corrupted our language:
>>the difference between an immigrant and an illegal immgrant alien, a foreigner, a wetback.
Nah better idea. Let’s drop bus loads in the Upper East Side and Tribeca, and let’s see how fast the champagne socialists change their mind.
Same with California. Let’s drop bus loads off in West Hollywood in front of the W Hotel, right outside Google’s office in Menlo Park, in front of Salesforce.com’s nice office in downtown San Francisco, and right outside every mansion in Beverly Hills.
Make the elites live in the world that they’ve created for everyone else.
As far as Philly...meh, there’s some good people there. Let’s not mess with the swing states. But SF, NYC, Portland, Seattle, have at ‘em!
Yeah, kind of a stupid threat as long as such a crazy amount of government subsidy goes with it, as well as more Dem votes.
But we’re getting bailed out by the judgment that Trump can dump a lot of them back across the line into Mexico. Just too bad we’re more than halfway through his term and he hasn’t actually got any new areas fenced yet—because they can so easily sneak back in anyway.
And we can ship them right back. I’m well aware of how some cities in California get bus tickets for vagrants to make them go away. We can play that game too.
I really like your thinking.
But we cant forget Mad Maxine and Bat Crap Crazy Pelosi. They could each take in at least 100.
The places for them to be dropped off at are endless.
PLEASE let them get what they’re asking for, LOL!
California here I come .....
https://oathkeepers.org/2018/01/new-california-tent-city-video-sparks-outrage/
Give a million to Cook County.
100 buses
Trump should follow thru with this. Better for these New Democrats to settle in the Blue cities than allow various churches in cahoots with the Rats to relocate them in Red strongholds.
Because you know that’s the plan.
Well of course.
Libs: We LOVE illegals! They’re loving gifts of joy!
Trump: Ok you got it, one batch of illegals coming right up
Libs: ...
I changed my mind about Philly though. Drop of busloads right before an Eagles game starts, right in front of the stadium. We wouldn’t even need ICE. Their fans would do the mass deportation for us, lol.
The reason why California has so much homelessness is because people put them on buses and ship them from other states saying “You will love California, its sunny and nice beaches” so they come here..the second Trump sends more illegals to this state, which will never turn Republican again, DemonRat lawmakers will put them on buses and ship them to Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Kansas, etc..once they are there good luck in finding them they will scatter like the roaches they are
I agree. they will get let off in sanctuary city then my guess is they will be forwarded elsewhere.
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