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If you like Trump's immigration rhetoric, you're probably one of those tax and spend conservatives that also likes higher local taxes and crime, then-----then whine about higher taxes and crime - am-I-right?
Perry concedes 'sanctuary cities' bill likely dead
By Enrique Rangel
AUSTIN BUREAU
May 28, 2015
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“Let me just say that there are three problems with (SB) 185, that’s the one I’d like to concentrate on,” [Sen. Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls]Estes, said.
“First of all, it is absolutely important to realize that it’s the federal government’s job to enforce our immigration laws and I worry about the burden that it puts on our local police,” he said.
“Point number two is this: I feel that the bill lacks the protections for American citizens being stopped at random,” he said. “American citizens, no matter what their ethnic origin, have the right to go about their daily business and not be stopped and being questioned.
“Let me say this: the phrase ‘show me your papers,’ is more like Nazi Germany than it is about the U.S.A.
“The third reason is a political reason,” Estes stressed. “For the Grand Old Party, the Republican Party to be viable in the future, we have to compete for the American Hispanic vote. And nothing could alienate Hispanic Americans more than being stopped at random, arbitrarily and asked their status because of the color of their skin.”
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Actually, Sanctuary Cities Are Safer
By Josh Harkinson
Fri Jul. 10, 2015
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But there's a reason sanctuary city laws are so popular, with more than 200 state and local jurisdictions refusing to honor ICE detention requests. Evidence suggests that these laws don't just make cities safer for illegal immigrants; they make them safer for everyone.
Take San Francisco. If the GOP candidates are to be believed, then we should have seen a rise in San Francisco's murder rate in the 26 years since it enacted its sanctuary law, and a further spike since 2013, when the city amended the law to cover even repeat felons such as Lopez-Sanchez. Instead, the city's murder rate has fallen to its lowest level in decades:
Homicides in San Francisco
Total killings per year
1989....73
1990...101
1991....95
1992..117.
1993...129
1994....91
1995....99
1996....82
1997....59
1998....58
1999....64
2000....59
2001....62
2002....68
2003....69
2004....88
2005....96
2006....86
2007...100
2008....98
2009....45
2010....48
2011....50
2012....69
2013....48
2014....45
We're seeing a similar phenomenon throughout California. According to a Department of Justice report released last week, the number of homicides in the state fell to to 1,691 last year, the lowest since 1971. Meanwhile, the state legislature and all but a few counties have enacted sanctuary laws, though they vary in the sorts of protections offered.
It's worth noting that crime has fallen nationwide in recent years, but San Francisco's murder rate is also low compared to that of comparable cities that don't have sanctuary policies:
Murders in San Francisco vs. Similarly Sized Non-Sanctuary Cities
Murders per 100,000 residents in 2013
Indianapolis.........15.17
Dallas...................11.39
Columbus.............11.06
Jacksonville..........10.99
Fort Worth..............6.08
San Francisco........5.75
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If you like Trump's immigration rhetoric, you're probably one of those tax and spend conservatives that also likes higher local taxes and crime, then-----then whine about higher taxes and crime - am-I-right?
Perry concedes 'sanctuary cities' bill likely dead
By Enrique Rangel
AUSTIN BUREAU
May 28, 2015
<snip>
“Let me just say that there are three problems with (SB) 185, that’s the one I’d like to concentrate on,” [Sen. Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls]Estes, said.
“First of all, it is absolutely important to realize that it’s the federal government’s job to enforce our immigration laws and I worry about the burden that it puts on our local police,” he said.
“Point number two is this: I feel that the bill lacks the protections for American citizens being stopped at random,” he said. “American citizens, no matter what their ethnic origin, have the right to go about their daily business and not be stopped and being questioned.
“Let me say this: the phrase ‘show me your papers,’ is more like Nazi Germany than it is about the U.S.A.
“The third reason is a political reason,” Estes stressed. “For the Grand Old Party, the Republican Party to be viable in the future, we have to compete for the American Hispanic vote. And nothing could alienate Hispanic Americans more than being stopped at random, arbitrarily and asked their status because of the color of their skin.”
<snip>
Actually, Sanctuary Cities Are Safer
By Josh Harkinson
Fri Jul. 10, 2015
<snip>
But there's a reason sanctuary city laws are so popular, with more than 200 state and local jurisdictions refusing to honor ICE detention requests. Evidence suggests that these laws don't just make cities safer for illegal immigrants; they make them safer for everyone.
Take San Francisco. If the GOP candidates are to be believed, then we should have seen a rise in San Francisco's murder rate in the 26 years since it enacted its sanctuary law, and a further spike since 2013, when the city amended the law to cover even repeat felons such as Lopez-Sanchez. Instead, the city's murder rate has fallen to its lowest level in decades:
Homicides in San Francisco
Total killings per year
1989....73
1990...101
1991....95
1992..117.
1993...129
1994....91
1995....99
1996....82
1997....59
1998....58
1999....64
2000....59
2001....62
2002....68
2003....69
2004....88
2005....96
2006....86
2007...100
2008....98
2009....45
2010....48
2011....50
2012....69
2013....48
2014....45
We're seeing a similar phenomenon throughout California. According to a Department of Justice report released last week, the number of homicides in the state fell to to 1,691 last year, the lowest since 1971. Meanwhile, the state legislature and all but a few counties have enacted sanctuary laws, though they vary in the sorts of protections offered.
It's worth noting that crime has fallen nationwide in recent years, but San Francisco's murder rate is also low compared to that of comparable cities that don't have sanctuary policies:
Murders in San Francisco vs. Similarly Sized Non-Sanctuary Cities
Murders per 100,000 residents in 2013
Indianapolis.........15.17
Dallas...................11.39
Columbus.............11.06
Jacksonville..........10.99
Fort Worth..............6.08
San Francisco........5.75
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