Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Sanctuary Policies Still on the Table

Our friendly representatives are still pushing hard to make it easy and easier for illegal aliens to not only flood into our great country, but also give them access to benefits and protection that even an American citizen doesn't have access to.

In the latest round, the Sanctuary Amendment failed in the senate. This amendment would have prevented federal funds from being awarded to states and municipalities with sanctuary policies in place. The idea is that you cut off their funding and they would do away with sanctuary policies. But, now that is not going to happen.

On an interesting note, it's against federal law (section 624 of the Illegal Immigration and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996) for municipalities to to adopt policies (formally or informally) that prevent employees from communicating with with the DHS. Apparently this has never really been challenged by the DOJ.

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