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Podcast: WBEZ News
Episode: President Trump is threatening sanctuary cities and states
Description: President Trump is threatening so-called sanctuary cities and states, like Chicago and Illinois, that bar their employees from helping federal immigration enforcement.
He’s ordered a cutoff of federal funds and directed the Justice Department to prosecute officials of cities and states that don’t help U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency known as ICE.
Trump has also stoked fears of a migrant-fueled crime wave.
So we wanted to find out: Would ending sanctuary policies or carrying out mass deportations make us safer?
San Diego State University political scientist Benjamin Gonzalez O’Brien spoke with WBEZ’s Chip Mitchell...