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Criminal Sanctuary - UncoverDC
by John Fitzpatrick

While the Washington politico and much of America is consumed with the ongoing impeachment spectacle, a few of our elected representatives are actually going about the business of the American people for which they were elected. Senator Thom Tillis, (R, North Carolina) has introduced a bill that could potentially make America’s communities safer. It is called the Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act, and it is long overdue.

When sanctuary jurisdictions unilaterally decide to ignore federal laws and ignore legal requests from federal agencies by releasing known illegal alien criminals who have no right to be in the United States into communities, they are knowingly allowing someone who is up to 80% likely to re-offend to go free. In some cases, such as sexual crime, that percentage is closer to 100%. But rather than turn these known criminals over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), these sanctuary jurisdictions choose to release them into their communities. The results are, unfortunately, all too well known. From the Kate Steinle case in San Francisco, to Officer Brandon Mendoza of the Tempe, Arizona Police Department, (who were both killed by criminal illegal aliens who had been recently released by sanctuary jurisdictions), the tragedies are numerous and the stories similar. Every single one of them was 100% preventable.

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act last week. ...

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