Our Question of the Week
Is President Trump’s plan to send detained migrants to American sanctuary cities a good one? That’s our Question of the Week for readers.
Is there a possibility that, rather than an idle threat or simply another volley in the war of words over immigration, such a policy would create a win-win situation?
Are self-declared sanctuary cities such as Berkeley and San Francisco — and by some definitions, the entire state of California — precisely the right place to care for such undocumented immigrants because they have declared an official desire to do so?
The definition of a sanctuary city can be a bit slippery. For 30 years now, for instance, Los Angeles has banned its police officers from initiating contact with people just to determine their immigration status. Still, city officials do cooperate with federal immigration authorities, and L.
