The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has issued a report on sanctuary cities, addressing the issue of how to define a sanctuary city, specific limitations that states and localities have placed on immigration enforcement activity, and measures that the federal government has taken to counteract sanctuary policies.<\/p>\n
The CRS report comes at a time when the Trump administration has threatened to withhold federal funds from jurisdictions that continue sanctuary policies. These jurisdictions must now consider what is at stake, complicated by the lack of an accepted definition of a sanctuary city. Some police chiefs and mayors have stated that they comply fully with federal law, and simply direct their law enforcement officers not to perform the duties of federal immigration authorities.<\/p>\n
According to the CRS report, there is no formal definition of a sanctuary jurisdiction, but such policies generally fall into three categories. They \u201cdon\u2019t ask\u201d, \u201cdon\u2019t tell,\u201d and \u201cdon\u2019t enforce,\u201d which bars local (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has issued a report on sanctuary cities, addressing the issue of how to define a sanctuary city, specific limitations that states and localities have placed on immigration enforcement activity, and measures that the federal government…<\/span><\/p>\n