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The city of Chicago moved forward to protect illegal immigrants through their municipal identification program in an effort to stifle the federal governments move to crack down on sanctuary cities.

The Chicago Sun Times reports Mayor Rahm Emanuel and City Clerk Anna Valencia took measures Wednesday to prevent sensitive information on Chicagos municipal IDs form being used against illegal immigrants who live in the city.

Similar to the municipal IDs New York Mayor Bill de Blasio pushed in New York City, the identification card enables illegal immigrants to access Chicagos city services.

According to The Sun Times, Emanuel and Valencia wanted to put out assurances that the city will only inquire about applicants about immigration status. Additionally, the city will not keep copies of applicants personal information.

Its going to capture just the name and the date of birth. Its not going to capture an address, a source familiar with the program told The Sun Times.

Applicants will also be able to self-designate their gender, which will be huge to the transgender and LGBTQ community. And its not just for undocumented individuals. Its for people with disabilities and people who are homeless or victims of domestic violence who will be able to select an alternative address, the source added.

The source continued, In the San Francisco model, applicants bring in the documents to prove someones identify. They hand them over to specially trained individual who can review the documents and then hand them back, the source said. In New York right now, they are retaining the address. Were not going to retain any of that information thats handed to us regarding the address.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Monday that the Department of Justice would withhold federal funds from municipalities that defy federal immigration law.

Fundamentally, we intend to use all the lawful authority we have to make sure that our state and local officials, who are so important to law enforcement, are in sync with the federal government, Sessions said.

He later added, Countless Americans would be alive today and countless loved ones would not be grieving today if these policies of sanctuary cities were ended.

Emanuel vowed that Chicago would remain a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants despite Sessionss threat.

Ive always seen Chicago as a welcoming city, Emanuel said in an interview with NBC Monday.

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Los Angeles went a step further than the rest of the country Tuesday in shielding illegal immigrants from immigration officials: It passed a directive forbidding firefighters and airport police from cooperating with federal immigration agents.

The directive was yet another attempt by the city to rebuff the Trump administrations immigration crackdown. The Los Angeles Police Department already prohibits police from even asking a suspects legal status even withprobable cause.

It follows a wave of similar measures across the country by cities and states that are vowing to not only resist the presidents tough immigration measures but outright defy it.

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In Los Angeles, we don't separate people from their families because it's inhumane, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Tuesday. In Los Angeles, we don't demonize our hardworking neighbors just because they speak another language or come from another country. That's un-American.

There are about 300 jurisdictions that don't cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to turn over illegal immigrants.

President Trump has threatened to withhold federal funds from these so-called sanctuary cities. The administration has refused to tell Fox News if, when or how they plan to do so.

But while states like New York and California are pushing to defy the presidents immigration policies, others are embracing them.

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Several states are attempting to leverage the power of the purse to force more liberal cities to cooperate with ICE. Lawmakers in Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin and Texas introduced bills to penalize sanctuary cities. On Tuesday, Mississippi became the first state to approve such a bill. The governor has vowed to sign it.

By contrast, lawmakers in California are close to passing legislation that would prohibit police or jails from even talking to ICE, a move critics say is a clear violation of federal law.

That proposal is opposed by several sheriffs who oversee jails, including LA Sheriff Jim McDonnell.

"We look to be able tostrike that balance between public safety and trust," saidMcDonnell, who oversees the nation's largest jail.

"We do a better job because we work together than we otherwise would; counter-terrorism is a great example."

McDonnell is one of the few politicians opposing thebill because it would prohibit jail officials fromeven identifying violent criminal aliens for deportation.

"We can allow ICE access to those individuals. That's a system that by and large works very well for us atthis point and one of the main reasons I lookat Senate Bill54 as something that is unnecessary."

McDonnell also told the Los Angeles Timesthat the proposal before state lawmakers would hurt immigrants not help them. He told the Times that if immigration officials cannot go to the jails to pick up illegal immigrants then they will fan out through the streets to find them.

They are going to have no choice but to go into the communities and arrest not only the individual they are seeking but also people who are with that person, or other people in the area who are undocumented, McDonnell told the Times. That is something none of us want.

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I want to, first of all, state that I wholeheartedly believe that Christians are called to be compassionate and merciful toward immigrants (Exodus 22:21; Leviticus 19:3334; Matthew 25:35). I also believe that the United States should have a more compassionate and merciful immigration policy. However, that is not the question at hand. The question at hand concerns illegal immigration, whether it is wrong to violate a nations borders and transgress its immigration laws. This was the subject that we had discussed during a meeting with some men over coffee in Selma, so I decided to share this article, from my archives, that I had shared some years back. It seems appropriate and needed.

