Former Republican Congressman Michael Grimm (R-NY), who is challenging incumbent Rep. Dan Donovan, chided his Republican primary opponent arguing that Donovan “betrayed us once again” by voting against tax reform.
On Monday’s broadcast of CBS’ “The Late Show,” Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel stated that being a sanctuary city is in Chicago’s history because it was the only city that didn’t participate in the Fugitive Slave Act. Host Stephen Colbert asked
In the final days leading up to the filing deadline, Texas Democrats now have a relatively high-profile candidate to lead their ticket for next year’s elections. After several prominent politicians declined the task of running against Governor Greg Abbott (R), the party will feature a candidate backing “sanctuary” policies: Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez.
One way to stop injustices like the acquittal of Kate Steinle’s killer is for Congress to make violent acts committed by illegal aliens federal crimes, which would empower the U.S. Department of Justice, led by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, to prosecute them in federal court.
The brother of Kate Steinle, who was shot on July 1, 2015, by a seven-time felon and five-times deported illegal alien, said the system’s “epic failure” led to Jose Garcia Zarate being released, on the streets, and with a loaded handgun.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas has put out a new arrest warrant for Jose Inez Garcia Zarate, the multiple-felon illegal alien just acquitted of murder in the death of Kate Steinle.
Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” host Sean Hannity reacted to a San Francisco jury’s verdict acquiting Jose Ines Garcia Zarate of murder and manslaughter charges for the death of Kate Steinle. Hannity blamed the “sanctuary city” policies of San
Federal immigration officials have committed to deporting — for the sixth time — the seven-time felon illegal alien who allegedly shot and killed 32-year-old Kate Steinle on a pier in the sanctuary city of San Francisco, California.
Immigration officers based in New York City arrested 42 criminal aliens released by sanctuary jurisdictions. Thirteen other foreign nationals were also arrested as part of a six-day targeted operation carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
So-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions are cities, counties, and now even whole states that have policies designed to hinder federal agents attempts to catch and deport illegal aliens. Before your liberal relatives and guests start talking about how we need sanctuary policies “to build trust” and how the Trump administration’s efforts to rein them in are unconstitutional, here are seven big things you should know.
U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick III issued a permanent injunction Monday against President Donald Trump’s executive order directing that federal funds be withheld from “sanctuary city” jurisdictions.
The Department of Justice sent out letters Wednesday demanding that 29 more suspected “sanctuary” jurisdictions demonstrate their policies do not prohibit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
A growing number of illegal aliens are moving into America’s churches to avoid being deported back to their home countries, media outlets are reporting.
Jill Vogel, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in Virginia, joined SiriusXM hosts Alex Marlow, Raheem Kassam, and Steve Bannon on Tuesday’s Breitbart News Daily on the morning of the election.
Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon, formerly chief strategist for President Donald Trump, joined SiriusXM hosts Joel Pollak and Rebecca Mansour to look back at the 2016 presidential campaign and forward at how themes from that campaign continue to resonate in crucial political contests like the Virginia gubernatorial election
Virginia Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, whose allies have repeatedly tried to cast his Republican opponent as a racist and white supremacist for putting illegal alien crime at the center of his campaign, himself called out a new law for not being harsh enough on “illegal immigrants” when he first ran for office.
Progressive Democrats are outraged after Virginia Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday that he would sign legislation outlawing sanctuary cities. They think his announcement could cost him the race.
Ralph Northam cracked under pressure, flip-flopped, and admitted he would sign legislation to ban sanctuary cities in Virginia.
Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” former spokeswoman for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign Adrienne Elrod said Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ralph Northam supported sanctuary cities. Partial transcript as follows: ELROD: Well look I’m also going to say it’s
District officials in Washington, D.C. designated a legal defense fund aimed at benefiting illegal aliens and their families after being detained for deportation. The move comes after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement stepped up operations in sanctuary cities.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions ripped the sanctuary city policies of Chicago, Illinois, in a heated exchange with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday.
