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With Attorney General Pam Bondi ordering a intermission connected national funds for alleged "sanctuary cities," Fox News Digital asked leaders of some parties successful states apt to beryllium affected their thoughts, and whether they judge their cities tin grip the dearth of funding.
Bondi besides directed the DOJ probe instances of jurisdictions that are impeding instrumentality enforcement, and that they beryllium prosecuted erstwhile necessary.
In Pennsylvania, astatine slightest 2 large cities person enacted sanctuary policies, portion leaders successful a 3rd person signaled absorption to moving with national migration authorities.
Philadelphia notably announced its caller paradigm erstwhile then-Mayor Jim Kenney videotaped himself dancing successful his bureau and singing, "We are a sanctuary city" aft a justice ruled successful the city’s favour connected enacting specified policies. The video went viral.
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A typical for existent Mayor Cherelle Parker declined remark connected Bondi’s enactment erstwhile reached Thursday.
Lancaster, a bluish dot successful Amish country’s oversea of red, besides approved sanctuary metropolis presumption – portion Republicans astatine the region level passed an ordinance ensuring practice with the feds.
While Pittsburgh is not formally a sanctuary city, Democratic Mayor Ed Gainey precocious announced: "I americium not going to beryllium moving with ICE," aft borderline czar Tom Homan took the reins successful Washington.
Democrats clasp a slim, one-seat bulk successful the authorities House and the GOP controls the Senate, with Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro starring the enforcement branch.
House Minority Leader Jesse Topper, R-Bedford, said successful a Thursday interrogation that it is the presumption of the GOP caucus to enactment the law.
"If these municipalities are not upholding the law, past I would expect determination to beryllium consequences, and I enactment that," Topper said.
Asked what helium would accidental if metropolis leaders sought assistance from him, helium would archer them they would person to enforce the instrumentality if they expect national assistance – and that helium and different lawmakers ever analyse intimately each fund requests, whether they beryllium from Philadelphia oregon elsewhere.
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Topper added that Pennsylvanians showed their enactment for Bondi’s benignant of decisions erstwhile they elected Sen. David McCormick and President Donald Trump.
State Sen. Jarrett Coleman, R-Allentown, said Bondi is wholly wrong her rights to springiness cities this ultimatum.
"I can’t ideate that losing that backing would beryllium casual to negociate for Philadelphia and ideate that they’re going to person immoderate pugnacious decisions to make," said Coleman, who chairs the state’s sheet connected authorities operations.
Sen. Doug Mastriano – the 2022 GOP nominee for politician – said failed sanctuary metropolis policies "put illegals up of our citizens."
"Instead of admitting failure, the metropolis leaders arsenic good arsenic our politician volition treble down and motorboat lawsuits for them to proceed to enactment illegals up of our people," said Mastriano, R-Gettysburg.
Meanwhile, Shapiro said helium supports Trump’s efforts to get "criminals who are present illegally retired of our communities – I privation to spot that happen."
"I don't privation radical who are breaking the instrumentality successful our communities who are wreaking havoc connected our communities oregon claiming lives successful our communities to beryllium here," helium added, though helium did not straight code Bondi’s order.
Across the authorities line, New York leaders were bracing for imaginable enactment against the sanctuary authorities and cities similar Albany and New York City.
House Speaker Carl Heastie, D-Bronx, was asked astir Bondi’s bid but did not respond by property time.
But Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt, R-Niagara, said Bondi is "doing exactly" what Trump promised.
"For acold excessively long, the Biden administration, aided and abetted by Kathy Hochul and New York Democrats, pretended to attraction astir nationalist information portion they did thing astir the migrant crisis successful our backyards and continued to shovel payer dollars to amerciable migrants," Ortt said, adding that Democrats person been ignoring Republicans and constituents' calls to extremity specified policies.
State Sen. Steve Chan, R-Bensonhurst, 1 of fewer minority-party officials successful New York City, said helium welcomes enactment against his hometown.
"I don't blasted the Trump medication astatine all. It's called fiscal work and ensuring that payer dollars are being spent successful the close place," Chan said.
"There's a full agelong database of much important issues that request backing - we person our ain needy, our ain homeless, our ain veterans, our ain victims of disasters, etc. I'd beryllium precise grateful to the Trump medication if they tin money New York City successful respect to those issues alternatively of those present illegally."
Boston is different metropolis apt to beryllium deed with a Bondi withholding order. Mayor Michelle Wu has accepted an invitation to attest connected the migration substance earlier Congress.
Massachusetts writ-large has immoderate sanctuary-type policies, including those stemming from its unsocial right-to-shelter instrumentality shepherded by erstwhile Gov. Michael Dukakis, the 1988 Democratic statesmanlike nominee. Current Democratic Gov. Maura Healey has said Massachusetts is "not a sanctuary state."
Fox News Digital reached retired to some Massachusetts Senate Leader Karen Spilka, D-Ashland, and House Minority Leader Brad Jones, R-Reading.
In California, wherever respective large municipalities enacted sanctuary policies, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom did not instantly respond to an enquiry connected Bondi’s order.
However, Newsom met with Trump connected Wednesday and told CNN helium was assured the 2 governmental foes volition person a "strong concern moving forward."
"Not circumstantial commitments, but wide strokes," Newsom said.
As for Republicans successful the Golden State, their authorities Senate person said Bondi’s bid shouldn’t beryllium a daze to sanctuary cities there.
"Local jurisdictions enforcing unlawful sanctuary policies are present officially connected notice," Sen. Brian W. Jones of San Diego told Fox News Digital.
"Law enforcement should prioritize nationalist safety, not cave to extreme, soft-on-crime policies that enactment our communities astatine risk."
Jones besides announced helium would beryllium filing authorities wrong a fewer weeks to "overhaul" California’s sanctuary authorities policies.
Jones’ measure volition compel instrumentality enforcement to cooperate with ICE for convulsive transgression amerciable immigrants, helium said.
Chicago is besides apt to beryllium a absorption of Bondi's order. Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker – a apt 2028 statesmanlike hopeful – did not respond to a petition for comment.
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Illinois House Minority Leader Tony McCombie, R-Jo Daviess, could not instantly beryllium reached.
But successful a abstracted connection Thursday, Pritzker responded to a suit lodged by Bondi's bureau successful narration to the Land of Lincoln's noncooperation with ICE.
"Unlike Donald Trump, Illinois follows the law. The bipartisan Illinois TRUST Act, signed into instrumentality by a Republican governor, has ever been compliant with national instrumentality and inactive is today," Pritzker said.
"Illinois volition support our laws that prioritize constabulary resources for warring transgression portion enabling authorities instrumentality enforcement to assistance with arresting convulsive criminals."
Former Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, who preceded Prizker, enacted the TRUST Act, which prevents instrumentality enforcement from holding amerciable migrant prisoners without a tribunal warrant.
Fox News Digital's Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
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