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Sanctuary city advocates in one state with a Trump friendly Republican governor are digging in their heels in the face of President Trump's threat to cut off federal funding.

Democratic lawmakers in New Jersey introduced bills this week calling on the state to reimburse so-called sanctuary cities that lose federal funding. And on Wednesday, Assemblyman John Wisniewski introduced legislation designating New Jersey a sanctuary state, generally preventing law enforcement officers from initiating contact with immigration officials, and from using state resources for the purpose of enforcing immigration laws.

In addition, several towns that have significant immigrant populations have declared themselves sanctuaries, saying they will not reach out to immigration officials about illegal immigrants they arrest or provide a service to unless they are serious criminals or a national security threat.

We are putting President Trump and his administration on notice, said Wisniewski in written public announcement about his legislation. New Jersey will not be a willing partner to the unjustified and inhumane deportations of our neighbors and friends.

New York and California also have moved toward declaring their states sanctuaries for illegal immigrants.

Trump, who made cracking down on illegal immigration a cornerstone of his campaign, has issued executive orders and directives aimed at border security and tracking down and deporting undocumented people.

He directed the Department of Homeland Security to identify and publish a list of sanctuary communities. Although no strict definition of the term exists, it is generally used to describe communities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.

The New Jersey measures have little chance of passing, given GOP resistance and Gov. Chris Christies veto threat, said Ross Baker, a Rutgers University professor of political science.

Its more of a gesture to the immigrant community, Baker told Fox News. Its a message to them that they would be protected against hypothetical actions by the federal government.

In Maplewood, Mayor Victor DeLuca consulted with police administrators before crafting a sanctuary ordinance that became final at the end of January.

DeLuca said police officials said they did not want the responsibility of enforcing federal immigration laws.

The police said We dont do it now, DeLuca told Fox News, and there was a feeling on our part that wanted to make clear that there are distinctions between the role of the police department and the role of immigration officials.

New Jersey has more than 500,000 illegal immigrants, according to estimates.

Republicans in the state legislature say they will not support sanctuary towns in any way. Christie, a Republican, says he will veto any legislation that would favor sanctuary cities.

Proponents of strict immigration enforcement say sanctuary communities are violating the law.

To have lawmakers in Trenton say O.K., well show the president, if they withhold funding, well pay,' is violating federal law, said Ron Bass, founder of United Patriots of America, a New Jersey-based group that pushes for strict enforcement. Its like the state saying to sanctuary cities You rob the bank, Ill drive the [getaway] car.

Elizabeth Llorente is Senior Reporter for FoxNews.com, and can be reached at Elizabeth.Llorente@Foxnews.com. Follow her on https://twitter.com/Liz_Llorente

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posted at 12:41 pm on February 16, 2017 by Jazz Shaw

This is a story which seems to keep popping up every couple of years. Theres an old tradition dating back much further than the founding of our country wherein people fleeing persecution by the government seek sanctuary inside a place of worship. There are noble and admirable examples of this throughout history but the practice has also been somewhat abused by those who are flagrantly violating the law and seeking to escape prosecution rather than persecution. Thats been the case on a number of occasions with illegal immigrants hoping to evade immigration and customs law enforcement. In the dawn of the new era of Donald Trump were seeing it yet again, this time in Colorado. (Washington Post)

On Wednesday morning, Jeanette Vizguerra was scheduled to show up for a check-in at the local office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Service.

Instead, Vizguerra, a 45-year-old undocumented immigrant from Mexico, sent her attorney to request a stay of her deportation. As Hans Meyer entered the low-slung brown brick building, a pastor by his side, scores of protesters waving signs shouted No hate, no fear. Immigrants are welcome here.

A few minutes later, Meyer returned. Vizguerras request had been denied. Then an activist put Vizguerra on speakerphone and held it up to a megaphone and, her voice choking with tears, the mother of four delivered her announcement to the crowd: Vizguerra had decided to seek sanctuary 15 miles away in a makeshift bedroom in the basement of First Unitarian Society of Denver. There, she would remain indefinitely.

The description of the scene which unfolded, as told in the Washington Post story, is hardly one of some noble struggle against tyranny. This was a clearly staged event designed for maximum public relations impact and media attention. The gang of protesters who conveniently and coincidentally showed up as the illegal alien was making a statement were all carrying the usual signage with anti-Trump slogans. Attorneys were on hand and the destination at the First Unitarian Society had clearly been prearranged.

This may be the latest story in the news, but its hardly the only one. This article from WWLP in Massachusetts reports that others are choosing a similar path and thousands of people are signing up to assist in offering sanctuary to those seeking to evade arrest and deportation by ICE. But how effective is this strategy?

You may recall another story that we were following back in 2014, this one in Portland Oregon, where Francisco Aguirre lasted quite some time hiding out from immigration officials in a different church. In the end however, he was captured.

An immigrant activist who avoided deportation by seeking sanctuary in a Portland church was arrested on federal charges of illegal reentry Thursday morning after a court appearance.

Francisco Aguirre, a community activist who first came to the U.S. from El Salvador nearly two decades ago, was at the Clackamas County Circuit Court to settle a DUI case.

The main difference in Franciscos case was that law enforcement never actually had to break the rules and enter the church to arrest him. The suspect left the property of his own volition for a court appearance and was taken into custody outside of the court after he was finished. If our newest media star in the church sanctuary saga has the determination and wherewithal (plus the support network to provide her with necessities) to hold out, we could be in for a long ride. The last thing the government at any level wants to be seen doing is busting into a church and dragging somebody out in handcuffs.

And who knows? Look how long Julian Assange has lasted in a foreign embassy.

