Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Tuesday, July 25, 2017.
ICE chief singles out Chicago, NYC, San Francisco, and Philadelphia as the “worst” sanctuary cities
Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, and Philadelphia are the “worst” sanctuary cities in the U.S., according to Thomas Homan, acting federal director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Washington Examiner reported on Monday. Homan singled out Chicago particularly, blaming the city’s gun violence on its and Cook County’s policy of harboring undocumented immigrants. “In the last year, I’ve read all these stories of how the crime rate has exploded in Chicago, and the president’s trying to help them. We’re stepping up our game in Chicago. Is Chicago doing everything that it can to decrease the criminal activity up there? I say no,” Homan said in an interview.”I say no because if you’re an illegal alien, and you get arrested in the United States for a crime, and you get booked in Cook County, Chicago, my officers aren’t allowed in the jail. They don’t accept our detainers. They don’t share information with us.” [Washington Examiner]
