Mayor Eric Garcetti Vow To Fight Trump On Sanctuary Cities

Los Angeles Mayor of America’s largest cities  vowed to fight President Trump’s efforts to curb illegal immigration after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Department of Justice would strip funding from cities that harbor illegal aliens.

During his campaign, Mr Trump pledged to remove funding from cities who refuse to comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers saying that “disregard for the law must end.” Sessions’ directive is in keeping with Mr Trump’s promise and follows an executive order signed just days after the inauguration, Saying

The Attorney General and the Secretary [of Homeland Security] . . . shall ensure that jurisdictions that willfully refuse to comply” with the law “are not eligible to receive Federal grants, except as deemed necessary for law enforcement purposes by the Attorney General or the Secretary.

 Mayor Eric Garcetti who responded to the news Monday by declaring that the removal of federal funding is unconstitutional, according to the Los Angeles Daily News. “We will fight to protect the safety and dignity of all Angelenos, and we will work closely with our representatives in Congress to make sure that Los Angeles does not go without federal resources that help protect millions of people every day,” the mayor added.
While Mayor Garcetti insisted that the current laws were “designed to keep (LA) residents safe,” Sessions warning follows the first weekly report from ICE, which details 200 illegal aliens who were released from local prisons instead of being handed over to federal authorities. Los Angeles-area jails made that list.
Also,  the Mayor of Chicago  Rahm Emanuel pushed back, making no distinction between legal and illegal immigrants, according to NBC Chicago.
 He said that“Chicago has always been a welcoming city – its history is that of people, whether they’re from Poland or Pakistan, whether they’re from Ireland or India, whether they’re from Mexico or Moldova like where my grandfather came – we welcome immigrants who believe in America, believe in the American dream and want their children to do better than they do right now,”
 Emanuel said "Chicago receives more than $1 billion in federal funding and has requested more money to combat the ubiquitous violence plaguing the city."