Issues In Sanctuary Cities

The article I chose talks about the issues regarding sanctuary cities. It talks about how sanctuary cities are illegal under the constitution and elected officials in sanctuary cities are breaking the law. Furthermore, it continues to speak about how undocumented immigrants have criminal records and how certain crimes could have been prevented if undocumented immigrants were deported. U.S. secretary, Jeff Sessions, wants states to enforce the new federal immigration laws because he believes that it would make the nation safer by deporting undocumented immigrants. According to Sessions, if cities don’t comply with the new federal immigration laws, cities with sanctuary cities can lose funding..
This article was sourced from Bowling Green Daily News, which is a newspaper company located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Some biases that I noticed in this article is that it strongly opposes sanctuary cities and
The article tries to use a tactic of right versus wrong by stating that elected officials in sanctuary cities aren’t following federal laws. The article also tries to persuade the reader the sanctuary cities are harboring criminals and that undocumented immigrants are bad. The social problem that this relate to is immigration, specifically immigration from latin America. This event of trying to discredit and defund Sanctuary cities relates to a larger social problem of the United States’ history of viewing immigrants negatively. The general public perception of the United States view immigrants as a threat. Immigrants are viewed as dangerous, criminals, and a threat to the United States economy. Different groups in society view have different ideas about this social problem. Typically, conservative groups want stronger border control and are in favor of mass deportation while, liberal groups tend want less harsh immigration laws and highly favor sanctuary