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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Couple of points. First what is troubling is Miller designing a policy that he believes will result in putting other Americans in harms way.   That is the mindset of a sociopath not a public servant. Also troubling if the recent firings at DHS (where civil servants pushed back against Miller) is related.

Second I don’t think it is fair or accurate to equate sanctuary cities with an open border policy. Just about every mainstream Democratic politician I know of and all the Democrats I know want strong borders and want to reduce illegal immigration. There is broad based support for more and better border security.

The key differences are that Democrats largely support :

More high tech solutions 
More immigration judges to speed up processing (and deportations )
An immigration policy that is race and religion neutral 
A more generous cap on the number of refugees admitted 
A humane approach to dealing with the asylum seekers (who are here legally btw) and illegal immigrants   So try to keep children with family members and keep good records so that we are able to reunite separated family members 
Work on push factors by working with Central Americans countries to reduce crime and gang violence 
Expect businesses to verify the immigration status of their workers 
Institute a temporary work permit program for the agriculture sector 
Don’t punish people who are here illegally through no fault of their own (the Dreamers)
Find a way to bring people who have been here for a long time out of the shadows. This is a tough sell because you don’t want to create an incentive for more people to come but you also don’t want a large group of productive people to become a permanent underclass

The last point I will make is that a sanctuary city is a policy approach designed to minimize risks to the broader community. If you have a large number of undocumented immigrants in your community you don’t want them to be afraid to come forward to report crimes or cooperate with law enforcement or public health officials because they are afraid of getting deported. ICE has the responsibility for enforcement of immigration laws. Our local police, public health workers, teachers and social workers won’t be able to do their job if they are forced to report to ICE. 
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Finally!  Can we please have more thoughtful responses like this versus posters who only seem to want to inflame hateful comments?  I agree with what is said here.  I would love to see an equally decent justification from our esteem thinkers who learn more Republican/conservative as to why this idea was a good one?  Give me your defendable points that are based on good public policy arguments and not political grounds, please.  Educate me, convince me.  [/quote]

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