On Tuesday, during a women's town hall with Fox News' Harris Faulkner, Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump pledged to voters: Terminate Sanctuary Jurisdiction “Immediately” If he secures victory in the next November election.
Nancy, a woman in the audience, explained to Trump Her son was on the University of Georgia campus the day nursing student Laken Riley, 22, was killed while jogging, police said. The man charged in Riley's brutal murder is Jose Ibarra, a 26-year-old Venezuelan national living in the United States illegally and a member of the violent transnational gang Torren de Aragua. be.
“We have law and order.”
Nancy went on to ask Trump, “What I wanted to know is how quickly we can eliminate threats to our society in sanctuary cities like the one we call Athens, Georgia.'' I want my kids to be able to escape.'' Of course they can do it alone in the park during the day, right? ”
President Trump responded, “First of all, we're going to abolish all sanctuary cities immediately.''
Mr. Faulkner asked Mr. Trump whether he would accomplish that through executive order.
“You could do it with an executive order. You have to do it with an executive order. You can do it with the Alien Act of 1798,” he replied.
of alien lawPassed by the Federalist-controlled Congress in 1798, the act gave sitting presidents the power to deport noncitizens.
“There are things we can do in terms of moving people. We can move them out of sanctuary cities,” Trump continued.
“Usually you want to understand the other person,” he added. “Why do they want open borders? Why do they want to do this? Why do they want sanctuary cities?”
President Trump has declared that sanctuary cities will only protect criminals.
“We will abolish all sanctuary cities in the United States and return to normalcy. And we will maintain law and order,” he said.
President Trump said his administration will prioritize reinvigorating law enforcement officers, whose performance has been slowed or even hindered under the Biden-Harris administration.
“They want to do their job, and we're going to let them do their job,” Trump added. “I'm going to give them immunity. We're going to protect them.”
“Look at New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and all the cities run by Democrats,” he continued. “Liberal, stupid Democrats.”
President Trump concluded that “our country has lost its way.''
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