The Western Journal – Study: Sanctuary Policies Prevented Illegals from Being Deported from Terror-Sponsored States

IRLI In The News

May 13, 2019

By Jason Hopkins

A new study finds that sanctuary city policies have repeatedly prevented the deportation of illegal immigrants from countries that the State Department has designated as state sponsors of terrorism.

“For a 27-month period ending on December 31, 2017, law enforcement agencies and jails refused to honor 44 immigration holds on citizens from countries the United States has designated as state sponsors of terrorism,” an Immigration Reform Law Institute study concluded. Read the full story on The Western Journal.

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