Unit 3 Exam-Extra Credit-Sanctuary Cities

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Sanctuary Cities This assignment is worth up to three points extra credit added to your Unit 3 Exam score. It must be submitted in the designated portal by noon on November 10, 2020. It is urged and recommended that you submit in Word format, 12 pt font, double spaced, 1-inch margins. A “sanctuary city” can be defined in many ways. For purposes of this exercise, a sanctuary city is one that has a city ordinance allowing sanctuary to some criminal suspects who have pending arrest warrants found within its city borders…arrest warrants that were issued by another jurisdiction, not that city This means, among other things, that the city police will not cooperate with other jurisdictions by detaining this suspect until that other jurisdiction comes to get him/her. In essence, the city is offering sanctuary to some criminal suspects, typically ones who have warrants issued for their arrest, and the warrants have been issued by other jurisdictions and authorities. Respond to the following questions and prompts: 1. Do you think it’s a good idea to have sanctuary cities in Texas? Why or why not? I believe that sanctuary cities are an irresponsible concept and abuse the power that elected officials have been given. Elected representatives at the federal level have passed legislation determining the process by which people can become visitors, residents, and eventually citizens of our country. The implementation of sanctuary cities blatantly disregards and violates the oath of office every city official takes upon entering their position. The illegal aliens living in these cities that are most concerning are the violent offenders but all of this population puts a strain on the city, state, and federal resources including but not limited to health care, food banks, school systems, employment, and low-income housing availability. 2. Assume for a moment that you are on a city council, and you are the only council member who opposes sanctuary cities. Knowing that you have lost the fight against establishing sanctuary cities, you are now asked to list three crimes you think the city should provide sanctuary for, what would those crimes be?

I think the three laws I could let slide are jaywalking, illegal lane changes, and taking your neighbor’s trash or “dumpster diving”. All laws have been enacted for a reason and if they are not worthy of enforcement and to be ignored, the government at whatever level necessary would need to repeal that law. 3. Currently, the Democratic Party, in various places across the country, are promoting a policy of creating sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants who are also the subject of a federal arrest warrant. If the police in those cities do happen to arrest these immigrants, they do not detain these suspects long enough for the federal authorities to come and retrieve them but rather release them. What are your reactions and thoughts regarding this policy? Explain. Federal authorities are being undermined by local municipalities and should have their federal and state funding withheld for such action. These cities are choosing theory politics over the safety of their citizens who depend on them. From the video on Texas, the concept of cooperation is used in every aspect of regulation in the US with the exception of immigration. California county sheriffs recognize the dangers of the new reckless state law allowing sanctuary. How can a state make a law that violates federal law? Until someone brings a lawsuit over the law inquisition and a district or higher court rules that the state law is violating the constitution (or federal law) nothing will be done. The Supreme Court does not comment on legislation until it is hearing a specific case before it. So until that time, there is no way to reverse the California law other than a shift in political ideology and repeal.

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