Washington Examiner – by Paul Bedard
The number of so-called “Sanctuary Cities” has crossed 300 in a rapid expansion despite public protests and moves in Congress to cut off funding.
The Center for Immigration Studies has updated its list to include Dallas County in Texas, Philadelphia, five Kentucky counties and possibly the whole state of Massachusetts as areas where federal law enforcement demands for information and access to jailed illegals immigrants will be denied.
Jessica M. Vaughan, director of policy studies for the Center for Immigration Studies, gave some examples of the new cities, counties and states that have joined in the sanctuary movement of denying federal demands — while also getting federal funding.
Outgoing Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, who had long maintained obstructive sanctuary policies, undid them before leaving office in December 2015. One of the very first acts of new Mayor Jim Kenney, within hours of his swearing-in, and after accepting some homemade bread baked by illegal aliens, was to institute a new sanctuary policy.
In addition to Dallas County, other new sanctuary jurisdictions include the city of Lawrence, Mass., and five counties in Kentucky. In addition, in December, a committee of the Massachusetts legislature approved a strict and far-reaching sanctuary bill.
On Monday, a key appropriations subcommittee chairman, Texas Rep. John Culberson, sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch to stop funding cities that reject Justice and Homeland Security demands for information and access to jailed immigrants.
Vaughan’s broad list of jurisdictions that favor illegals over federal security demands is below, from her blog:
States
- California, Connecticut, New Mexico, Colorado
Cities and Counties
Arizona
- South Tucson
California (in addition to all county sheriffs)
- Berkeley
- Los Angeles
- Orange County Probation Department
Colorado (in addition to all counties)
- Aurora Detention Center
Connecticut (in addition to state LEAs)
- East Haven
- Hartford
Florida
- Broward County
- Hernando County
- Hillsborough County
- Miami-Dade County
- Palm Beach County
- Pasco County
- Pinellas County
Georgia
- Clayton County
- Fulton County
Illinois
- Champaign County
Chicago
- Cook County
Iowa
- Allamakee County
- Benton County
- Cass County
- Clinton County
- Delaware County
- Dubuque County
- Franklin County
- Freemont County
- Greene County
- Ida County
- Iowa County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Linn County
- Marion County
- Monona County
- Montgomery County
- Polk County
- Pottawattamie County
- Sioux County
- Story County
- Wapello County
- Winneshiek County
Kansas
- Butler County
- Finney County
- Harvey County
- Johnson County
- Sedgwick County
- Shawnee County
Kentucky
- Campbell County
- Franklin County
- Kenton County
- Scott County
- Woodford County
Louisiana
- Lafayette Parish
- Orleans Parish
Maine
- Portland
Maryland
- Baltimore City
- Montgomery County
- Prince George’s County
Massachusetts
- Amherst
- Boston
- Cambridge
- Lawrence
- Northhampton
- Somerville
Minnesota
- Hennepin County
- Ramsey County
Nebraska
- Douglas County
- Hall County
- Lancaster County
- Sarpy County
Nevada
- Clark County
- Washoe County
New Jersey
- Middlesex County
- Newark
- Ocean County
- Union County
New Mexico (in addition to all counties)
- Rio Arriba
New York
- Franklin County
- Nassau County
- New York City
- Onondaga County
- Rensselaer County
- Saratoga County
- Suffolk County
- St. Lawrence County
- Wayne County
North Dakota
- North Dakota State Penitentiary
- South West Multiple County Corrections Center
Oregon
- Clackamas County
- Clatsop, Oregon
- Coos County
- Crook County
- Curry County
- Deschutes County
- Douglas County
- Gilliam County
- Grant County
- Hood River County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Lincoln County
- Linn County
- Malheur County
- Marion County
- Multnomah County
- Polk County
- Sherman County
- Springfield Police Department
- Tillamook County
- Umatilla County
- Union County
- Wallowa County
- Wasco County
- Washington County
- Wheeler County
- Yamhill County
Pennsylvania
- Lehigh County
- Philadelphia
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Department of Corrections
Texas
- Dallas County
- Travis County
Virginia
- Chesterfield County
Washington
- Baker County
- Benton County
- Chelan County
- Clallam County
- Cowlitz County
- Franklin County Jefferson County
- Kent City Jail, King County
- King County
- Kitsap County
- Pierce County
- Skagit County
- Snohomish County
- South Correctional Entity (SCORE) Jail, King County
- Spokane County
- Thurston County
- Walla Walla County
- Whatcom County
- Yakima County
Washington, DC
Wisconsin
- Milwaukee
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at pbedard@washingtonexaminer.com.
Dallas county and Travis county. No shocker there. I’ve lived in both. They are both as pro illegal as you can get. Them bastards literally walk around like they own the place. Its high time to hang them all.