What, exactly, is the rationale for establishing "sanctuary cities?"

Simple yes or no question Layman (to help with my reading comprehension).

Do you believe that there is a sinister plot, supported by the majority of Mexican-Americans, to separate the Southwest US into a new nation, called Atzlan that will exclude other ethnic groups?

This is a yes or no question about your beliefs expressed on this thread... please answer first with a "Yes" or a "No" before you explain anything.

I'm wondering how all this relates to Sanctuary cities and modern day illegal immigration?

If California has the power to defy immigration laws, could it secede as well?

It’s time to call [California’s newly-minted status as a sanctuary state for illegal aliens] what it truly is: an act of rebellion by a state against the authority of the federal government that will endanger the lives of law enforcement officials and California residents.

SB 54, the landmark bill which was passed last October and went into effect this month, bans local officials from asking about a person’s immigration status. The immediate result of SB 54 is a growing state of hostility between California and the federal government.

Today in the state there is a quixotic but ambitious movement to have California secede from the union. By committing a brazen act of defiance against federal law, California’s elected leaders have declared that e pluribus unum no longer applies on the left coast.

Sen. Ted Kennedy when advocating for the 1965 law that dramatically changed the structure of U.S. immigration policy said:

"The bill will not flood our cities with immigrants,” Kennedy said during debate on the Senate floor at the time. “It will not relax the standards of admission. It will not cause American workers to lose their jobs.”

History has rendered a verdict on all three of Kennedy’s assurances: Wrong, wrong, and wrong. Brown will probably be gone before the true impact of SB 54 is realized. He won’t have to pay for his mistake; the people of California will.

Nearly 200 illegal immigrants found in just three January smuggling busts



Nearly 200 people from Mexico and Central America were stuffed inside large trucks and caught trying to enter the United States illegally during in just nine days in January. Officials in southern California said 77 people, including 5 children, were found near the Mexico border Monday packed inside a sweltering truck that had been painted to resemble a UPS truck.

The San Diego Union-Tribune reported a U.S. border patrol agent in Boulevard, Calif., noticed the truck was riding low and “could smell body odor mixed with a distinct type of pungent soap which is commonly used in Mexico.”

Inside the truck's cargo area, officials found people sweating and standing shoulder-to-shoulder.

A similar scene greeted authorities last week in Laredo, Texas, where border patrol agents found 76 immigrants, including 13 children, from Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala lying on the floor or crouching against the walls of a tractor-trailer rig.

The economic benefit of "illegal immigrants" in the US was made clear in several states, including Georgia and Arizona that suffered economic damage when then cracked down on them. Georgia farms lost millions of dollars because they couldn't find the workers and crops rotted. But I don't think that is important.

Let's be honest about the real debate here... The real issue is whether the US has a homogeneous culture dominated by European Protestant influences, or whether the US is a multi-cultural democracy.

That is the real philosophical divide. The rest is just politics.

ICE raid hits 77 businesses in Northern California

Federal immigration agents raided 77 businesses in Northern California this week, demanding proof that their employees are legally allowed to work in the United States, officials said Thursday.

It was believed to be the largest such localized sweep of workplaces by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency since President Trump took office. ICE agents swept into nearly 100 7-Eleven stores nationwide and arrested 21 suspected undocumented immigrants.

The businesses were served notices of inspection and given three working days to comply. Experts were struck by the scale of the operation.

“Serving 77 notices of inspection on different employers in the last three days within a single area of responsibility, in this case, San Francisco, appears unprecedented,” said Angelo Paparelli, an immigration attorney in Los Angeles with the firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP.

Thomas Homan, the agency’s acting director, has called for a “400 percent increase” in such workplace operations.

Even the breathtaking beaches, the dazzling mountains and national parks, the beautiful hot desert, the Silicon Valley influence — and the most gorgeous weather in the world — isn’t even enough to keep businesses from fleeing the Golden State of California because of high taxes.

So, California’s so-called “hostile business environment” continues to drive thousands of companies away. "California is an inhospitable place plagued by over-regulation, mindless bureaucracy, high taxes and endless lawsuits,” — in addition to the nation’s highest income-tax rate and highest minimum wage.”

California’s elected officials do not appear to care too much about businesses leaving the state. Yet the problem is real.

The full extent of the damage these regulations have done to California’s economy is impossible to calculate, but Vranich highlights several key areas of impact. Besides the job losses, he found evidence of at least $62 billion in capital that was diverted to other locations.

Unfortunately for the companies still left in California, their future in the Golden State is far from bright, according to Vranich, who points out that state officials are currently considering enacting still more taxes and fees on businesses in 2016 and 2017, which would trigger the worst demands on private-sector finances ever organized by the state’s politicians.”

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO ARREST MAYORS OF 'SANCTUARY CITIES

The Department of Justice is considering subjecting state and local officials to criminal charges if they implement or enforce so-called sanctuary policies that bar jurisdictions from cooperating with immigration authorities.

Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Thomas Homan, said California would feel the wrath of his agency because of its decision to become a sanctuary state.

Homan also called for local and state elected officials to be charged with federal crimes for adhering to sanctuary policies.

Senator Kamala Harris, a Democrat from California, who grilled Nielsen on the issue, "was deeply disturbed to hear that this Administration is actively looking for ways to prosecute California elected officials.