Sanctuary cities: Perversion of Justice, or simply exercising the 10th Amendment?

Question

OK, what do you guys think about the “Sanctuary cities”? They are cities in America that are basically defying National law by refusing to co-operate with government officials (such as I.C.E. agents) in finding illegal aliens.

Now, it seems to me that this is a bad idea. It is letting illegals know that if they come to America, undercut our wages, bring disease into our country, etc., that we will welcome them with open arms.
But, let’s think about it from another perspective. Isn’t this the perfect exercise of the 10th Amendment? Isn’t this what the founding fathers had in mind? If a specific law is not directly stated in the Constitution, it is a power delegated to the states. I mean, if Houston or San Francisco don’t mind paying more for health care or law enforcement, let them pay more!

Maybe this is the start of the renewal of the 10th Amendment. Maybe we can have “Sanctuary states” for fetuses, where Abortion doctors are tried for murder. Maybe we can go back to letting states decide laws like drinking ages. Remember when Louisiana’s drinking age was 18, instead of 21? (home sweet home!). The Feds cut off funding to LA until we raised our drinking age.

I am usually known for seeing the best in every situation. So, even though our country is being inundated with illegal aliens, maybe this is the start of a new America, the one our founding fathers envisioned.

What do you say?

Answer 1

This is simply sickening, isn't it? I could go on and on about this. But I will give you a short statement of what i see:

I have been a Law Enforcement officer in a major Florida city for going on 19 years. We have had a housing boom here for the past five years. That, along with the crops, have brought illegal Mexicans here in droves. Our hospitals are overwhelmed and going broke. The schools are over crowded and many are forced to teach in Spanish only! Our social services are maxed out.

We are under orders by Immigration not to pick up any illegals and call them. Even when they commit a crime, unless its a Murder, Immigration is not interested.

But, its not Immigration's fault.... They too are under orders NOT to round up illegals.

So, its not just sanctuary cities.... its the whole Politically Correct Socialist country we are becoming. That's the problem.

Answer 2

The 10th amendment simply grants to the states and the people those things that are not reserved to the federal government by the constitution. Since control of immigration is a federal issue, cities can't legally or constitutionally ignore those laws, nor can they pass their own laws to override the federal laws. In a Supreme Court appeal, the federal government would undoubtedly win.

With regard to local issues, as you mentioned, the states do have control, and can choose to exercise that, if they don't mind giving up federal funding. There are a wide range of issues like drinking that can be regulated at the state level - but the federal government has control over the spending of federal taxes and can choose to withhold funding from states if they don't like the laws or policies in that state.

Answer 3

What kind of idiot are you? You spew your bile about going against the Constitution and National law and then talk about sanctuary cities for fetuses. Abortion is a God given right. The Constitution and the laws of our nation agree. People like you that are Pro Life murderers are always looking for some scam you can produce before the public to steal their rights away. You are nothing but a con man that hates loved and wanted kids.
You pro life nutcakes kill millions of kids that are already born for the sake of fetus that has less than a 50% chance of living. You are the murderers, torturerers and sadist. While you rape the Constitution and our natural rights, why not just kill a few living kids. Or perhaps you can bomb a clinic and harass some pregnant women.

Answer 4

There should be NO amnesty or DREAM ACTS for illegal aliens. The senior Senator from Minnesota, Norm Coleman, will offer an amendment to end the practice of "sanctuary cities" and demand compliance with immigration laws. Coleman wants to close the loophole various cities opened in the 1996 immigration bill that allows them to ignore the illegal status of people arrested by their law enforcement agencies:

Answer 5

Sanctuary cities should receive no funds from the government. If they want to have a city full of criminals,let them foot the bill for housing them,feeding them,educating them..etc...Let the hospitals support themselves,wonder how that would go with a city full of people who wouldn't pay the bill.
I for one am tired of all the protection these people get when they have broken the laws of our country.

Answer 6

You know what? Let them have their sanctuary cities for these criminals. Let's send every other criminal there as well.

But let's not stop there: Let the city and state taxes care for the well being of those illegals. Leave the federal taxes out of it.

Answer 7

They should rename the USA to the HMS Titanic. We no longer have even five percent of the eligible voters with the faintest ability to pick leadership. That this is even at issue shows how far left propaganda from the MSM and Academia have twisted two generations plus into pretzel-heads. One hundred million unneeded, mostly unassimilable third world immigrants of ALL flavors over the last forty years equals why real livings standards have declined for the American people and why wealth concentration has become beyond obscene. Good luck with those deck chairs because together BOTH of parts of this two Party, one Party government want and fully intend to drive our population up to 600 million by the end of the century. Welcome to third world America, Brazil north.