Trump administration takes on the Sanctuary City nonsense

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Already, Trump's executive orders and other directives have ushered forth, among other things, changes in official terminology (bye-bye, "undocumented noncitizen"), as well as the arrival of the U.S. military at the southern border.

Further, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has partnered up with related federal agencies in rounding up criminal elements across the country. Along with that, repatriation flights full of illegal immigrants are also underway.

Not surprisingly, blue city mayors are crying foul, especially those from so-called sanctuary cities where elected officials admittedly breaking the law in the name of "inclusiveness" and woke has oftentimes resulted in tragic outcomes.

But as it turns out, these mayors have something else to be worried about: the long arm of the House Oversight Committee which, under the direction of its Chairman, Rep. James Comer (R-KY), has called on four of them to testify next month.

Comer posted this message Monday on his Twitter/X page:

I am launching a @GOPoversight investigation into sanctuary cities across the United States and their impact on public safety. I’m calling on the Mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver, and New York City to testify publicly at an oversight hearing on February 11, 2025. 

These sanctuary cities have refused to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement and U.S. immigration laws.

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump took decisive actions to restore the rule of law. It is now imperative that our immigration laws are enforced across the country and that criminal aliens are swiftly removed from our communities.

 The mayors who were invited to testify were Chicago's Brandon Johnson, Boston's Michelle Wu, New York City's Eric Adams, and Denver's Mike Johnston.

In his letter to all four mayors, Comer indicated that the goal of the hearings was to assess if new legislation would be needed:

In addition to the efforts of the Trump Administration to ensure federal immigration enforcement can proceed unimpeded, Congress must determine whether further legislation is necessary to enhance border security and public safety. It is imperative that federal immigration law is enforced and that criminal aliens are swiftly removed from our communities.

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It is about time the federal government took on the immigration scofflaws in so-called sanctuary cities.  Federal law is superior to the local officials who try to ignore it.  By harboring illegals those cities become less safe.  Comer's letter states the obvious.  If you are in the country illegally you are breaking the law and those who harbor the illegals are also in violation of the law.

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