The Rochester City Council has unanimously approved a resolution reaffirming the city’s 1986 Sanctuary City declaration. The action comes as the Trump Administration rolled out new policies on deporting illegal immigrants. The sanctuary resolution submitted by Mayor Lovely Warren was based on language vetted by State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, one of about a dozen […]
The Rochester City Council is expected to approve legislation from Mayor Lovely Warren this evening, updating the city’s 1986 Sanctuary declaration. Mayor Warren has submitted new sanctuary legislation based on language vetted by State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, one of about a dozen attorneys general opposing the Trump Administration’s new immigration policies. Basically, it says […]
President Trump’s executive order aimed at stripping federal money from states and sanctuary cities he believes shelter illegal immigrants has not stopped Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren from going ahead with plans to update Rochester’s sanctuary resolution. If the Trump Administration does cut off federal funding to cities that don’t cooperate with the president’s immigration crackdown, […]