Sanctuary Cities In The Media. Can Sanctuary Cities Be

The documentary 9500 Liberty by Annabel Park and Eric Byler told of the inequality that immigrants faced in Prince William County, a small community in Virginia. On October 16, 2007, eight members of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on emergency funding to implement immigration resolution. This new law made it possible for police officers in Prince William County to question anyone they suspected to be in the country illegally based on factors such as their skin color and language. This paper will discuss the different perspectives appearing in the film 9500 Liberty in an effort to evaluate and critic arguments made by both parties in

Roberto Suro and Walter Pincus, journalists for The Washington Post, have years of experience. Suro has written books on immigration, and is a professor at University of Southern California. Through Pincus’ career, he was awarded with the 1997 George Polk Award, 1981 Emmy, and 2010 Authur Ross

Since the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, immigration control and national homeland security have been issues of concern for both the national government and private citizens. In the wake of the attacks, a lot of articles were written about what the appropriate response should be to prevent another attack. In 2004, Mark Krikorian wrote an article for the Providence Journal entitled “Safety through Immigration Control” in which he contends that the only means to keep America safe from a follow-up attack is to strengthen and enforce immigration law to prevent terrorists from being able to enter the country. Edwidge Danticat, writing for The Nation in 2005, provides a juxtaposition to Krikorian’s stance in her essay “Not Your Homeland”, in which she describes her witnessing of the inhumane conditions many immigrants are forced to endure in the name of increased security to protect the country. She questions whether the added protections are worth the human cost we are paying by treating immigrants and refugees as guilty until proven innocent. At the crossroads of these two perspectives lies the question: what is the proper balance between national security and the humane treatment of immigrants?

Last week the City of Ithaca passed an ordinance to make the city a Sanctuary City. Local Congressman Tom Reed says sanctuary cities are not the right approach. "We should be focusing on the root cause of the problem, it's a border that's not functioning, that needs to be enforced to keep our American citizens safe so she has a safe environment upon which to thrive and achieve the American dream. So I think if we can adopt that common ground, if we can adopt that vision we can unite and solve the problem that is the root cause of this and thats

A congress current event is the measures that the government wants to imply to sanctuary cities.’’ Legislation directed at sanctuary cities will likely contain defunding provisions, and attempt to establish more prescriptive immigration laws. Now the 115th Congress, both the Senate and House have each introduced anti-sanctuary city bills. On Jan. 3, 2017, Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Pa., introduced H.R.83’’ “Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities Act,” and on Jan. 10, 2017, Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., introduced S.87 “A bill to ensure that state and local law enforcement may cooperate with federal officials to protect our communities from violent criminals and suspected terrorists who are illegally present in the United States.”

Constitution. New federal laws have buckled down on immigration, however this does not affect sanctuary cities. Sanctuary cities do not have to follow the exaggerated immigration laws, due to the tenth amendment. The tenth amendment separates federal and state powers, meaning that the states have jurisdiction in sanctuary cities. Referencing the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, the Amendment prevents the “federal government from coercing state or local governments to use their resources to enforce a federal regulatory program …” Similarly to how the tenth amendment protects sanctuary cities from federal law, it also protects them from the federal government attempting to force sanctuary cities to provide information. For this reason, sanctuary cities keep a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. In addition to the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, sanctuary cities are protected another way. The Immigrant Legal Resource Center assures that, “Congress cannot compel state or local governments to collect immigration status information in order to share it with the federal government.” The “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy refers to the sanctuary cities version of not collecting data. Without collecting data, these cities are never in violation of federal law. There is very limited record keeping done in these cities, which works in tandem with the don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Therefore, the tenth amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects sanctuary cities from the federal government in enforcing federal law, forcing private information from the cities, and protecting the citizens of these cities with a “don’t ask, don’t tell”

Although the article shows little to no biased toward either side, it still incorporates insight and statistics of what are the consequences that cases like this will have on immigrants in America. The author also incorporates emotional spurs from Ramirez’s team as they fight his case, showing minor support of his case. Despite this, article uses case to show how possible increase in deportation of dreamers as they are less protected under Trump, showing a slight biased towards Ramirez’s side. The intended audience of the article can be seen through the author’s statement,”However, it was one of the events that left immigration activists fearing an erosion of programs under the DACA program.” The author’s statement shows that their intended audience is immigration activists seeking the effect that the Daniel Ramirez case will have on their community. The article utilizes a biased perspective by use of language. It states, “Despite Francisco’s best efforts to make good on his mistake, ICE has taken the position that even a misdemeanor DUI eligible for diversion is enough to end DACA status,”Andrea Williams, executive director of Causa Oregon, an Oregon immigrant rights organization, said in the statement,”This policy is tearing apart

