Defiant “sanctuary” cities and states like New York The feds are acting like rebels and should lose “all” of their federal funding if they refuse to deport illegal immigrants, former governor. George Pataki said Sunday.
“No business as usual now” Pataki said On WABC 770 AM radio’s “Cats Roundtable” program. “If you want to build a country based on the rule of law, it has to be applied equally everywhere.
The former New York governor said, “Cities and states that pretend that federal regulations don’t apply to them are simply violating the Constitution, violating our liberties.” “I expect President Trump to back down with this Congress any city or state that refuses to follow federal laws.
“Trump must make them follow the law or cut off all federal funding. I think this would be a very positive step towards bringing America together.”
Pataki said New York and other local and state elected officials flouting immigration laws Acting like the Confederate supporters who instigated the Civil War in the 1800s by trying to secede from the Union.
Today, so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions refuse to honor or limit U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention requests to hand over illegal immigrants.
Pataki, The Three-term Empire State Governor FFrom 1995 to 2006, host John Catsimatidis said, “We had a civil war over this kind of thing.”
He said, “The South lost.” “It became clear that under the Constitution, every city, every state has to follow the law of this country. New York City is not okay right now. San Francisco, Los Angeles, California – there are no other places.”
They said that New York City Council approves “sanctuary” laws Which prevents local law enforcement and prison officials from cooperating and even handing over undocumented criminal immigrants.
During a recent meeting with Trump’s border czar Tom Homan in New York City Mayor Eric Adams said He was eyeing an executive order to “expose” local confusing rules and policies for how the Big Apple can work with federal immigration authorities.
“I’m going to use my executive power against dangerous people who are committing violence against migrants and asylum seekers,” he said.
On Sunday, when a City Hall representative was asked about Pataky’s comments, he cited Adams’ prior statements to The Post criticizing aspects of the city’s sanctuary laws that deter repeat violent offenders. Make it difficult to deport would-be immigrants. The mayor’s legal staff has worked closely with Homan’s team to develop ways to increase cooperation in deporting immigrant criminals.
“It is a privilege to live in America. If you violate (the law), you should not be in this country,” Adams said on Fox News Channel last week, referring to immigrants committing crimes.
On September 15, 2017, the Empire State became an illegal-immigrant sanctuary by virtue of an executive order signed by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, which covers state agencies but not local law enforcement.
Current Governor Kathy Hochul continues the sanctuary policy.
New York also approved a law allowing illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses in 2019.
“We need Trump, we need Washington to step in and say, ‘This is wrong,'” Pataki said. “I think (Mayor) Adams would also go along with this. I think he agrees that having sanctuary for illegal immigrants, including thousands of criminals, is not going to work and it has to stop.
Hochul said last month will assist federal authorities Deport immigrants who commit crimes.
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