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Is Fresno A Sanctuary City? It Depends On Who You Ask

The early days of President Donald Trump’s administration have left all manner of people scrambling to keep up and understand the local impacts of a series of executive orders. One major change is the threat to withhold federal funds from so-called “sanctuary cities”, that is cities that claim to not work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to find undocumented immigrants. But what even is a sanctuary city and is Fresno in the crosshairs? When he explained his executive order targeting ‘sanctuary cities’ last week, President Trump described the order this way. “We are going to get the bad ones out. The criminals, and the drug dealers, and the gangs and gang leaders. The day is over when they can stay in our country and wreak havoc,” Trump said. The promise to do this involved a threat to cut off federal funding to cities that claim to be a safe zone for undocumented immigrants. A place where those without legal permission could reside and be free to contact their local police
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