Post by Logan on Jan 31, 2016 21:36:25 GMT -6
The GOP’s condemnation of ‘sanctuary cities’ is surprisingly awkward in Iowa
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Illegal immigration makes Bill Hartzell seethe. The memories are fresh from the afternoon in October 2013 when he saw his wife’s 93-year-old grandmother bloodied and unconscious, after being beaten and raped in her house by a 19-year-old Mexican who crossed the border and never left.
His outrage is driving Hartzell to vote in Monday’s Iowa presidential caucuses for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), who has vowed to battle the “sanctuary cities” that refuse to help the feds deport illegal immigrants. Cruz has said that he would block these localities from receiving federal funds for law enforcement — an idea that makes perfect sense to Hartzell.
Except for when it applies to the place where he lives.
Pottawattamie County’s sheriff adopted a sanctuary policy in 2014. Hartzell knows the sheriff. He trusts the sheriff. And he is uncomfortable with how his county, which includes Council Bluffs, would lose at least a million dollars should a President Cruz carry out his threat.
Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-struggle-with-sanctuary-cities-in-iowa/2016/01/31/575150f4-bb9c-11e5-b682-4bb4dd403c7d_story.html
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Illegal immigration makes Bill Hartzell seethe. The memories are fresh from the afternoon in October 2013 when he saw his wife’s 93-year-old grandmother bloodied and unconscious, after being beaten and raped in her house by a 19-year-old Mexican who crossed the border and never left.
His outrage is driving Hartzell to vote in Monday’s Iowa presidential caucuses for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), who has vowed to battle the “sanctuary cities” that refuse to help the feds deport illegal immigrants. Cruz has said that he would block these localities from receiving federal funds for law enforcement — an idea that makes perfect sense to Hartzell.
Except for when it applies to the place where he lives.
Pottawattamie County’s sheriff adopted a sanctuary policy in 2014. Hartzell knows the sheriff. He trusts the sheriff. And he is uncomfortable with how his county, which includes Council Bluffs, would lose at least a million dollars should a President Cruz carry out his threat.
Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-struggle-with-sanctuary-cities-in-iowa/2016/01/31/575150f4-bb9c-11e5-b682-4bb4dd403c7d_story.html