No. of Recommendations: 8
Mike,
One question for you:
A 25-year-old illegal alien who works as a dishwasher/barback at a local restaurant. He has led an honorable life. The only thing illegal he has ever done in his life was walking with his mother across the U.S. Mexican border 21 years ago when he was 4 years old. Since then he has been an upstanding citizen and has always stayed out of trouble. He is hard working, clean living, upstanding person. No drugs, no violence, never has gotten as much as a speeding ticket.
One day at work while taking out the garbage to the dumpster out back, he witnesses a major crime. Maybe a man raping a woman, maybe one person stab another person, maybe a drug deal. Whatever.
In a sanctuary city he is free to interact with the police and tell them what he witnessed which could help them solve the major crime.
In a notably non-sanctuary city where police would be forced to turn him over to ICE the moment they talked to him, he probably will avoid talking to the police. He knows he will be deported to a country he can't even remember living in. So the police lose access to a witness of a major crime which means they have a much harder time solving it which also could mean a major criminal goes free.
So my question is, how exactly does that make non-sanctuary cities safer?
I think you are under the delusion fed to you by the information sources you use that take advantage of you that it is mostly criminals and bad people crossing over the border. That isn't true. Most illegal aliens are generally hardworking, upstanding people whose only illegal act is to cross the border (or overstay their visa) looking for a better life for themselves and their family.
In general, there is less crime where generally hardworking, upstanding citizens are not afraid to interact with the police. It is good for society when upstanding people go to the police for help or to give help.