Alfonso Gonzales provides a riveting and detailed work of Latino migrant politics and the homeland security state. Migration control date back to the mid-20th century. The author presents the actions taken by “pro-immigrant” groups to counter the hegemonic institutions that criminalize our communities. The book draws on political theory and field research with numerous activists, deportees, and policy makers across the country ranging from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. and abroad (Mexico and El Salvador). Gonzales argues that Latinos face a multidimensional form of political power he coins “anti-migrant hegemony,” that secures a legitimization for state violence against migrants through a race-neutral dialog regarding crime and combating terrorism. Gonzales presents an array of agents that have a stake in migrant politics and the Homeland Security State. The book ends with discussing how Latino migrant activists and their allies could change the contemporary reality faced by millions of Latinos living in the shadows and ultimately help democratize the United States.

An all-consuming fear and uncertainty continues to spread among Latino communities nationwide, after hundreds of immigrants continue to get arrested during ICE raids across the U.S. Fear continues to grow among the Latino community in Morristown, N.J., as President Trump has made it clear that he would stick with his deportation force plan. According to the last Census, Hispanics make 34.1% of the population in Morristown, N.J., and it’s estimated that one-third of the 34.1% are illegal immigrants. Amid chaos and outcry, Morristown’s mayor, police chief, community faith leaders, among other city leaders gathered with community members on Feb. 25 in Morristown, N.J. at Millburn Town Hall to discuss the new immigration law and the potential challenges

California citizens consist of 39% Latino, 38.8 White, 5.8% Black, 13.0% Asian, and less than 1% Native American (Lecture 2, California Diversity). It is stated that according to California Governor Jerry Brown’s new state budget, Latinos are projected to become the largest single racial/ethnic group in the state by March of 2014 (Hugo Lopez, Mark. 2014). The large increase in the Latino population over recent years has become such a huge media topic in today’s news because people think that America’s immigration policy and laws are too loose and are allowing people to cross the border illegally. Our current president Donald Trump believes that our immigration laws are horrible and allows criminals to cross the border into the U.S. which is making Americans lose jobs and cause crime rates to rise. He stated various time that he wants to make laws that would prohibit such people from coming over to America. This isn’t the first time that diversity has affected policies that the government has made. An example of this would be Proposition 187, the "Save our State" initiative. This initiative banned public services such as education and emergency care to undocumented peoples in California (Lecture 2, California

An “Illegal Immigrant” is someone who avoids inspection and/or overstays the period of time given to them as a tourist, business person, or a visitor(Dictonary.com). Illegal Immigrants need Sanctuary cities and open borders, but in reality, Sanctuary cites do not need Illegal Immigrants, and open borders because they are very well populated. According to Daily Signal, a news organization for society, news editor Josh Siegel posted a chart of the top U.S cities with the highest illegal population. The current population census in the top four sanctuary cities that are listed below are: Los Angeles, 4,041,707 people(Grad), New York City 8,537,637 people(ny.gov), Chicago 2,720,546 people (United States Census Bureau), and lastly Seattle, 684,451(Schlosser). Los Angeles and New York City, both have the highest estimated illegal population, and population census. So, if they do not put some effort in by making immigrants follow the legal process to become a citizen in the United States, then ICE will come and start deporting illegals which could decline Los Angeles, and New York City’s population drastically. Well, actually most city administrators think it is politically correct to have Sanctuary cities regardless of the consequences are looming around because it is a political agenda that Democrats favor more than the Republicans. Illegal Immigration and the

The new president has signed a lot of orders. There is one major topic that he talks about which is sanctuary cities and their fundings. In this essay, I’m going to talk about how Donald Trump is taking away funds from the sanctuary cities. This is happening because of the help they are giving to immigrants. The second thing is how these decision affects many immigrants and their families. I know that there’s a lot of people who disagree with these cities. I am in favor, because there are many immigrants that come to the United states in seek of a better life. To live the “American dream.” These immigrants are not here to harm America in any way.

Some conservative pundits express concern that the existence of sanctuary cities create an atmosphere of disregard for the law and the legal immigration process. But considering the reality of our broken immigration system, the network of sanctuary cities offers a viable short

I think these cities are hazardous to protect legal citizens. For example, in San Francisco (a sanctuary city), a

How do the different U.S. mainstream media such as newspapers and other types of news like television networks portray recent debates about illegal immigration? There will be a main focus on the New York Times representing the U.S., being one of the top prestigious papers of this nation, and the trusted channel CNN. With the variety of sources now established, we can now compare and point out its differences as well as similarities, and analyze the point of views of the people involved. As we compare these two sources, I will not only observe the article’s facts and interviews, but also, the way they portray immigrants and officials on the chosen images. We will also see distinguish the real facts from the ones that framed as facts by