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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFact Check: Do 80 percent of Americans oppose sanctuary cities?
Of course this White House refers to an online poll.Source: Washington Post, by Michelle Ye Hee Lee
According to one recent poll, 80 percent of Americans believe that cities that arrest illegal immigrants for a crime should be required to turn them over to immigration authorities.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, news briefing, March 27, 2017
I think the last poll I saw on this issue, on sanctuary cities, was somewhere in the 80 percent that American people dont support sanctuary cities, they dont want their tax dollars used to finance people who are in this country illegally.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer, news briefing, March 14
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Theres no official definition of sanctuary. It generally refers to rules restricting state and local governments from alerting federal authorities about people who may be in the country illegally. Immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility, and state and local law enforcement can decide how much they want to cooperate with the federal government for immigration enforcement. (For more, check out our explainer and this graphic.)
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A February McClatchy-Marist poll of U.S. adults asked two questions about sanctuary policies:
Sanctuary City is a term used to describe U.S. cities which do not enforce immigration laws and allow undocumented immigrants to live there and, in many cases, receive services. Which comes closer to your opinion? Undocumented immigrants should be deported so there is no reason to have sanctuary cities. Sanctuary cities are needed to provide services to undocumented immigrants while they are in this country. Response: 41 percent believed there was no reason to have them, and 50 percent believed they are needed.
Do you support or oppose the federal government cutting funds to cities that provide sanctuary for undocumented immigrants? Response: 42 percent supported, 53 percent opposed.
A Fox News poll this month of registered voters asked: Some so-called sanctuary cities refuse to assist federal authorities detain and deport illegal immigrants do you favor or oppose penalizing those cities by taking away their federal funding? Response: 41 percent supported and 53 percent opposed taking away federal funds from sanctuary cities.
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Fact Check: Do 80 percent of Americans oppose sanctuary cities? (Original Post)
yallerdawg
Mar 2017
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underpants
(182,270 posts)1. Well yeah but those are numbers and 80 is a number
So. Slam dunk.
I googled it. Posts on Breitbart RT Newsmax Infowars etc.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)2. For those interested...
in why we just don't give in to 'the dark side.'
Why we actually are better - and right.
nikibatts
(2,198 posts)3. 80% of Americans do not even know what they are.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)4. A compassionate society...
cannot create a sub-class of fellow humans who are by nature of their status already exploited and preyed on.
The Liar-in-Chief has corrupted a beautiful word in our vocabulary.
Sanctuary.