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demmiblue

(36,853 posts)
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 07:47 AM Apr 2019

'That Was Actually My Sick Idea': President Trump on Sending Immigrants To Sanctuary Cities

Last edited Sun Apr 28, 2019, 08:20 AM - Edit history (1)

Source: Newsweek

President Donald Trump held a rally in Green Bay Wisconsin, on Saturday night, mostly touting his work in office, calling out Democrats, name-shaming Democrats and spinning a rolodex of cliches often heard at his rallies.

However, when addressing immigration and trying to shore up the southern border with Mexico, the president recalled his recent banter that he would start sending immigrants who overstayed their visits at holding facilities to the so-called sanctuary cities.

“Last month alone, 100,000 illegal immigrants arrived at our borders, placing a massive strain on communities and schools and hospitals and public resources, like nobody has ever seen before,” Trump said to the crowd. “Now, we’re sending many of them through sanctuary cities, thank you very much.”

“I’m proud to tell you that was actually my sick idea,” the president said.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/president-trump-sending-immigrants-sanctuary-cities-was-actually-my-sick-idea-1407712?utm_campaign=NewsweekTwitter&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social



Trump says US is already sending migrants to sanctuary cities

(CNN)President Donald Trump said on Saturday night that the United States is now sending undocumented migrants to sanctuary cities.

"Now we're sending many of them to sanctuary cities, thank you very much," he told a crowd in Green Bay, Wisconsin. "They ain't too happy about it. I'm proud to tell you that was actually my sick idea."

On Friday in a speech to the National Rifle Association, he said the US is "forced to release" undocumented migrants into the country and that "we give them (sanctuary cities) as many as they can handle."

The Department of Homeland Security has not announced it is sending migrants to sanctuary cities.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/27/politics/trump-migrants-sanctuary-cities/index.html?utm_term=image&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2019-04-28T12%3A17%3A03&utm_source=twCNNp
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'That Was Actually My Sick Idea': President Trump on Sending Immigrants To Sanctuary Cities (Original Post) demmiblue Apr 2019 OP
What a disgusting piece of shit. Vinca Apr 2019 #1
You give him to much credit as atleast shit can be useful in growing things like roses. cstanleytech Apr 2019 #10
LOL - how's this for a bumper sticker: "Shit - More Productive Than Trump." Vinca Apr 2019 #16
wth? salin Apr 2019 #2
His threat really means very little. Immigrants have a goal of where they're going before they ... marble falls Apr 2019 #3
You can add South Bend Indiana to that list crazytown Apr 2019 #4
See what I mean? Its just another empty bogus Trump threat that only means anything to the basket .. marble falls Apr 2019 #5
And they will believe this lie, just like the 'the wall is being built right now' lie. Morons SummerSnow Apr 2019 #6
This dude is so full of shit his breath smells like a sewer Docreed2003 Apr 2019 #7
He does get called out by the press quite frequently. Jedi Guy Apr 2019 #8
This is why can't stand Chris Cillizza. BlueStater Apr 2019 #9
All the same, in the actual article he calls out the lies and the insanity. Jedi Guy Apr 2019 #12
Im not referring to pundits Docreed2003 Apr 2019 #11
That's moving the goalposts, but whatever, I guess. Jedi Guy Apr 2019 #13
Your example is subjective in measure. LanternWaste Apr 2019 #22
that's not true Grasswire2 Apr 2019 #15
That means it wasn't his idea. It was bannon and mercer's. Mc Mike Apr 2019 #14
The minute I read ''rally'' I ask myself why do tax payers have to flip the bill? YOHABLO Apr 2019 #17
Many sanctuary city governments have said they are welcome madville Apr 2019 #18
Full blown dictator wanna-be and proud of it. Base loves him being "sick." Truly. Evolve Dammit Apr 2019 #19
He has minions who pretend that the cities objected treestar Apr 2019 #20
Can these cities grant them work authorization? jmowreader Apr 2019 #21

salin

(48,955 posts)
2. wth?
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 07:56 AM
Apr 2019

a) He is proudly claiming (and bragging about) his "sick" idea.

b) He is proclaiming that people are being sent/transported to Sanctuary Cities. (Which for 2 weeks has been disavowed as a proposed idea, let alone an acted upon policy.)

As the Guess Who used to say (s)He's Come Undone.

marble falls

(57,089 posts)
3. His threat really means very little. Immigrants have a goal of where they're going before they ...
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 08:06 AM
Apr 2019

cross the border. And where they're going is almost always going to be a santuary state or city anyways - these are where the jobs are. When shithead .... I'm sorry, President Shithead makes threats like this, we should laugh his fat butt down.

Where he wants to send them by and large is where they are welcomed and want to go, if its not, they made it this far they will go where they want to get to.

Sanctuary:

https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States


Maps: Sanctuary Cities, Counties, and States


By Bryan Griffith and Jessica M. Vaughan on April 16, 2019

Immigration Brief: Sanctuary Cities

View More Immigration Maps
Map 1: Sanctuary Cities, Counties, and States
Updated April 16, 2019

The sanctuary jurisdictions are listed below. These cities, counties, and states have laws, ordinances, regulations, resolutions, policies, or other practices that obstruct immigration enforcement and shield criminals from ICE — either by refusing to or prohibiting agencies from complying with ICE detainers, imposing unreasonable conditions on detainer acceptance, denying ICE access to interview incarcerated aliens, or otherwise impeding communication or information exchanges between their personnel and federal immigration officers.

A detainer is the primary tool used by ICE to gain custody of criminal aliens for deportation. It is a notice to another law enforcement agency that ICE intends to assume custody of an alien and includes information on the alien's previous criminal history, immigration violations, and potential threat to public safety or security.

