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Monday 15 april 2019

Trump sanctuary city idea could help migrants stay in U.S.

By ASTRID GALVAN and his brother-in-law was killed.
MORGAN LEE To him, the biggest problem
Associated Press with being in the Bay Area
PHOENIX (AP) — An idea is the high cost of living. The
floated by President Don- former textile factory work-
ald Trump to send immi- er relies on his mother’s in-
grants from the border to come from waitressing for
“sanctuary cities” to exact food and clothing, and
revenge on Democratic he’s started thinking about
foes could end up doing asking legal permission to
the migrants a favor by move to North Carolina,
placing them in locations where an uncle resides and
that make it easier to put says it’s cheaper to live and
down roots and stay in the work.
country. “To tell the truth, it’s a little
The plan would put thou- tight now, financially speak-
sands of immigrants in cit- ing,” said Romero, a former
ies that are not only wel- textile factory worker, who
coming to them, but also said he doesn’t know of
more likely to rebuff fed- any charities that may be
eral officials carrying out willing to help.
deportation orders. Many The plan discussed by
of these locations have Trump would also have fi-
more resources to help im- In this April 5, 2019 photo, President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable on immigration and nancial, logistical and legal
migrants make their legal border security at the U.S. Border Patrol Calexico Station in Calexico, Calif. issues.
cases to stay in the United Associated Press The transportation of im-
States than smaller cities, politically motivated stunt change our very danger- body gets a win out of it.” migrants who are arrested
with some of the nation’s that seeks to play politics ous immigration laws, we She said she hopes Demo- at the border to large and
biggest immigration advo- with peoples’ lives,” said are indeed, as reported, crats will work with the pres- faraway cities would be
cacy groups based in plac- George Gascon, district at- giving strong consider- ident on a comprehensive burdensome and costly
es like San Francisco, New torney for San Francisco. ations to placing Illegal Im- immigration bill. at a time when Immigra-
York City and Chicago. Trump has grown increas- migrants in Sanctuary Cities Romero, 27, was separated tion and Customs Enforce-
The downside for the immi- ingly frustrated over the sit- only,” Trump tweeted. He from his daughter, now 7, ment is already stretched
grants would be a high cost uation at the border, where added that, “The Radical by federal authorities at the thin, having released over
of living in the cities. tens of thousands of immi- Left always seems to have U.S. border at El Paso, Tex- 125,000 immigrants into the
The Transactional Records grant families are cross- an Open Borders, Open as, last year and jailed for country pending their im-
Access Clearinghouse at ing each month, many to Arms policy - so this should three months before being migration court since Dec.
Syracuse University an- claim asylum. His adminis- make them very happy!” released and making his 21. They are currently being
nounced this week that tration has attempted sev- Asked about the proposal way to live with his moth- released mainly in border
an analysis found that im- eral efforts to stop the flow, Sunday, White House press er in San Jose, California. states.
migrants in sanctuary cities and he recently shook up secretary Sarah Sanders There he was reunited with Flights chartered by ICE
such as New York and Los the top ranks of the Depart- said it was “not the ideal his daughter, who attends cost about $7,785 per flight
Angeles are 20% less likely ment of Homeland Security. solution.” public kindergarten. hour, according to the
to be arrested out in the The idea to ship immigrants “The president heard the Romero says he goes about agency, and require multi-
community than in cities to Democratic strongholds idea, he likes it,” she told daily errands in public with- ple staffers, including an in-
without such policies. was considered twice in re- ABC’s “This Week,” add- out worry of discrimination. flight medical professional.
“With immigrants being less cent months, but the White ing that it is among several His daughter has made The agency also uses com-
likely to commit crimes than House and Department options being reviewed friends and has playdates mercial flights. Doing longer
the U.S.-born population, of Homeland Security said by the White House. “The with the children of Mexi- transports would increase
and with sanctuary jurisdic- the plan had been reject- president likes the idea and can American families. It’s liability for the agency, es-
tions being safer and more ed. But Trump said Friday Democrats have said they a far cry from his hometown pecially considering that
productive than non-sanc- he was still considering the want these individuals into in the violence-plagued many of the immigrants in
tuary jurisdictions, the data idea. “Due to the fact that their communities so let’s outskirts of San Pedro Sula, its care are families with
damns this proposal as a Democrats are unwilling to see if it works and every- Honduras, that he fled after young children.q