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Mayors of sanctuary cities such as San Francisco, Chicago, and Boston have taken to making announcements to their citizens, stating that they will do all they can to protect their illegal residents from the coming deportation threatened by President-elect Donald Trump. According to ABC News , New York's Bill de Blasio, Chicago's Rahm Emanuel, and Seattle's Ed Murray are among the city officials who are telling their immigrant residents that they have nothing to fear.
Celebrating immigrants' place in society and concerned about the incoming president's hardline stance toward illegal immigration and refugees during the campaign, a major advocate said Tuesday she hopes Donald Trump's campaign rhetoric was only "marketing." "We will have a new president starting in January, and he said some pretty harsh things about immigrants and refugees during the campaign, but we hope that that was just marketing during the campaign," Eva Millona, the executive director of the Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition , told reporters.
Sebastian Mallaby is a Post contributor and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of "The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan."
Chicago on Monday joined several major US cities in affirming that it will remain a "sanctuary city" for immigrants, in defiance of President-elect Donald Trump. Los Angeles, New York, Seattle and San Francisco have made similar affirmations since Trump's election on Tuesday, vowing to refuse to jail undocumented immigrants in jail for deportation purposes and pledging that public services will continue to be offered regardless of legal status.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck both said Monday they will resist any efforts to deport illegal immigrants under the presidency of Donald Trump. Emanuel said Chicago will remain a "sanctuary city," NPR reports , which basically means the city's police will not work with federal officials to deport undocumented immigrants.
If President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his plan to deport the millions of undocumented immigrants he claims have criminal records, Portland's policy is to cooperate. Although Maine's largest city historically has been welcoming to immigrants and has taken steps to protect them , it lacks the policies of so-called sanctuary cities.
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. President-elect Donald Trump sat down with Lesley Stahl from CBS' 60 Minutes on Sunday evening for his first on-camera interview since winning the U.S. election.
He later distanced himself from those statements. In an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" broadcast Sunday night, he said he would focus on deporting people with criminal records beyond their immigrant status.
President-elect Donald Trump's tough-talking plan to rein in illegal immigration showed signs of cracking on Sunday, with the president-elect seemingly backing off his vow to build a solid wall along the southern U.S. border and the top House Republican rejecting any "deportation force" targeting people in the country illegally. In an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes," Trump said Sunday he would accept a fence in some places along the U.S. southern border where he had promised to build a wall.
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'Don't be afraid': Trump looks to reassure divided America in first TV interview as President-elect and opens up on abortion, same-sex marriage, Obamacare and THAT vow to punish Hillary The Ex-Goldman banker and Breitbart exec who once said he didn't want his daughters 'going to school with Jews': Meet Steve Bannon, Trump's chief strategist 'Sometimes you just have to take a look in the mirror': Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway says Hillary should blame HERSELF for historic loss rather than focusing on the role of the FBI Trump says he will 'immediately' deport two to three million illegal immigrants with criminal records - and insists that he WILL build a border wall Reince Priebus AND Steve Bannon will lead Trump's White House: Donald makes insider RNC head his chief of staff - but scorched earth practitioner is chief strategist and gets announced President-elect Trump can't put ... (more)
Steve Bannon, campaign CEO for President-elect Donald Trump, leaves Trump Tower, Friday, Nov. 11, 2016, in New York. ORG XMIT: MIN2016111318280542 - Donald Trump's tough-talking plan to rein in illegal immigration showed signs Sunday of cracking, with the president-elect backing off his vow to build a solid wall along the southern U.S. border and House Speaker Paul Ryan rejecting any "deportation force" targeting people in the country illegally.
Jocelyn Hernandez, 19, came to the United States with her parents as a baby. She qualified for a program that offers work permits and exemption from deportation for those who immigrated as children.
In a new book, Megyn Kelly says Trump tried unsuccessfully to give her a fre... . President-elect Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016.
Donald Trump #NeverTrump GOP organizer: Hope for peace, prepare for war Ivana to Trump: Make me Czech Republic diplomat Republicans face divisions over ObamaCare repeal MORE and two top Republicans in Congress on Sunday agreed -- securing America's borders is the president-elect's top immigration priority. Trump led the GOP's charge, vowing in an interview to air Sunday evening that the strength of U.S. borders would influence how he deals with the nation's more than 11 million undocumented immigrants.
New Delhi, Nov 13 - US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday reiterated his pre-election commitment to impose a stricter immigration regime, saying he will ensure immediate deportation of two to three million undocumented immigrants. In his first extensive interview since victory at the election, Trump told CBS News that his government's primary focus would be the people that are criminal and have criminal records, gang members, drug dealers... We are getting them out of our country or we are going to incarcerate them.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan said Sunday despite Donald Trump's campaign rhetoric, lawmakers are not prepared to form a deportation force to round-up and deport undocumented immigrants. "We are not planning on erecting a deportation force.