Former President Donald Trump has promised voters a ban on sanctuary cities should he be elected to a 2nd term in the White House in November.
Speaking to a crowd of 10,000 at Aero Center Wilmington in North Carolina, Trump promised, "Today, I am announcing a new plan to end all sanctuary cities in North Carolina and all across our country."
Sanctuary cities are jurisdictions typically run by Democrats that will refuse to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol in order to harbor illegal immigrants, even if those illegal immigrants have committed heinous crimes.
Trump continued saying, "I will ask Congress to pass a law outlawing sanctuary cities nationwide, and we will bring down the full weight of the federal government on any jurisdiction that refuses to cooperate."
This promise is an important one but also serves as a reminder that Trump voters must mobilize to vote in down-ballot races to ensure that the GOP has control of Congress in order for Trump's agenda to succeed.
Trump emphatically vowed that "As soon as I take office I will surge federal law enforcement to every city that is failing — which is a lot of them — to turn over criminal aliens, and we will hunt down and capture every single gang member, drug dealer, rapist, murderer and migrant criminal that is being illegally harbored."
Sanctuary cities have become a real problem as they are quite literally harboring murderers and rapists and endangering their own citizens in the name of protecting illegal immigrants.
North Carolina has been particularly affected by sanctuary city policies as the swing state's urban areas are ruled by Democrats which is a common phenomenon in nearly every state.
Senator Tom Tillis (R-NC) has been leading the charge against sanctuary cities saying, "For too long, we have watched local jurisdictions in North Carolina and across the country ignore the lawful notification and detainer requests made by ICE agents and instead release dangerous criminals back into their communities and put innocent lives at risk."
Numerous horrific crimes committed by illegal aliens like the murder of nursing student Laken Riley caught the attention of the nation.
Democrats are doing everything in their power to protect those killers no matter the cost.
Senator Tillis continued saying, "It is clear President Biden and liberal politicians want to prioritize reckless sanctuary policies over public safety. It is time for Congress to step in and put an end to this madness by holding sanctuary cities accountable and empowering ICE to gain custody of criminal illegal immigrants so they can’t cause more harm and violence."
Under President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the southern border is wide open and millions of illegal immigrants have poured into the United States. Americans are angry about this and have made it clear that it will be a big issue in November.
The election is a referendum of sorts on immigration and the border crisis and Trump is leaning into that discontent and is promising a total reversal of everything Biden-Harris.
Americans have dealt with illegal immigrants receiving preferential treatment while receiving taxpayer benefits and Americans are fed up with it. While states like North Carolina will be close in November, it's hard to imagine a scenario where Harris overcomes the odds.
