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Be Aware of How Your Tax Dollars Are Being Spent!
Sanctuary cities that lose aid by resisting the President's Executive order on immigration may be rewarded with your tax dollar!
The article in the local press was clear. “In light of President Trump’s recent crackdown on “sanctuary cities"the state Senate planned a vote .... on a bill that would reimburse municipalities if they lose any federal funding because they shield undocumented residents from U.S immigration authorities".
The author of the bill, State Senator Stephen Sweeney has vowed that he would post the bill (S-3007) again when all the Democratic senators are present. “It’ll pass, he said. Hard to imagine that a respected member of our state government is encouraging the boycott of a Presidential executive order which mandates that local law enforcement authorities cooperate with federal law enforcement specifically to purge criminal illegal immigrants! Would the money come from our roads and infrastructure improvement funds? Does he plan to take it from money slated for our underfunded pension obligations? Does he plan to take it from our Medicaid program and short change the healthcare needs of many constituents including illegal immigrants now benefiting from the program? Does he plan to take it from our education funding that goes to schools that educate many of the children whose parents are illegal immigrants? He may be harming the very people he is attempting to aid.
We all need to call our assemblymen and senators and tell them that we want our money spent wisely, and not to reward politicians who violate the law!