An illegal alien who was drunk driving has pleaded guilty to killing a Kansas deputy sheriff after causing a deadly car crash last year. Sanctuary city policies in two jurisdictions allowed the previously convicted drunk driver to remain in the U.S. leading to the murder of the deputy.
Nearly 500 criminal illegal aliens were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a four-day operation in sanctuary city jurisdictions, which shield illegal aliens from deportation.
In a whirlwind tour of speaking engagements this week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions continued hammering his Justice Department’s priorities, including pressuring so-called “sanctuary cities” and combating the opioid epidemic.
California’s legislature approved “sanctuary state” protections for illegal aliens in a last-minute vote Saturday, limiting city and state police cooperation with federal immigration officials.
A federal judge in Illinois on Friday ruled against two parts of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) policy of denying federal funds to sanctuary cities, but sustained a key third part, in a mixed decision that both sides will now appeal.
The Department of Justice filed an amicus curiae, or “friend of the court” brief Friday defending Texas’s tough Senate Bill 4 (SB 4) in the lawsuit seeking to prevent the law, which seeks to rein in the state’s so called “sanctuary” cities, from taking effect.
The Department of Justice announced a new set of priorities for one of its law enforcement grants that will place so-called “sanctuary cities” behind jurisdictions that cooperate in federal immigration enforcement.
An illegal alien who murdered his girlfriend two weeks after being released from custody had also had his immigration status flagged by Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities, a report from the Santa Rosa Press Democrat has revealed.
Bruce Rauner, Republican Governor of Illinois, told the local press he may sign a new bill passed by the heavily Democratic Illinois legislature to frustrate federal immigration enforcement.
On Wednesday in Miami, Attorney General Jeff Sessions praised the recent decision of Miami-Dade County to end its sanctuary policy. At the same time, he criticized Chicago’s sanctuary policy and its filing of a federal lawsuit against the Justice Department in the wake of the Department’s denial of federal law enforcement grants to sanctuary jurisdictions.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired a shot across the bow of so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions like Chicago Wednesday from Miami, where a dramatic shift to compliance with federal immigration enforcement took place.
San Bernardino, California, Sheriff John McMahon has spoken out about how state law prevents him from cooperating with the federal government to enforce immigration law, which results in the release of “dangerous criminals” back onto the streets.
Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) officers of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency arrested 32 criminal aliens previously convicted of sex crimes in the sanctuary jurisdiction of Long Island, New York. The arrests came during Operation SOAR (Sex Offender Alien Removal), a 10-day operation that ended on August 3.
The Department of Justice has informed Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez that Miami-Dade County is in compliance with federal immigration law and, thus, eligible for $480,000 in grant funding for law-enforcement operations in the county.
Breitbart News Senior Legal Editor Ken Klukowski joined SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Tuesday’s Breitbart News Daily, discussing lawsuits by Chicago and other Democrat-led government’s against the Trump administration’s efforts to stop sanctuary cities, which are cities that harbor illegal aliens and violate federal immigration laws.
Lawsuits by Chicago and California against President Donald Trump’s sanctuary city executive order and Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ federal funding conditions are almost certain to end up at the Supreme Court within two years, raising profound constitutional questions about immigration, state sovereignty, and the rule of law.
Following the announcement that the city of Chicago — spearheaded by former Obama chief of staff and Mayor Rahm Emanuel — Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a statement reaffirming the Department of Justice (DOJ) decision to withhold federal grant funding to state and local governments that flaunt federal immigration law.
The City of Chicago is suing the federal government for its efforts to enforce the nation’s immigration laws, calling the Department of Justice (DOJ) announcement that cities who harbor illegal aliens won’t be eligible for federal grant funding an assault on their “fundamental rights.”
Attorney General Jeff Sessions renewed threats on Thursday to single out four specific cities applying for crime-prevention funding — including San Bernardino and Stockton, California— that he believes are failing to cooperate fully with federal immigration officials; something city officials protest.