Miami-Dade County Is First To Terminate Sanctuary Status
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Jan 26, 2017
As we noted previously, Trump made it clear that he plans to make good on his campaign pledge to block federal funding to states and cities where local law enforcement refuse to report undocumented immigrants they encounter to federal authorities, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said.
“The American people are no longer going to have to be forced to subsidize this disregard for our laws,” Spicer said.
Spicer said an executive order signed by Trump on Wednesday directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to look at federal funding to cities to figure out “how we can defund those streams.”
And tonight, as The Hill reports, the first so-called ‘Sanctuary City’ mayor decided to comply with President Trump’s executive orders…
The mayor of Miami-Dade County, Fla., on Thursday ordered his local jails to comply.
“In light of the provisions of the Executive Order, I direct you and your staff to honor all immigration detainer requests received from the Department of Homeland Security,” Mayor Carlos Gimenezwrote in a memo to the interim head of the corrections and rehabilitation department, as reported by the Miami Herald.
“Miami-Dade County complies with federal law and intends to fully cooperate with the federal government,” Gimenez wrote.
“I will partner with the Board of County Commissioners to address any issues necessary to achieve this end,” the mayor added.
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