That's a complete non-sequitur. Rape and murder are not federal crimes, so they don't even have jurisdiction over those.

I'm sorry, I thought public safety was a universal issue. BTW cross states lines when committing one of the crimes you committed and you're now in federal territory.

It's not a non-sequitur. Sanctuary city policies are there because the democrats who run those towns don't like it when Republican administrations actually enforce the *national* laws. So they either hide behind this "Better a hundred guilty illegal aliens go free than 1 innocent illegal alien get deported" or just refuse to help out with a resource ask. Either way it ends up the same place with ICE out on the streets looking for these people.

Ergo, if democrats really cared about public safety they'd want ICE picking up people from jail directly.

But they don't.

It is clear it is an irritation for you (i.e. sanctuary cities), but it does not shield violent criminals in any way (which is what you are implying/stating). And it doesn't shield against federal warrants.

ICE detainer requests are rooted in somebody getting on the radar screen by doing something bad. Like missing 17 straight check-ins. We have to have standards.

And sanctuary cities (I live in the Proud Sanctuary city of Seattle, for the record) absolutely DO shield violent illegal immigrant. It's not up for discussion.