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konane — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 21:31:51 GMT

Thanks Carbob. Congress could if they wanted to but think it's going to take us calling, emailing them forcing them to..... also keeping tab on their votes and voting accordingly when reelection time comes.

Comment #3

konane — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 21:30:27 GMT

Thanks Em. Yes it is.

Comment #2

CARBOB — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 19:47:58 GMT

They do not want to follow the laws. I believe Congress can force the Justice department to enforce the laws, if they wanted to.

Comment #1

emilyg — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 18:37:50 GMT

Eye opening - thanks konane.

Original Blog Entry: Tancredo: Over 300 Sanctuary Cities Are Costing State and Local Taxpayers over $7,000,000,000 Annual

konane — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 17:57:19 GMT

Tancredo: Over 300 Sanctuary Cities Are Costing State and Local Taxpayers over $7,000,000,000 Annually

........Unlike Obama, President Trump is not trying to making new laws by executive decree. In his Executive Order, the president is only reminding mayors and governors of existing federal law dating to 1996:

U.S. Code Title 8 Chapter 12 Subchapter II Part IX 1373

8 U.S. Code 1373 Communication between government agencies and the Immigration and Naturalization Service:

Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal, State, or local law, a Federal, State, or local government entity or official may not prohibit, or in any way restrict, any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the Immigration and Naturalization Service information regarding the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual.

(b) Additional authority of government entitiesNotwithstanding any other provision of Federal, State, or local law, no person or agency may prohibit, or in any way restrict, a Federal, State, or local government entity from doing any of the following with respect to information regarding the immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual:

(1) Sending such information to, or requesting or receiving such information from, the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

(2) Maintaining such information.

(3) Exchanging such information with any other Federal, State, or local government entity.

(c) Obligation to respond to inquiries

The Immigration and Naturalization Service shall respond to an inquiry by a Federal, State, or local government agency, seeking to verify or ascertain the citizenship or immigration status of any individual within the jurisdiction of the agency for any purpose authorized by law, by providing the requested verification or status information.

(Pub. L. 104 208, div. C, title VI, 642, Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009 707.

What are the comparable numbers for your state? You can discover the SCAAP grant amounts for each state prison system and the local county jails applying for federal reimbursement at this website. http://founderscode.com/state-criminal-alien-assistance-program-scaap/

......Some local politicians also use a phony states rights argument for resisting federal enforcement of immigration law. This is a phony argument because there is a long string of Supreme Court decisions, most recently the 2012 Arizona v. United States ruling by Justice Kennedy, saying that the Constitution in Article VI gives the federal government preemptive authority over immigration law. States cannot opt-out of federal immigration law, and neither can cities or counties or universities or private religious organizations. ....

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/28/tancredo-300-sanctuary-cities-costing-state-local-taxpayers-7000000000-annually/?utm_source=facebook utm_medium=socialhttp://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/28/tancredo-300-sanctuary-cities-costing-state-local-taxpayers-7000000000-annually/?utm_source=facebook utm_medium=social

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