Last Updated Mar 20, 2018 2:54 PM EDT
President Trump is hosting a roundtable discussion with law enforcement officials, as he and his Attorney General Jeff Sessions continue their crackdown on “sanctuary cities” — cities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration officials. The administration is in the middle of a lawsuit with the state of California over laws Sessions maintains keep federal authorities from enforcing immigration laws.
“We’re looking to have safe cities, folks. Safe cities,” Mr. Trump said.
Mr. Trump and Sessions have looked for ways to defund such “sanctuary city” jurisdictions. On Tuesday, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders blasted such cities for releasing “thousands” of criminal illegal immigrants back into society.
One mother whose son, she said, was killed by an illegal immigrant, said there are illegal immigrants committing “mass murder” of illegal aliens on U.S. citizens.
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