{"id":10456,"date":"2015-10-08T15:07:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T19:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=10456"},"modified":"2018-12-28T14:01:51","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:01:51","slug":"politico-publishes-slanted-article-on-sanctuary-city-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2015\/10\/08\/politico-publishes-slanted-article-on-sanctuary-city-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Politico Publishes Slanted Article on Sanctuary City Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"14746084647_fa6c2be50a_o\"Yesterday, Politico immigration reporters Seung Min Kim and Burgess Everett published an absurdly slanted article<\/a> on new Senate legislation targeting sanctuary cities. In both the title and the first paragraph, the authors refer to the bill\u2014authored by Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. David Vitter (R-La.)\u2014as \u201ccontroversial.\u201d Considering the bill only targets sanctuary jurisdictions\u2014state and local jurisdictions with policies that obstruct immigration enforcement\u2014one has to ask: to whom is such a measure controversial? Criminal illegal aliens who not only violate our immigration laws but have committed additional crimes? Obviously they would find the bill \u201ccontroversial,\u201d but I didn\u2019t realize that a major inside-the-beltway publication gave such deference to that class of individuals.<\/p>\n

But the spin continues as Kim and Everett\u2019s use twice (again in the title and first paragraph) the phrase \u201cso-called sanctuary cities.\u201d Ask Kate Steinle’s family<\/a> if there is anything \u201cso-called\u201d about San Francisco\u2019s sanctuary policy that resulted in the death of their daughter. Perhaps the authors were unaware (or didn\u2019t care) that Francisco Sanchez admitted<\/a> he went to San Francisco because<\/b> he knew it is a sanctuary city. And Kate Steinle is not the only American to lose their life<\/a> at the hands of criminal aliens who were protected by sanctuary city policies.<\/p>\n

Perhaps more outrageous, the Politico article downplays Sanchez\u2019s criminal history. First, they blatantly omit the fact at that Sanchez had seven felony convictions<\/a> under his belt. Kim and Everett then fail to report that Sanchez was in ICE custody about to be deported a 6th<\/sup> time<\/b> when San Francisco law enforcement stopped<\/a> the removal proceedings, claiming they wanted to prosecute Sanchez on a decades old drug offense. Or that within days of Sanchez being in San Francisco law enforcement custody they dismissed the charges and released him onto the streets.<\/p>\n

Finally, in case the article wasn\u2019t biased enough for your liking, they go out of their way to mention that Sen. Vitter, who is running for Louisiana Governor, \u201chas been struggling in the campaign.\u201d That nugget certainly seems relevant to a piece on federal legislation seeking to protect American lives and stop jurisdictions from defying federal immigration law.<\/p>\n

One would think that ending sanctuary cities is low hanging fruit that enjoys universal support, Politico has successfully demonstrated that isn\u2019t the case.