The concern underlying these sanctuary laws isn't based on people who are here lawfully not having an opportunity to prove it, but rather than anyone who is here unlawfully will face likely deportation if they are arrested by the local police - even if they are eventually found to have not committed any crimes (or only minor ones).

Well, seems people who are not here legally, *should* be deported, regardless if guilty of the crime for which they were arrested.

As for the deterrence aspect, seems being deported back to the hell-hole they escaped from, should be deterrent enough, and it saves we taxpayers the cost of incarcerating them, in relative comfort, with three hots a day. Maybe, if the perp is arrested in the US again, for a crime other than being here illegally, then he goes to the slammer, rather than be deported again. Yes, I concede the issue of a second person in the US being hurt by the same person, but that risk is run anyway, if the person is housed at taxpayer expense, then deported.

There must be a rational way of handling this, between the two extremes. Put them on trial in the US. If guilty, deported with a recommendation to the receiving country to toss him in the jug. If innocent, deported without a recommendation of incarceration. Second conviction means a mandatory visit to CECOT.

Steve