Romans 13:17 makes it abundantly clear that God expects us to obey the laws of the government. The only exception to this is when a law of the government forces us to disobey a command of God (Acts 5:29). Illegal immigration is the breaking of a governments law. There is nothing in Scripture that contradicts the idea of a sovereign nation having immigration laws. Therefore, it is rebellion against God to unlawfully enter another country. Illegal immigration is a sin.

Illegal immigration is definitely a controversial issue in the United States (and some other countries) today. Some argue that the immigration laws are unfair, unjust, and even discriminatory, thus giving individuals justification to immigrate illegally. However, Romans 13:17 does not give any permission to violate a law just because it is perceived as unjust.

Again, the issue is not the fairness of a law. The only biblical reason to violate a governments law is if that law violates God's Word. When Paul wrote the book of Romans, he was under the authority of the Roman Empire, led by Emperor Nero. Under that reign, there were many laws that were unfair, unjust, and/or blatantly evil. Still, Paul instructed Christians to submit to the government.

Are the immigration laws of the United States unfair or unjust? Some think so, but that is not the issue. All developed countries in the world have immigration laws, some more strict than the USAs, and some less strict, and all have to deal with illegal immigration. There is nothing in the Bible to prohibit a country from having completely open borders or to have completely closed borders. Romans 13:17 also gives the government the authority to punish lawbreakers. Whether the punishment is imprisonment, deportation, or even something more severe, it is within the rights of the government to determine.

Illegal immigration is a very complex issue. The vast majority of illegal immigrants in the United States have come for the purpose of having a better life, providing for their families, and escaping poverty. These are good goals and motivations. However, it is not biblical to violate a law to achieve a good that someone has determined to achieve. Caring for the poor, orphans, and widows is something the Bible commands us to do (Galatians 2:10; James 1:27; 2:215). However, the biblical fact that we are to care for the unfortunate does not mean we should violate the law in doing so. Supporting, enabling, and/or encouraging illegal immigration is, therefore, a violation of Gods Word. Those seeking to emigrate to another country should always obey the immigration laws of that country. While this may cause delays and frustrations, it is better than acting illegally. A frustrating law is still a law.

What is the biblical solution to illegal immigration? Simpledont do it; obey the laws. If disobedience is not a biblical option, what can be done in regards to an unjust immigration law? It is completely within the rights of citizens to seek to change immigration laws. If it is your conviction that an immigration law is unjust, do everything that is legally within your power to get the law changed: pray, petition, vote, peacefully protest, etc. As Christians, we should be the first to seek to change any law that is unjust. At the same time, we are also to demonstrate our submission to God by obeying the government He has placed in authority over us.

Be subject for the Lords sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God (1 Peter 2:1316).

Rafael Bastien-Herrera is a Selma resident and pastor/director of The Word Walk School of Ministry. He has a B.A. in Pastoral Ministry, and a M.DIV. in Theology. He is a Radio Bible Teacher on KGED AM 1680 in Fresno and KERI AM 1410 in Bakersfield. Please send questions to rbherrera@thewordwalk.org.

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The provision would have allowed the Treasury Department to access data at the Department of Homeland Security to verify that healthcare tax credits went only to U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents, not to illegal immigrants, the report explains. In a largely procedural move, it was dropped from the bill after the Senate Parliamentarian determined that the Senate Finance Committee, which handles tax credits under the bill, does not have purview over the Department of Homeland Security.

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The move is a slap in the face to Americans struggling to afford ever-increasing healthcare costs in an era of mass immigration and depressed wages, said one Republican congressman.

Unfortunately, after evaluating the text of the American Health Care Act (AHCA), I cannot support the bill in its current form, Barletta said in a statement:

I am concerned that the bill lacks sufficient safeguards for verifying whether or not an individual applying for health care tax credits is lawfully in this country and eligible to receive them. Under Obamacare, a half a million people received a total of $750 million in health care subsidies, even though the recipients could not prove their lawful presence in the United States. I cannot vote for a replacement plan that fails to address this problem.

I came to Congress to stop illegal immigration. I would have a hard time explaining to families in the 11th District many of whom are still struggling to put food on the table and foot the costs of their own health care bills why they should be helping to pay for the health expenses of someone who broke the law to get here and has no right to those federal dollars.

Last-minute changes to the billdo not prevent illegal aliens from receiving healthcare coverage through identity fraud, aHouse Freedom Caucus spokeswoman told Breitbart News on Tuesday.

Conservative author Daniel Horowitzcallsthe bill a gift to illegal aliens, warning it makes even basic immigration enforcement impossible.

Read how millions of illegals commit felonies and identity theftand how this crime wave plays into the healthcare debatehere.

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