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The non-partisan Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), using the estimated education level of illegal alien border crossers andimmigrant education estimates from National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS), found that each illegal alien entering the U.S. racks up at least $74,722 in lifetime costs, funded by American taxpayers.

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[I]f a border wall stopped a small fraction of the illegal immigrants who are expected to come in the next decade, the fiscal savings from having fewer illegal immigrants in the country would be sufficient to cover the costs of the wall, writes CIS Director of Research Steven Camarota.

Even a minimally effective border wall that stopped less than ten percent of illegal crossings would save the U.S. billions. If a border wall stopped between 160,000 and 200,000 illegal crossersnine to 12 percent of those expected to successfully cross in the next decadethe scaled savings would equal the $12 to $15 billion cost of the wall, Camarota writes. Approximately 170,000 illegal aliens crossed into the U.S. without going through a port of entry in 2015, according to a study commissioned by the Department of Homeland Security. [T]here may be 1.7 million successful crossings in the next decade. If a wall stopped just 9 to 12 percent of these crossings it would pay for itself, the CIS report states.

[T]here may be 1.7 million successful crossings in the next decade. If a wall stopped just 9 to 12 percent of these crossings it would pay for itself, the CIS report states.

If a wall stopped half of those expected to successfully enter illegally without going through a port of entry at the southern border over the next 10 years, it would save taxpayers nearly $64 billionseveral times the walls cost, the report adds.

And thats excluding the cost of children produced by illegal immigrants. The federal government imposes a massive, unfunded mandate on school districts around the country by forcing American parents to divert funding from their own children to educate roughly 3.62 million foreign students, many of whom are extremely low-performing students and do not speak English.

The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) found it costs taxpayers $59.8 billion per year to educate roughly 3.62 million foreign-born students, children with one or two legal migrant parents, and refugees.

Approximately one in ten students enrolled in public schools is designated as Limited English Proficiency (LEP), and their academic performance has been described as abominable: The number of eighth to twelfth grade LEP students performing Advanced work rounds to zero percent, for example.

The CIS report notes that the estimates do not include illegal aliens who overstay their visas,and state and local governments bear a significant portion of illegal immigrations costs.

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Report: Stopping Only Nine Percent of Illegal Alien Border Crossers Would Pay for Trump's Border Wall - Breitbart News

Over the weekend, immigration enforcement agents rounded up hundreds of illegal aliens from across the country. It was not a Trump initiativethe wheels for these raids were set in motion before he was sworn inbut it was certainly in the spirit of one. Immigration activists noted that the nature of these raids was harsherwhatever that means. The Department of Homeland Security said that 75 percent of thosewho were rounded up had criminal records (via The Hill):

In a press release, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said the department arrested 680 people in New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Antonio who pose a threat to public safety, border security or the integrity of our nations immigration system.

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President Trump last month signed an executive order calling for the construction on his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall to begin. Another order ended the catch and release policy, which allowed people who crossed the border to return to Mexico without being detained.

The new order also expanded the definition of criminal alien to include individuals who entered the country without authorization, which was originally considered a misdemeanor offense. Immigrants who have "committed acts that constitute a chargeable criminal offense" are now priorities under the order, even if they have yet to be convicted.

The deportation of criminal aliens isnt an unpopular proposal. In fact, its exactly what immigration enforcement officers should do. The fact that 75 percent who were arrested this weekend showsunsurprisinglythat Obama and the Democrats dont care about enforcing of federal immigration laws. After eight years of dithering or outright negligence, you can see how thisand many other issuescould give rise to a political outsider, like Trump, to win an election. When a Democrat, like New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio, says that illegals wouldnt be deported if they were caught drunk driving, you see why voters trust Republicans on law and order and national security issues.

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Immigration officials said Tuesday they are detaining an illegal immigrant Dreamer because of his gang ties, sparking a new round of protests from immigrant-rights groups who said President Trump is breaking his own promises by trying to deport the young man.

Daniel Ramirez, who was picked up by ICE agents late last week, was granted a temporary deportation amnesty by President Obama under his 2012 policy known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.

But U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said hes a self-admitted gang member. That puts him in violation of the DACA policy and would have made him a priority for deportation even under President Obama, much less Mr. Trump.

ICE officers took Mr. Ramirez into custody based on his admitted gang affiliation and risk to public safety, said agency spokeswoman Rose Richeson.

Immigrant-rights groups have complained about Mr. Ramirezs arrest, saying its the latest evidence that Mr. Trump is trying to make good on his promise to oust illegal immigrants from the country.

Daniel must be given his freedom, now, said Greisa Martinez, advocacy director at United We Dream. Under Trumps America, no one is safe. Donald Trump and Republicans must say in no uncertain terms that DACA recipients are safe.

The groups are rallying to protest every immigration enforcement action, hoping to bloody Mr. Trumps nose now and head off an escalation later.

They said Mr. Obama promised that those approved under his DACA policy would be protected from deportation and would be granted work permits, entitling them to drivers licenses and taxpayer benefits.

But approval was always discretionary and Homeland Security said it retained the right to go after targets and said Mr. Ramirez had become a target because of his gang affiliation.

Indeed, the Obama administration itself said membership in a gang was enough to disqualify someone from DACA, and the administration even went back and revoked permits of some illegal immigrants whose gang memberships were only discovered after theyd already been approved.

Lawyers have gone to court to try to get Mr. Ramirez released, and a judge has set a speedy briefing schedule. The Trump administration must file papers by Thursday justifying why it has Mr. Ramirez in custody.

ICE said it encountered Mr. Ramirez on Feb. 10 at a residence in Des Moines, Washington, while trying to find another target, a felon whod been deported before.

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