Spakovsky: Cracking Down on Illegal Alien Crime
8/21: ACRU Policy Board Member Hans von Spakovsky examines what happens when illegal alien crime isn't taken seriously by American cities.
8/21: ACRU Policy Board Member Hans von Spakovsky examines what happens when illegal alien crime isn't taken seriously by American cities.
8/13: When local jurisdictions refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, they create de facto sanctuaries for criminals like Rios.
7/15: ACRU General Counsel Ken Klukowski reports on the Ninth Circuit appeals court's ruling that the President can withhold federal funds from sanctuary cities.
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.
For too long local officials have obstructed federal immigration law with impunity.
These two cases will likely go up on appeal for decisions in 2018, possibly leading to a historic Supreme Court decision in 2019.
A federal court in California dealt President Donald Trump another legal setback on Tuesday in his efforts to combat illegal aliens, blocking an executive order (EO) that denies federal funds to sanctuary cities. This issue appears eventually destined for a Supreme Court showdown.