Use ctrl + scroll to zoom the map
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Source: Immigration and Customs Enforcement Data
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Sanctuary Cities List

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Watsonville

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Denver
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Jefferson County
Larimer County
Mesa County
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Alachua County

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Benton County
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marble falls

(57,089 posts)
5. See what I mean? Its just another empty bogus Trump threat that only means anything to the basket ..
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 08:22 AM
Apr 2019

of deplorables.

Docreed2003

(16,859 posts)
7. This dude is so full of shit his breath smells like a sewer
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 09:17 AM
Apr 2019

It's amazing to me that he says all of the outrageous crap he does at these rallies and is NEVER called on the carpet in the press...NEVER. It's just brushed off as Trump appealing to his base. People love to bash Dems in the way our House is investigating this fucker, where's the media's backbone here?? Are they too scared to expose this stuff to the American people? This crazy shit needs broader exposure and needs to be called out for how insane it really is!

Jedi Guy

(3,191 posts)
8. He does get called out by the press quite frequently.
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 10:22 AM
Apr 2019

On CNN, both Don Lemon and Chris Cuomo have called out Trump's lies on the air several times. Chris Cillizza, one of their political correspondents, regularly writes a column after Trump's rallies/speeches/interviews that's titled "40-something craziest lines from Trump's latest speech." It's not as if the entire mainstream media just nods and smiles in response to whatever he says.

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
9. This is why can't stand Chris Cillizza.
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 10:35 AM
Apr 2019

"Craziest lines" is minimizing how truly despicable and evil this scumbag is and treating him like some amusing sideshow freak instead of the threat to our entire way of life that he actually is. His lies are dangerous and are going to get people killed.

Jedi Guy

(3,191 posts)
12. All the same, in the actual article he calls out the lies and the insanity.
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 11:04 AM
Apr 2019

You can take issue with the title, but the meat of the article points out lies and links to sources to show the truth. He also outright says, "This is an extraordinarily dangerous statement" when Trump talks about the press being the enemies of the people. Saying that he's "minimizing" Trump's bullshit is incorrect, in my opinion. YMMV.

Edited to add: Here's a link to the most recent one from Cillizza, posted on Friday. [link:https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/26/politics/donald-trump-sean-hannity-fox-news/index.html

He uses the word "outrageous" in the title, and in several spots he outright refutes things Trump said in the interview, such as the claim that his campaign was spied on by the feds. In several spots he provides links to back up his refutations of what Trump says. I'm not sure what else you want him to do here.

Docreed2003

(16,859 posts)
11. Im not referring to pundits
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 11:03 AM
Apr 2019

Most of the regular public isn't watching Cumo or Maddow or Lawrence....you're not seeing this being called out on the nightly news. It's just not being addressed and I would argue that the vast majority of the public has no idea what he said last night.

Jedi Guy

(3,191 posts)
13. That's moving the goalposts, but whatever, I guess.
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 11:10 AM
Apr 2019

The point is that on networks like CNN and MSNBC, Trump's bullshit is being called out for what it is. The media is not just sitting there and allowing him to say whatever he wants without being challenged.

The vast majority of the public not knowing what he said last night isn't the media's fault, either. The information is out there, it's not as if it's difficult to go check out CNN.com. The public being disengaged and uninterested in politics is an altogether different issue that has nothing to do with what the media says.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
22. Your example is subjective in measure.
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 03:06 PM
Apr 2019

It would be somewhat more valid if the numbers of call-outs vs. ignoring him were contrasted and compared. By your metric, we can say "he tells the truth quite frequently..." as there is no objective data provided to perform analysis, simply anecdotes and examples.

'Quite frequently' being weasel words in this instance.

Grasswire2

(13,570 posts)
15. that's not true
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 12:18 PM
Apr 2019

....unless you are watching FOX News.

Are you?

Because every news outlet I see or read is calling him out.

Lay off the press. Reporters stand between the people and tyranny every freaking day.

 

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)
17. The minute I read ''rally'' I ask myself why do tax payers have to flip the bill?
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 02:48 PM
Apr 2019

He's campaigning.

madville

(7,410 posts)
18. Many sanctuary city governments have said they are welcome
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 03:47 PM
Apr 2019

Sounds like a win for the new immigrants, getting free transportation to a welcoming jurisdiction that will be more of a safe haven than many border areas.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
20. He has minions who pretend that the cities objected
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 04:35 PM
Apr 2019

Knowing most cities are blue, they wanted to create hypocrisy and invented some city people who objected. But they didn't. They said fine, send them here; they are welcome. Trumpers projected their own feelings onto the people in the cities.

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
21. Can these cities grant them work authorization?
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 02:57 PM
Apr 2019

You do of course realize this has the potential to backfire on Trump in ways unimaginable.

Sanctuary cities have two things in abundance: low-wage jobs they can’t fill, and empty commercial buildings. If I was the mayor of...oh, let’s say Seattle...I would go to the owners of these buildings with a proposition: we will waive taxes and pay you a reasonable rent if you let us turn your old warehouse into a barracks. We put beds in them, and rent the beds to refugees and the homeless on a strict “no drugs, alcohol, violence, or crimes, cross the line once and you’re evicted” contract. Rent will be just enough to pay expenses. We set up public transit to get people to work and we work with employers to get all these folks into jobs - which the refugees want.

This is Trump’s worst nightmare. He thinks that by dumping a huge number of refugees into sanctuary cities he can force them to stop being sanctuary cities. Those cities could turn that shit around on Trump and make him look even dumber than he is. “Thank you, Mr. Trump. Ever since you decided to bestow 1500 hard working refugees on my city, I’ve gotten out of the supermarket in record time. The food in restaurants has never tasted better. You can get a new roof done in six months not two years. Everything’s been great now that there’s no worker shortage!”

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