Are you a dreamer? Do you know of a dreamer? Do you know the struggle of being undocumented? If you answered no, then let me tell you about sanctuary cities and immigration in our country. Specifically, I’ll tell you about the motivations behind sanctuary cities, the risks in becoming a sanctuary city, and the places with the highest deportation numbers. Let me start off by explaining what a sanctuary city is. A sanctuary city is a jurisdiction who has limited their cooperation with their national government’s effort to enforce immigration laws. In the United States, many cities nationwide have transformed into sanctuary cities. Many of these cities have become sanctuary cities to gain the trust of their people and to protect them. According to many reports nationwide, there have been several crimes that have taken place involving undocumented immigrants that were …show more content…
By becoming a sanctuary city or in some cases a sanctuary state, the public suffers a reduction in funding by the federal government. Many of the sanctuary cities have risked a lot by making the choice to stand up for its people. The Federal Government does not view sanctuary cities as a protection of the people but more of a protection for criminals to hide from the law. Because of this idea from the federal government have chosen to reduced the funding towards those cities and states. Their argument is that they will refuse to support an idea that completely contradicts what they represent. They do not argue on funding areas that are not willing to follow their laws. The new officials holding office want our local police enforcements to report any encounters with undocumented people to ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). But our sanctuary cities have agreed to only hold people for the time required which 48 hours regardless of their immigration status. Many Republicans will argue that the US either has laws or not there is no in