How can it not be considered a felony of some sort for a mayor of a major United States city to publicly state such contempt for... FEDERAL LAW?
Mayor Gavin Newsom vowed Sunday to maintain San Francisco as asanctuary for immigrants and do everything he can to discourage federalauthorities from conducting immigration raids.
The mayor cannot stop federal authorities from making arrests, Newsomtold about 300 mostly Latino members of St. Peter's Church and otherreligious groups supporting immigrants. But no San Francisco employee willhelp with immigration enforcement.
"I will not allow any of my department heads or anyone associated withthis city to cooperate in any way shape or form with these raids," Newsomdeclared. "We are a sanctuary city, make no mistake about it."
And it appears that they have been following through on their contempt...
In the course of serving deportation warrants, the officials said,other people whom officers suspected of being illegal immigrants werequestioned and then arrested. Of at least 65 Marin County residentsarrested in March, for example, just five had been ordered deported.
My immediate response is to call for immediate suspension of ALL Homeland Security resources to San Francisco. Any city administration that takes such a blatantly reckless position in attempting to appease what he mistakenly believes his constituents want does not deserve the rather significant amounts of money, personnel, and technology that would be provided.
Perhaps instead the feds could set up perimeter checks along the roads coming in and out of the city (particularly on the most major traffic veins) and get some idea of every person coming and going.
We must NOT allow such reckless policy to threaten the welfare and security of the surrounding area, much less the rest of the nation.