Police shouldn't be coerced into enforcing immigration laws
by Los Angeles Times
Jul 23, 2019
3 minutes
After a series of victories in their fight against the Trump administration's draconian war on immigration, Los Angeles and other so-called sanctuary cities lost a battle last week: An appellate court ruled that the U.S. Department of Justice may give preference in awarding grants to police departments that agree to help the federal government catch and deport immigrants.
The decision is troubling. For one thing, it rewards President Trump's myopic focus on immigration to
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