Philadelphia Mayor Sherrell L. Parker is avoiding confirming Philadelphia's “sanctuary city” status following President Donald Trump's landslide victory, despite pressure from Latino activists.
Parker, who only took office on Jan. 1, agreed to reaffirm the city's sanctuary status the week after President Trump was elected in November. Since then, she and her administration have primarily refused According to philadelphia inquirer.
The Philadelphia City Council designated the city a sanctuary for illegal border crossings in 2016, but Parker spokesman Joe Grace insisted this week that the order “remains in place.”
“The Parker Administration will continue to deliver on the agenda that Philadelphians elected her to carry out, which is to make Philadelphia a safer, cleaner, greener city and provide economic opportunity for all. “We continue to focus on that policy,” Grace added.
But activists are angry that Mr. Parker has not focused more attention on the issue.
“We are concerned about her lack of public support,” said Patti Torres, an immigration activist and co-deputy director of Make the Road Pennsylvania. “Now more than ever, Philadelphia desperately needs leaders who will protect immigrant families.”
“We hope she will fight back like previous administrations have done. We will fight back together and make sure the city You can protect your family and your freedom.”
Still, opposing deportation appears to contradict Parker's campaign for mayor, which he won last year on a crime-fighting platform.
Some have interpreted Parker's refusal to jump on the sanctuary train as evidence that she supports the incoming Trump administration's deportation goals.
Rafael Mangaal of the Manhattan Institute argued that Parker's reluctance to comment on the issue is “a sign that she intends to back away from sanctuary city policy.”
Like other major U.S. cities, Philadelphia is experiencing busloads of undocumented immigrants, but not at the same rate as in cities like Chicago, New York City and Denver. According to why radioAt 13.9 percent, immigrants make up a higher proportion of the population than since the 1940s. And last year, the city reported nearly 3,000 migrant arrivals. 71 buses It stopped there.
As of this year, the Migration Policy Institute has Estimation There are 47,000 “illegal” immigrants in Philadelphia. Overall, Pennsylvania spent Approximately $1,216,181,625 regarding Biden's border crisis.
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