One Utah Latino community leader thought a plan the White House considered to release detained immigrants into sanctuary cities, particularly Democratic strongholds, wasn’t real news.
SALT LAKE CITY — One Utah Latino community leader thought a plan the White House considered to release detained immigrants into sanctuary cities, particularly Democratic strongholds, wasn’t real news.
« I wasn’t even sure I wasn’t listening to an Onion story or something because it’s just preposterous, » said Richard Jaramillo, president of the Utah Coalition of La Raza. « I don’t think anyone is really taking it as a serious proposal. »
The Onion is a satirical news outlet whose articles cover real and fictional current events.
The idea of pressing immigration authorities to embrace the plan — which critics called an effort to use migrants as pawns to go after political opponents — was first reported in the Washington Post.
« I think the administration has been using the immigrant and refugee community in their political agenda for quite a while, » Jaramillo said. « We see that there’s not a lot of concern for the humanity of these people. »
The White House pitched the idea to U.
