The mayors of four so-called “sanctuary cities” faced tough questions from lawmakers about their policies toward immigrants and how they work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday.
Hizzoner repeatedly insisted that there was “no quid pro quo” between him and the feds about President Trump’s Department of Justice moving to toss his corruption case.
Republicans accused the mayors of New York, Chicago, Denver and Boston of providing sanctuary to criminals, while Democrats pointed to falling crime rates and defended helping the needy.
Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill are taking aim at the Democratic mayors of New York City, Boston, Denver and Chicago over their so-called sanctuary city policies on immigration.
Four sanctuary city mayors who spent millions of state and federal taxpayer dollars to accommodate illegal immigrants denied that blocking federal agents from deporting criminal migrants
Republican lawmakers in some states are threatening local officials with lawsuits, fines and jail time if they resist President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration
Opponents of the legislation were also there, chanting “shame on you,” referring to Jones and other Republican elected officials at the press conference. Pedros Rios, from the American Friends Service Committee spoke to protesters. “We know that ...