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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Glad he's supporting a sanctuary city![/quote]

Alexandria is not a sanctuary city.

Despite all the supposed liberalism, when they tried this, iit failed. Too  many citizen complaints against the idea.[/quote]

City of Alexandria, Virginia[quote][b]That, beyond what is required by State and Federal law, the City and its various agencies will neither make inquiries about nor report on the citizenship of those who seek the protection of its laws or the use of its services.[/b][/quote]
William D. Euille, Mayor 10/2007[/quote]

A sanctuary city is one where the police do not inquire about immigration status and where police do not make arrests if the sole crime is an immigration violation.  If the Feds request ACPD to further hold someone who is already being held because of an immigration issue they will.  That does not disqualify Alexandria or any other city as a sanctuary city.  But if the Feds make a request for the local police to make an arrest solely for an immigration violation, Alexandria will say no, and ICE will have to come do it with their own agents.

As far as sanctuary cities go in Virginia, there are at least Alexandria, Richmond and Virginia Beach (that one surprised me).   I don't know about counties, which are separate from cities in Virginia.[/quote]

The City put out an FAQ on  this:

https://www.alexandriava.gov/Immigration

"President Trump’s executive order dated January 27, 2017, appears to define “sanctuary jurisdictions” as those that “willfully refuse to comply with 8 U.S.C. 1373.” Since the City of Alexandria complies with all federal and state immigration laws, it is not a “sanctuary jurisdiction” under the executive order or other uses of the term that refer to violation of federal or state laws. No changes in City policies, operations, or funding are expected to result from the executive order."

I am not in favor of sanctuary cities but I do agree with the City that it does not  need to spend time and resources doing any of the feds job.  The City is not in anyway preventing the feds from doing their job and that's good enough for me.  If ICE wants to conducts raids in Alexandria, that's fine is long as it's on their dime, their time and their resources.  The City is small, we have enough crime committed by very legal us citizens and our police and courts need to focus their efforts there first to keep the City safe.[/quote]

Of course the city put that out, because they don't want to jeopardize funding. But the EO appears not to have the historic definition of sanctuary city, which includes the municipal policy NOT inquiring about immigration status and not arresting citizens whose only crime has been their illegal status. Alexandria will not round up illegals.  They will not participate in raids. 1) immigration is federal law and not municipal jurisdiction, 2) they feel they don't have resources to attend Tony and 3) they want to keep an open dialogue with the community, including undocumented people.  But if someone is already in jail, arrested for something else, and they run their prints or information and get a request to hold that person because ICE wants them, they probably will hold them.  But if the Feds send them a list of illegal immigrants to ACPD and asks them to round them up themselves, they won't.

If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, it's a duck. [/quote]

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