by leonie36 » Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:34 am
Santuary Cities is not an accurate term!
Those Cities are some of the safest, so looks like Texas is going to see a rise in crime.
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Debunking the Myth of “Sanctuary Cities”
There is much confusion about the term “sanctuary city.” The term is often used derisively by immigration opponents to blast what are best described as community policing policies. In fact, these community policing policies are about providing safety, not sanctuary, to the residents of U.S. communities.
State and local police already have the authority to arrest anyone suspected of criminal activity, including non-citizens, and police regularly work with the Department of Ho meland Security (DHS) to identify foreign-born criminals, detain them, and transport the m for eventual deportation. However, most police do not arrest immigrants solely for being un documented. To date, most state and local police have rejected calls for “deputization” in immigration law enforcement because they believe it makes it more difficult for them to protect their communities.
More than 50 cities and states across the country have adopted policies that prevent police agencies from asking community residents who have not been arrested to prove their legal immigration status. These policies do allow state and local police to report foreign-born criminals to DHS. Based on the tenets of community policing, these policies make it safe for immigrant crime victims and witnesses to report criminals to the police and help put them behind bars. Critics claim that these cities and states provide “sanctuary” to criminals, but research