What are sanctuary cities? There are two main opposing views on sanctuary cities, the first one being those who support them and the other being those who do not support them. These opposing views have made sanctuary policies a controversial issue nationally for the past couple of years and more recently here in Virginia. In an article written by Graham Moomaw of the Richmond Times Dispatch Moomaw explains that this issue has taken center stage here in the Virginia gubernatorial race as Ed Gillespie, the republican nominee made it a big part of his campaign.In response the democratic nominee, Ralph Northam, announced that he would sign a bill that bans them, if a local government attempts to set up as one and he would sign the bill into law …show more content…
According to the Migration Policy Institute, there are “an estimated 11 million unauthorized immigrates living in the United States” (Unauthorized Immigrant Population Profiles”). With a good amount of these people living in sanctuary communities spreading out across the country, according to a map published by the Center for Immigration Studies (Griffith and Vaughan). Unauthorized immigrates who live in sanctuary cities are afforded certain benefits by living in sanctuary communities, including not having the fear of being deported for reporting crimes or applying for jobs. If we deport them just for doing things that legal citizens do every day, then this not the morally right thing to do. Also the Migration Policy Institute found that they are about “3,350,000 unauthorized immigrates with least one U.S. citizen child under 18 and another 573,000 unauthorized immigrates who reside with noncitizen children only under 18” (Unauthorized Immigrant Population Profiles”). Not only is it morally wrong to deport someone for doing everyday things that legal citizens do. Moreover, it would especially be wrong to deport and tear apart the almost four million that have families for doing everyday things like supporting their them that everyday legal citizens do all the time. In turn departing unauthorized immigrants and tearing them apart from their …show more content…
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