As a non American
| "Sanctuary city" is just a polite way of "not conforming with federal law".
Last time this happened was in the South and the National Guard was called upon to enforce Washington's will.
For some reason, the US does not want to do that anymore.
| >>1083237
>not conforming with federal law
constitutional law beats federal law
The US constitution grants a good portion of autonomy to federal subunits.
Of course this was and is exploited by criminals and ideological driven lobbyists. Usually they are rich US citizens and rightists like evangelicals, racists and weapon lobbyists. But because "sanctuary cities" seem to be a political left/liberal project certain people suddenly start to cry about it.
| >>1083296
A lot of words to say nothing with.
Article VI, Clause 2 makes federal law the "supreme Law of the Land." The Constitution explicitly grants Congress power over naturalization (Article I, Section 8, Clause 4) and foreign affairs (which implicitly covers immigration).
I'm aware the 10th Amendment exists. The Supreme Court clarified the boundary of state autonomy on this issue in https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/11-182
But, as usual, you would prefer to seethe.
| >>1083303
First of all, throwing around legal mumbo-jumbo doesn't make your words more substantial.
Next thing is that it is normal for static law texts from a different era unavoidably to contradictory situations in rapidly changing world. "Sanctuary Cities" are such a case, where the granted autonomy of federate subjects contradicts the supremacy of central government.
| And last but not least, those who shout "OBEY THE LAAAAAW" are bending and ditching laws all the time.
Some people only want to see problems if they can connect them somehow to "the others".
A certain Elon Musk for example became billionaire by undermining law with his "financial service", which in fact was (and still is) a bank but somehow he made appear not being a bank (avoiding transaction taxation, which existed between some us states).
| All those billionaire business practices are about bending and systematically breaking law. But certain people prefer to lick those criminals boots while at the same time stomping on those who they believe being lower then them. And when those people resist some of those bootlickers suddenly see a problem with tricking and bending law. So ridicolous.
| >>1083312
I cited a recent interpretation of the law in that post, thank you. I doubt you took the time to read even the synopsis.
"Nobody is above the law" until it's inconvenient. Many such cases!
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| Who the hell come up with sanctuary city? Why are they making a UK version of a city? Did all the raw American steak rot their brain?