President Donald Trump has done a lot of alarming things in his day, but this might take the cake. Donald Trump might send migrants to sanctuary cities, apparently to retaliate against his political rivals. Elite Daily reached out to the White House…
President Donald Trump has done a lot of alarming things in his day, but this might take the cake. Donald Trump might send migrants to sanctuary cities, apparently to retaliate against his political rivals. Elite Daily reached out to the White House for comment on the report, but did not hear back by the time of publication.
The news comes on the heels of an April 11 report from The Washington Post claiming that Trump allegedly tried to send migrants to sanctuary cities twice. According to the report, Trump proposed the idea back in November of 2018, as a caravan carrying migrants who were fleeing violence in Central America approached the United States.White House officials reportedly reached out to several agencies via email to ask if those arrested at the border could be taken “to small- and mid-sized sanctuary cities,” which are places that refuse to aid in federal deportation efforts. The report didn’t name any specific cities that were under consideration. The administration reportedly tried again in February of 2019, when Trump was caught up in a back-and-forth with Democrats over funding for his long-promised border wall with Mexico.
The ostensible reason for the move, per The Washington Post, was to relieve overcrowding in the immigration system by moving immigrants to shelters in certain cities, as well as to punish Democratic leaders of the cities.
