My small town in NJ is being targeted as a Sanctuary City by Trump.

[no_hypocrisy]

Even on a list published by The Star Ledger.

My town is comprised of almost 42% immigrants, some legal, some otherwise.

There would be a significant tumult if ICE were to come to our town.

I don't believe our local police would assist as they try their damnedest to keep the community peaceful.

But if residents fled, there would be marked vacancies in housing. (The town is mostly absentee landlords.) And those vacancies wouldn't necessarily be filled.

Our school would be emptied of students. Less students equal less state and federal aid. Less teachers.

Would neighbors get involved if they saw ICE detain and arrest other neighbors?

This Shock Doctrine would change the face of our town and we'd be used as an example for other Sanctuary Cities.

My suspicion is that our town would be Ground Zero if only for the small area and large concentration of immigrants.

[SheltieLover]

1. Same with Memphis

[TnDem]

5. re: Memphis

Memphis has its own trouble whether undocumented persons are there are not.

[SheltieLover]

6. That's for sure! NAACP calling for Memphis to shut down fleaon's ai mess

Ice has been arresting immigrants showing up for court recently. 😓

[electric_blue68]

2. Oh, dear. Good luck for your town.

Decades spent, and still spend with 🩷relatives in Northern NJ.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Punchline: Our mayor is Muslim whose family immigrated from Turkey.

Will ICE take him as well?

[electric_blue68]

4. Ohhh, boy. 😑