Obscure Communities Act Pros And Cons

In the words of Madeleine Albright, “We have the most generous immigration policy, but what is a concern is when illegal immigrants come and undermine a variety of the systems that work in order to make our society function.” Immigration is an important factor to the nation’s success, but illegal immigration has become an imminent problem in the United States. In 2008, George Bush created the Secure Communities Act in order to create a better way of removing illegal immigrants, especially the violent criminals. As sanctuary cities started to become popular, Bush’s act lost followers. Due to failure to adhere to the Secure Communities Act through the induction of sanctuary cities, compliance with immigration laws has mitigated, the amount of

Sanctuary cities have regulations that go against the United States immigration laws by keeping undocumented immigrants from getting deported. Although sanctuary cities have been around for awhile, their uncooperativeness with the Feds is becoming a much more popular topic (Silver). There are many arguments on whether or not it is legal for the sanctuary cities to stop the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, from doing what they are supposed to do. Many argue that sanctuary cities interfere with the federal government’s ability to do its job. Along with that, many say that in these cities, immigrants who have come into the United States illegally are not deported after committing crimes like the immigration law states they should be (Silver). The policies enacted by sanctuary cities do not comply with U.S. immigration laws and have caused the laws to be ignored.

The rise of sanctuary cities has caused deportation rates of undocumented immigrants to sink. The Washington Post reported that in the year 2017, ICE has reported nearly 30,000 less deportations than in 2016. Asked to comment on this year’s lower deportation numbers, Smith blamed “sanctuary”

For example, Kate Steinle, a young woman from San Francisco, was simply out walking and was suddenly shot. It was later discovered that Kate Steinle was murdered by a man that was illegally in the United States who had been deported five times prior to her death. This loss could have been avoided, which increased the arguments over sanctuary cities drastically (Phillips). Along with Kate Steinle’s death, there have been many other violent crimes, not just murders, that could have been avoided if sanctuary cities didn’t arise and the Secure Communities Act would have been