Fox's first appearance: Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee launch a bill to defund sanctuary cities, targeting liberal mayors and governors who are hypocritically asking taxpayers for money to help with the effects of the immigration crisis. has been submitted.
The Sanctuary Cities Defunding Act, introduced by Republican Rep. August Pflueger of Texas, would amend federal law to allow jurisdictions to block federal immigration enforcement from providing various forms of assistance to federal law enforcement. This means that they will not be eligible for financial aid or other subsidies. Grants administered by the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Justice.
It would also require the DHS secretary to report to Congress the number of states and localities that are not complying with federal immigration enforcement enforcement. It states that funds withdrawn from protected area jurisdictions can be diverted to compliant jurisdictions.
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Undocumented immigrants evacuated from Floyd Bennett Field arrive at James Madison High School on Bedford Street in Brooklyn, New York City, during a storm on January 9, 2024. (Gardiner Anderson, NY Daily News, via Getty Images)
Sanctuary jurisdictions limit or prohibit compliance with federal immigration enforcement. Specifically, it impedes the honor of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees by demanding that illegal immigrants in their custody be transferred to ICE for deportation.
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Additionally, these jurisdictions generally demonstrate that they are welcoming to immigrants, including those in the country illegally. But the bill comes as the effects of a three-year migrant crisis at the southern border are having a significant impact across the country, including in sanctuary cities like New York City and Chicago.
In a statement announcing the hearing, subcommittee Chairman August Pflueger (R-Texas) blamed “crime-friendly policies” for the troubling trends. (Getty Images)
Mayors in these cities are seeking more federal aid, including $5 billion in aid to help protect and care for immigrants, including relocating some of them to other areas. It also includes a national decompression strategy. New York City Mayor Eric Adams warns the city could be “destroyed” by the crisis, while Chicago is taking steps to protect migrants at its airports.
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Republicans, including in Texas, where Gov. Greg Abbott is busing immigrants to sanctuary cities, are accusing those cities of hypocrisy now that they are hosting immigrants they say are welcome.
“The hypocrisy is that liberal mayors and governors who have declared themselves immigration 'sanctuaries' and willfully ignored federal law are now begging the federal government for money to manage President Biden's border crisis. This is the culmination of this,” Pflueger said in a statement to Fox News. Digital.
“This bill is simple: States and localities that impede enforcement of our immigration laws will not receive a penny from federal taxpayers,” he said.
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Meanwhile, the number of encounters with immigrants rose from more than 2.4 million in fiscal 2011 to more than 302,000 in December.
