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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 594

sanctuary cities

US President Donald Trump on January 23, 2019. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)
April 13, 2019, 10:54 am
Trump says he may send migrants to ‘sanctuary cities’ led by Democrats
US president says he is considering the contentious move as his opponents ‘are unwilling to change our very dangerous immigration laws’
By Sebastian Smith
African asylum seekers and human rights activists protest against deportation in Tel Aviv, February 21, 2018 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 15, 2018, 6:38 am
Facing deportation, asylum seekers find refuge with ‘sanctuary’ host families
In an act of civil disobedience, the Israel Sanctuary Movement is helping Africans locate safe homes, calls on public to show sense of humanity
By Melanie Lidman
In this May 13, 2016 file photo, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf speaks at a news conference in Oakland, California. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
March 5, 2018, 10:18 am
Jewish Oakland mayor defends decision to warn community of immigration raid
Libby Schaaf says her Twitter tip-off, which according to authorities prevented arrests of some 800 immigrants, was ‘both legal and moral’
By JTA and AP
US President Donald Trump walks along the West Wing Colonnade at the White House in Washington, Friday, April 21, 2017 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
April 26, 2017, 10:29 am
US judge blocks Trump order on sanctuary cities
Ruling prevents administration from denying billions of dollars in funding to cities that harbor illegal immigrants
By Frankie TAGGART and Paul Handley
Jonathan Greenblatt, national director of the Anti-Defamation League. (Courtesy of ADL/via JTA)
March 31, 2017, 3:06 am
ADL urges court to block Trump’s threats to ‘sanctuary cities’
Jewish group says executive order seeking to withhold funds from jurisdictions protecting illegal immigrants would encourage hate crimes
By ToI Staff and AP
Liz Glusman, from Washington, joins a crowd protesting in Lafayette Park near the White House during a demonstration to denounce President Donald Trump's executive order that bars citizens of seven predominantly Muslim-majority countries from entering the US on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in Washington. (AP /Alex Brandon)
February 1, 2017, 2:51 pm
In US ‘sanctuary cities,’ Jewish groups work to provide safe harbor for immigrants
Signed on Holocaust day, President Trump’s injunction against undocumented immigrants says that jurisdictions that fail to report to ICE are ‘willfully’ violating federal law
By Cathryn J. Prince
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