Republicans haul sanctuary city mayors over the coals at immigration hearing

Mayors testify as Republicans seek to portray New York, Chicago, Boston and Denver as havens for criminal activityHouse Republicans are launching an assault on sanctuary city policies after summoning mayors from four major US cities to the Capitol on Wednesday to defend their approach to immigration enforcement.Before a packed room on Capitol Hill, the House oversight committee, led by its Republican chair, James Comer of Kentucky, sought to portray sanctuary cities – a city that touts municipal laws that protect undocumented migrants – as havens for criminal activity and foreign gangs. Continue reading...

Republicans haul sanctuary city mayors over the coals at immigration hearing

Mayors testify as Republicans seek to portray New York, Chicago, Boston and Denver as havens for criminal activity

House Republicans are launching an assault on sanctuary city policies after summoning mayors from four major US cities to the Capitol on Wednesday to defend their approach to immigration enforcement.

Before a packed room on Capitol Hill, the House oversight committee, led by its Republican chair, James Comer of Kentucky, sought to portray sanctuary cities – a city that touts municipal laws that protect undocumented migrants – as havens for criminal activity and foreign gangs. Continue reading...