Who’s winning the immigrant taffy pull?
On Thursday, April 10, President Donald Trump wrote in a social media post: “No more Sanctuary Cities! They protect the Criminals, not the Victims.” The president went on to say that he plans to use the power of the purse “to withhold all Federal Funding for any City or State that allows these Death Traps to exist!!!” Within hours, the left-wing media churned out copy, maintaining there is no evidence that sanctuary cities are any more dangerous than non-sanctuary jurisdictions.
The left claims anecdotes rather than facts fuel the president’s policy position. But fact-checking misses the point. What if even one act of violence could have been prevented if there were no sanctuary cities? And what if your daughter or son were the victim of immigrant crime? Wouldn’t that be worth a…
