Is Philly still sanctuary city? Inquirer misses a key point
Like it or not, illegal immigration is against the law, no matter how some try to deny it
Has the worm finally turned?
The worm being the city’s insane Sanctuary City status, ordered by Mayor Jim Kenney, which prohibits police from cooperating in almost any way with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It even shields convicted foreign felons.
This was not an anti-Trump move. It was ordered when Barack Obama was President, and Obama himself opposed illegal immigration, as you can see here.
Actually, every American president opposed illegal immigration until Joe Biden. And even he had to back off his stupidly lax immigration policies.
During the period of Kenney and Obama being in office, Department of Homeland Secretary Jeh Johnson sought to get Kenney to cooperate with the Democrat-led federal government, which Kenney refused to do.
In any event, the issue wound up on Page One of the April 24 Inquirer, in a story asking if the Sanctuary City policy was still in place.
Before going on, let me report two facts the Inquirer did not find worthy of inclusion.
1- The subject of the story, Jean Carlos Brito-Munoz, is an illegal alien. The Inquirer somehow neglected that salient fact. He is a citizen of the Dominican Republic, a safe Caribbean nation where many Americans vacation.
2- Anyone in the United States illegally is subject to deportation. That is U.S. law. More on that in a minute.
The Inquirer reports Brito-Munoz was arrested following a Municipal Court hearing in which he beat a gun charge. The charge was dismissed for lack of evidence, but the story is silent about how the D.A.’s office botched the case.
Since a police officer escorted Brito-Munoz into the arms of waiting federal officials, the story says the incident “raises questions” about Philly’s relationship with the feds, and notes that Mayor Cherelle Parker “has not explicitly reaffirmed Philly’s commitment as a Sanctuary City,” but failed to get a comment from her on this story.
What?
The mayor’s office doesn’t respond to my questions, but the Inquirer didn’t think of asking her?
The issue has been raised before, most recently with the election of Donald J. Trump, whose pounding of illegal immigration helped elect him. Most Americans, about two-thirds, favor mass deportation.
I don’t, simply because the numbers are too great. There are other solutions.
Naturally, the Inquirer story cites “fears” that are being raised in the “immigrant” community.
No, legal immigrants should have no fears. It’s the illegal immigrant community that has fears because, like, you know, they are breaking the law.
And yes, it is law, no matter how loudly or how often Open Border types say it is not.
The story mournfully reports it is the third time a suspect has been detained outside a courthouse, as if the location creates immunity from law. It does not.
The Inquirer’s pro-illegal position has been obvious for decades, along with its slanted coverage, which I have detailed before.
As for Parker, her policy echoes the U.S. policy toward Taiwan, “strategic ambiguity.” She doesn’t want to directly take on Trump.
In her heart, and in her remarks, she is pro-cop, and pro-law enforcement. I once described her, humorously and exaggeratedly, as Frank Rizzo in a dress.
She probably thinks, as do I, that a majority of Philadelphians, brainwashed conditioned by progressives, think this should be a Sanctuary City, and the U.S. should have Open Borders.
That’s because they are guided by emotion, rather than by reality. And the reality is, if we had Open Borders, we would be swamped by people who want to come here.
Progressives complain, rightfully, that Trump doesn’t follow the law, yet are happy to break laws they don’t like, virtue signaling their renowned empathy.
My motto remains “obey the law,” and that applies to both illegals and presidents.
