Virginia Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, whose allies have repeatedly tried to cast his Republican opponent as a racist and white supremacist for putting illegal alien crime at the center of his campaign, himself called out a new law for not being harsh enough on “illegal immigrants” when he first ran for office.
Progressive Democrats are outraged after Virginia Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday that he would sign legislation outlawing sanctuary cities. They think his announcement could cost him the race.
Ralph Northam cracked under pressure, flip-flopped, and admitted he would sign legislation to ban sanctuary cities in Virginia.
Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” former spokeswoman for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign Adrienne Elrod said Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ralph Northam supported sanctuary cities. Partial transcript as follows: ELROD: Well look I’m also going to say it’s
District officials in Washington, D.C. designated a legal defense fund aimed at benefiting illegal aliens and their families after being detained for deportation. The move comes after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement stepped up operations in sanctuary cities.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions ripped the sanctuary city policies of Chicago, Illinois, in a heated exchange with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday.
An illegal alien who was drunk driving has pleaded guilty to killing a Kansas deputy sheriff after causing a deadly car crash last year. Sanctuary city policies in two jurisdictions allowed the previously convicted drunk driver to remain in the U.S. leading to the murder of the deputy.
Nearly 500 criminal illegal aliens were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a four-day operation in sanctuary city jurisdictions, which shield illegal aliens from deportation.
In a whirlwind tour of speaking engagements this week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions continued hammering his Justice Department’s priorities, including pressuring so-called “sanctuary cities” and combating the opioid epidemic.
California’s legislature approved “sanctuary state” protections for illegal aliens in a last-minute vote Saturday, limiting city and state police cooperation with federal immigration officials.
A federal judge in Illinois on Friday ruled against two parts of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) policy of denying federal funds to sanctuary cities, but sustained a key third part, in a mixed decision that both sides will now appeal.
The Department of Justice filed an amicus curiae, or “friend of the court” brief Friday defending Texas’s tough Senate Bill 4 (SB 4) in the lawsuit seeking to prevent the law, which seeks to rein in the state’s so called “sanctuary” cities, from taking effect.
The Department of Justice announced a new set of priorities for one of its law enforcement grants that will place so-called “sanctuary cities” behind jurisdictions that cooperate in federal immigration enforcement.
An illegal alien who murdered his girlfriend two weeks after being released from custody had also had his immigration status flagged by Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities, a report from the Santa Rosa Press Democrat has revealed.
Bruce Rauner, Republican Governor of Illinois, told the local press he may sign a new bill passed by the heavily Democratic Illinois legislature to frustrate federal immigration enforcement.
On Wednesday in Miami, Attorney General Jeff Sessions praised the recent decision of Miami-Dade County to end its sanctuary policy. At the same time, he criticized Chicago’s sanctuary policy and its filing of a federal lawsuit against the Justice Department in the wake of the Department’s denial of federal law enforcement grants to sanctuary jurisdictions.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired a shot across the bow of so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions like Chicago Wednesday from Miami, where a dramatic shift to compliance with federal immigration enforcement took place.
San Bernardino, California, Sheriff John McMahon has spoken out about how state law prevents him from cooperating with the federal government to enforce immigration law, which results in the release of “dangerous criminals” back onto the streets.
Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) officers of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency arrested 32 criminal aliens previously convicted of sex crimes in the sanctuary jurisdiction of Long Island, New York. The arrests came during Operation SOAR (Sex Offender Alien Removal), a 10-day operation that ended on August 3.
The Department of Justice has informed Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez that Miami-Dade County is in compliance with federal immigration law and, thus, eligible for $480,000 in grant funding for law-enforcement operations in the county.
Breitbart News Senior Legal Editor Ken Klukowski joined SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Tuesday’s Breitbart News Daily, discussing lawsuits by Chicago and other Democrat-led government’s against the Trump administration’s efforts to stop sanctuary cities, which are cities that harbor illegal aliens and violate federal immigration laws.
Lawsuits by Chicago and California against President Donald Trump’s sanctuary city executive order and Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ federal funding conditions are almost certain to end up at the Supreme Court within two years, raising profound constitutional questions about immigration, state sovereignty, and the rule of law.
Following the announcement that the city of Chicago — spearheaded by former Obama chief of staff and Mayor Rahm Emanuel — Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a statement reaffirming the Department of Justice (DOJ) decision to withhold federal grant funding to state and local governments that flaunt federal immigration law.
The City of Chicago is suing the federal government for its efforts to enforce the nation’s immigration laws, calling the Department of Justice (DOJ) announcement that cities who harbor illegal aliens won’t be eligible for federal grant funding an assault on their “fundamental rights.”
Attorney General Jeff Sessions renewed threats on Thursday to single out four specific cities applying for crime-prevention funding — including San Bernardino and Stockton, California— that he believes are failing to cooperate fully with federal immigration officials; something city officials protest.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced another tool in the fight against “sanctuary cities” Thursday.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions banned sanctuary cities from participating in a federal public safety program.
Police in New York City expressed frustration about not being able to stop naked panhandlers from harassing the public because most of them are illegal aliens. Their status makes it difficult to enforce tickets because of Mayor de Blasio’s sanctuary city policies.
Immigration officials confirmed to Breitbart Texas that the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office released the criminal alien who allegedly assaulted two women in Portland, Oregon after an immigration detainer requested he be held for deportation. Earlier this year, the sheriff said that turning criminal aliens over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers damages “community trust.”
A Mexican national, deported by immigration authorities 20 times, moved to a sanctuary city and allegedly raped a 65-year-old woman.
The chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees funding for the Department of Justice praised Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ announcement of new restrictions on sanctuary cities.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the final implementation of his plan to deny federal law enforcement grants to jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with immigration enforcement Tuesday.
Since Jeff Sessions was confirmed as Attorney General in February, following his nomination by President Donald Trump, he has pushed forward much of the nationalist agenda promised during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke about violent crime and so-called “sanctuary cities” at the U.S. attorney’s office in Philadelphia Friday, keeping on message as mainstream media speculation about his future swirled after comments President Donald Trump made Wednesday to the New York Times.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) executives are reallocating resources to increase enforcement efforts in “uncooperative jurisdictions” where criminal aliens are released back onto the streets by local jail officials.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions told a conference attended by state and local law enforcement officers that criminal aliens are drawn to sanctuary cities. He blamed politicians, not the cops for refusing to cooperate with immigration officials–making their communities less safe.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke in Las Vegas, Nevada Wednesday to federal, state, and local law enforcement about ongoing efforts to combat violent crime and rein in so-called “sanctuary cities.”
An illegal alien with pending felony charges was released by New York City law enforcement as requests by federal immigration officials continue to be ignored due to prevailing sanctuary city policies.
The Justice Department announced Thursday that it has received and is reviewing claims of compliance from ten suspected “sanctuary” jurisdictions.
A handful of Senate Democrats will decide if two immigration reform bills passed by the House will become law. Most Democratic Senators — and the party’s Senate leadership — will oppose the two modest bills. But the bills will become
