Preventing states and cities from declining to cooperate with immigration enforcement has been one of Donald Trump's goals since the week he took office. The COVID-19 pandemic might help him achieve it.
US President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 28, 2020. - Trump spoke about supporting small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic through the Paycheck Protection Program.President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his administration would insist that states ban sanctuary cities and make other unspecified concessions as a condition of receiving federal aid in the next coronavirus relief package.
"But we'd want certain things also, including sanctuary city adjustments, because we have so many people in sanctuary cities, which I don't even think are popular, even by radical left folks," Trump continued."What's happening is people are being protected that shouldn't be protected and a lot of bad things are happening with sanctuary cities."
Trump and members of his administration have frequently complained that sanctuary cities—cities where local police do not inquire about arrestees' immigration status or cooperate with immigration authorities—have impeded his efforts to arrest and deport people who are in the U.S. illegally.
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