Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration leaves a lot unanswered for sanctuary cities like L.A.
Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration leaves a lot unanswered for sanctuary cities like L.A.
- November 15, 2016
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and poli sci, in the Los Angeles Times, Nov. 15, 2016
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As Trump rolls out his immigration policies, he’ll have to first decide what it means to be a sanctuary city, said Louis DeSipio, a professor of political science at UC Irvine. “Is it just the name, [a] purely symbolic thing, or specific policies in San Francisco or some other cities that he thinks counter federal laws?” DeSipio said. “What defines a sanctuary city in his eyes?”
For the full story, please visit http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-sanctuary-cities-20161114-story.html.
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