Texas Showdown: Governor, Sanctuary City Clash Over Immigration

[FindersKeepers]

This may be a successful way of combating sanctuary cities.


Texas Governor Greg Abbott vowed to cut funding to Austin’s new sheriff after she announced (http://www.mystatesman.com/news/local/abbott-governor-office-cut-funding-for-travis-county-after-immigration-policy-change/mUy5ugydxU3vmS08h89bzJ/) her county would scale back cooperation with federal immigration officials over deportations, marking a showdown over so-called sanctuary cities (http://www.vocativ.com/376984/sanctuary-cities-trump-deportation/) that may resonate beyond the Lone Star state.
Abbott, a Republican, has threatened to withhold nearly $1.8 million in state law-enforcement grants following Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez’s decision to buck state law and no longer honor all jail detainers sought by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A detainer is a request to state and local jails to notify federal agents when they are about to release an undocumented immigrant from custody.

Beginning February 1, her office will only honor holds placed by federal agents when a suspect is booked into the Travis County Jail on charges of capital murder, aggravated sexual assault, and human trafficking.



http://www.vocativ.com/396223/texas-sanctuary-city-republican-governor-immigration/

[nic34]

Good luck with that.


From your embedded link:





How Sanctuary Cities Could Shatter Trump’s Deportation Fantasy

“Mr. Trump’s plan will be undermined without the cooperation of these jurisdictions,” Muzaffar Chishti, director the Migration Policy Institute’s office at the New York University School of Law, told Vocativ.

This conflict reflects an inconvenient truth about federal immigration enforcement: it’s relied heavily on the aid of state and local law enforcement officials over the last two decades. And as deportations soared to record highs under the Obama administration, to more than 2.4 million during his first six years in office, many cities and counties began to rescind their assistance, citing the social and fiscal tolls it had taken on their communities — an example of how the refusal of cities to cooperate with the feds can complicate immigration enforcement, even under a liberal-leaning administration.


http://www.vocativ.com/376984/sanctuary-cities-trump-deportation/

[MMC]

Let him hold the 1.8 million. That is State Funding. Then Trump can hold the Fed Funding. Then when the Demo Sherriff starts crying and whining about having no funds to fall back on. Tell her to act like a Marine.....and improvise.

[Common]

Good luck with that.


From your embedded link:





How Sanctuary Cities Could Shatter Trump’s Deportation Fantasy

“Mr. Trump’s plan will be undermined without the cooperation of these jurisdictions,” Muzaffar Chishti, director the Migration Policy Institute’s office at the New York University School of Law, told Vocativ.

This conflict reflects an inconvenient truth about federal immigration enforcement: it’s relied heavily on the aid of state and local law enforcement officials over the last two decades. And as deportations soared to record highs under the Obama administration, to more than 2.4 million during his first six years in office, many cities and counties began to rescind their assistance, citing the social and fiscal tolls it had taken on their communities — an example of how the refusal of cities to cooperate with the feds can complicate immigration enforcement, even under a liberal-leaning administration.


http://www.vocativ.com/376984/sanctuary-cities-trump-deportation/
No one can deport all the illegals that are here. What can be done is sanctuary cities get zero federal dollars. As illegal immigrants commit crimes instead of incarcerating them here at 50,000 a year deport them and in the process secure the border as best you can.

Take away all the benefits afforded to those that have broke our laws, no more free anything. Put in place very large debilitating fines for any employer that employs illegal immigrants and make it progressive and eventually jail time for non compliance.

End birth right citizenship and only afford essential emergency medical care to illegals.

Those measures trump can take and those will slow illegal immigration to a trickle.

Id be all for taking all money saved from giveaways to illegals and use it to help americans and improve their lives.

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - cut dey's federal money off...
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WH: No Word Yet on When Sanctuary Cities Will Have Federal Funding Cut
February 1, 2017 – White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said there’s no word yet on when the Trump administration will publish a list of municipalities that are considered sanctuary cities or when such cities should expect to see their federal funding cut.


“As we continue to implement this executive order and fulfill the pledge that he made, we’ll have further updates on how we intend—how that list will come out and when it will come out,” Spicer said.

Spicer was responding to the first-ever Skype seat question, a local reporter from Rhode Island. “Just this week, the mayor of Providence, R.I. began calling our capital city a sanctuary city. As we know, President Trump’s executive order says the White House will begin publicizing a weekly list of these municipalities and pledges to withdraw federal grant money from them,” the reporter said, asking “how soon we can expect to see this list, and how soon should cities like Providence expect to see their federal funding cut.” “I think the president’s goal in ending sanctuary cities is pretty clear. We want to as we mentioned with these other actions keep America safe,” Spicer said.

