Do you live in a Sanctuary City?

Have you wondered whether or not your city is a safe sanctuary for illegal aliens? Thanks to the OHIO JOBS & JUSTICE PAC, here's a list of Sanctuary cities. I can't believe there are so many.

Human Events has a good piece on Restoring the Rule of Law: Eliminating Sanctuary Cities. Even if you don't live a sanctuary city, you'll want to read this.

We can't continue as a country without respect to the rule of law. If there are 12 to 20 million (and I firmly believe this estimate is intentionally low) illegals living with contempt for the rule of law and dozens of municipalities welcome and encourage them, where is this country going?

Increasingly it seems Americans in different parts of the country have opened their morning newspaper or turned on the TV and learned about an act of violence carried out by someone who is living in this country illegally. Alarmingly, many of these individuals have had previous contact with local law enforcement officials. Such is the case in Newark, New Jersey, where recently three innocent young people were tragically murdered. In the aftermath of this tragedy, we learned that one of the suspects -- an illegal immigrant -- was previously arrested on multiple occasions and, rather than being deported, was set free only to victimize again.

The situation in Newark didn’t happen in a vacuum. It isn’t new, nor is it relegated to just this one community. An alarming number of cities and towns throughout this nation have similar sanctuary policies on the books -- including both Minneapolis and St. Paul in my home state of Minnesota. In these cities, local law enforcement officials are barred from so much as inquiring about a suspect’s immigration status and passing along their concerns to federal authorities for follow up action. The rationale for this practice is as antiquated as the practice itself. Yes, it is important to maintain good relations between immigrant communities and local law enforcement, but we must not hide behind that as an excuse for letting lawbreakers off the hook. In a post 9/11 world, the evidence has shown the consequences of sanctuary city policies can reach beyond just one community. Take for example Mohammed Atta, leader of the 9/11 hijackers. In 2001, he was stopped and ticketed for driving without a license in Florida. His visa was expired and yet he was simply allowed to continue on his way.

So why are cities allowed to place a gag order on their law enforcement officers? It’s simple: by exploiting a loophole in Sec. 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act. While the law requires cooperation with federal officials on immigration matters, sanctuary cities get around it by employing a “don’t ask, don’t tell” strategy, with sometimes devastating consequences.

Be sure to read the entire piece. This trend is destroying the rule of law, and causing divisiveness with law abiding citizens, not to mention the contempt it foments for arrogant politicians and judges who take law into their own hands.