the Trump administration’s efforts to deport criminal illegal immigrants. New York City Mayor Eric Adams
BOSTON “The Boston Trust Act puts strict prohibitions on local law enforcement from being pulled into becoming the enforcement arm for
the whims of whatever the sort of approach of the federal immigration law might be.” — Mayor Michelle Wu (Democrat)
told reporters following a December meeting with Homan that he intended to help federal authorities go after ille- gal immigrants who had committed crimes in the city. “We’re going to protect the rights of immigrants in this city that are hard- working, giving back to the city in a real way,” Adams said during a City Hall news conference after the meeting. “We’re not going to be a safe haven
CALIFORNIA “The freedoms we hold dear are under attack — and we won’t sit idle.”
— Gov. Gavin Newsom (Democrat)
for those who commit repeated vio- lent crimes against innocent migrants, immigrants, and long-standing New Yorkers.” New York has been confronting a
In an interview with Newsmax,
Homan questioned the logic behind the resistance efforts: “President Trump is going to prioritize public safety threats. What mayor or gover- nor doesn’t want public safety threats out of their communities?” However, in their attempts to thwart
Trump’s plan to remove criminal illegal immigrants from their cities, sanctuary city mayors have caused an increase in violent offenders by attracting more to their communities, placing their citi- zens at greater risk, according to immi- gration expert Simon Hankinson. “Of course, if you are a criminal
illegal alien and have a rap sheet in El Salvador, why wouldn’t you go to Boston or Chicago, where you know law enforcement is going to leave you alone?” Hankinson, a senior research fellow in the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation, told Newsmax. “They are creating a magnet for
hardcore foreign immigrants who will often prey on locals, and this isn’t going to work out well for anyone. “A lot of these people are very vio-
lent offenders committing horrific crimes, and those are also people who are being provided sanctuary,” added Hankinson. Tren de Aragua, which translates
to “train of Aragua,” has been terror- izing neighborhoods across the coun- try and is believed to be operating in 16 states, according to a Department of Homeland Security memo. The gang has reportedly taken advantage of a lax southern border under the Biden administration. Not all big city mayors are resisting
“A lot of these people are very violent offenders committing horrific crimes, and those are also people who are being provided
sanctuary.” — Simon Hankinson
crisis of an influx of more than 225,000 illegal immigrants since 2022. Accord- ing to the mayor, the city, which is legal- ly obligated to house anyone homeless, has spent more than $6 billion to shel- ter, feed, and provide services. Big city mayors would be political-
ly wise to follow the lead of Adams, according to Hankinson, who pre- dicts a lot of “political posturing” and attempts to “frustrate and tie the hands of federal law enforcement” in the months to follow, but says a stand- down between local and federal law enforcement is unlikely. “If the mayor of Chicago or any of
these other cities is going to have police physically resist federal law enforce- ment, they will be making a huge mis- take, both on a practical level and polit- ically, and that is a fight they would lose,” said Hankinson. Still, until the rhetoric comes to an
end, America’s sanctuary cities could prove to be the biggest losers as increas- ing numbers of illegal gang members continue entering their communities. “These mayors know they have a sympathetic media who will never highlight the horrifying crimes being committed and only the most sympa- thetic cases, which could be enough to keep them speaking in ways that continue attracting the worst criminal elements of these gangs.”
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