“The goal is to make sure on two fronts: one, we are doing everything we can to protect American citizens, institutions, and ending sanctuary cities is one of the ways we can continue to do that. Furthermore, the president’s been very clear through his executive order that federal funds paid for by hard-working taxpayers should not be used to help fund sanctuary cities,” he said. “As we continue to implement this executive order and fulfill the pledge that he made, we’ll have further updates on how we intend—how that list will come out and when it will come out, so I look forward to following up on that as well,” Spicer added.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-arter/wh-no-word-yet-when-sanctuary-cities-will-have-federal-funding-cut

See also:

'Sanctuary cities' bill advances in Texas, despite outcry
February 3, 2017 — A Texas Senate panel shrugged off 16 hours of sometimes tearful pleas and defiant opposition to approve a "sanctuary cities" proposal that would withhold grant funding from local jurisdictions that don't hand over immigrants already in custody for possible deportation. A 7-2 vote around 12:45 a.m. Friday from the chamber's powerful State Affairs Committee sends the bill to the full Senate, where a vote could come as early as next week.


Hundreds of Texans traveled from all over the state to testify on the bill and proceedings were repeatedly disrupted by protesters. Supporters say the measure will impose the rule of law, but civic groups, immigration lawyers, church leaders and Hispanic activists oppose it, fearing it will lead to racial profiling and promote mistrust of law enforcement among minority communities. The committee voted along party lines and the hotly contested bill should clear the Senate too, since Republicans control 20 of its 31 seats. Similar measures have been backed by top Texas Republicans in previous years but never became law. A bill reaching the Senate floor so early in the state's legislative session — which began Jan. 10 and runs through the end of May — bodes well for its chances this time.

The Texas Democratic Party accused Republicans of using the late hour to rush legislation that much of the state doesn't want. The committee had scheduled a second meeting to discuss the bill after 8:30 a.m. on Friday, but canceled that after succeeding in voting overnight. "In the dead of the night, while the very families that will be targeted by this discriminatory legislation were asleep, Republicans voted to launch Trump's deportation force agenda," Manny Garcia, the party's executive director, said in a statement Friday.

The term "sanctuary cities" has no legal definition, but Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has promoted the legislation as a move to crackdown on criminal suspects who are in the country illegally. The issue has become contentious in many legislatures around the country, especially with President Donald Trump promising to wall off the U.S.-Mexico border and impose strict federal immigration policies. As proposed, Texas' bill applies to local police forces and law enforcement at college campuses, and seeks to strip authorities of state-controlled grant funding if they don't comply — though some of its key provisions may change as it clears the Senate and makes its way through Texas' Republican-controlled state House.

MORE http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/texas-senate-panel-oks-so-called-sanctuary-cities-bill (http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/texas-senate-panel-oks-so-called-sanctuary-cities-bill)

Related:

Texas legislators seek funding ban for 'sanctuary cities'
February 3, 2017 — Texas Republicans eager to reinforce President Donald Trump's call for a crackdown on illegal immigration pushed to deny state money for local jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate, an issue Gov. Greg Abbott has declared to be an "emergency" facing the state.


The Republican-controlled state Senate on Thursday held its first hearing on a bill targeting so-called "sanctuary cities," a meeting that was disrupted several times by demonstrators singing songs or directing jeers at Abbott. After more than 16 hours of testimony, the Senate State Affairs Committee approved the bill on a 7-2 party-line vote early Friday, the Austin American-Statesman reported. The move sends the measure to the full Senate next week. The GOP governor, who didn't attend the hearing, has also called for the power to remove from office any local elected officeholder who resists the federal government on immigration issues.

The term "sanctuary cities" has no legal definition. The bill by Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, would punish local governments if police don't comply with requests from federal immigration enforcement officers to hand over immigrants already in custody for possible deportation. "You don't get to decide which laws you like, which laws you will honor," A.J. Louderback, sheriff of Jackson County and president of the Sheriff's Association of Texas told the panel Thursday. "You don't get extra constitutional powers."

Individual sheriffs and police chiefs — particularly those in heavily Democratic areas of the state — have long opposed enforcing federal immigration law. Abbott has already ordered $1.5 million withheld from the Austin sheriff who has said the jails in the state's capital city would no longer honor most federal immigration detainers. That money supports projects such as family violence education and a special court for veterans, and Abbott has warned there could be more money cut.

Sheriff Sally Hernandez, an elected Democrat in Texas' most liberal city — the home of the University of Texas — has said her jails will only honor immigration holds on murder, aggravated sexual assault and human trafficking cases, a policy Abbott has called a threat to public safety. Hernandez's predecessor had allowed federal officials to use the jail to locate and detain immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally for possible deportation. Perry said local authorities must enforce the law. "This is not a deportation bill, this is a rule of law bill," Perry said. "We have almost a culture of contempt for federal immigration law."

MORE (http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/texas-legislators-seek-funding-ban-sanctuary-cities)