Monday’s WSJ has an editorial blasting/belittling Trump’s “provocative” threat to send illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities
– Claims the action would be “illogical” and would undercut “two Trump interests” (as if the Journal would not cheer about that)
– “…it would increase the likelihood that these migrants will remain in the U.S. for years under city and state protection. This is all too typical of the Trump White House’s self-defeating immigration policy record—like refusing to compromise on Dreamers, making immigration the main 2018 election issue, and shutting down the government over the wall.” (“…”refusing to compromise on ‘Dreamers”!!!?? Wasn’t it Pelosi/Schumer who rejected Trump’s offer of amnesty for those ‘poor souls’?). (“Making immigration the main issue in 2018!!!??? That WAS the “Main Issue” in 2016!!)
– “…it would increase the likelihood that these migrants will remain in the U.S. for years under city and state protection.” (Duh! Does the Journal think the American people don’t know that this is already the case?? But that it is now in cities and states which are forced to accept illegals!)
– “Most sanctuary cities are in Democratic strongholds, so by sending thousands of immigrants there Mr. Trump would also be adding to their strength in reapportionment for Congress after the 2020 Census.” (Oh No! Don’t tell me this could cause San Francisco, LA, New York, Boston, etc., to vote for and elect only Democrats! Gosh! Who’da thought?)
– (And here is one of the Journal’s most insulting attempts to make their case): “The Supreme Court will soon hear a case about whether the Commerce Department can include a citizenship question in the Census, but Commerce may lose. Why would Mr. Trump want to give California more Congressional clout than, say, Missouri?”
(Anybody think that SCOTUS, under the ‘great’ leadership of Chief Justice Roberts will allow the citizenship question to be asked in the census? Oh, come now!)
The Wall Street Journal’s love of illegal immigration has been long established. Its ‘less than passionate embrace” of Donald Trump as president is also well-known.
All those Americans who are paying attention are seeing the sheer panic gripping the nation’s liberals/progressives, fearing that hordes of illegal immigrants will be flooding into their cities and schools and welfare offices and hospitals and housing !
They (the ‘progressives’) are “compassionate” and “welcoming” when its other peoples’ cities that are doing the ‘welcoming”…but not so much when its theirs. DLH
The WSJ editorial (behind ‘pay wall’)
Sanctuary City Illogic
Busing migrants to coastal cities undercuts two Trump interests.
By The Editorial Board
Donald Trump says many things to be provocative that never happen, and maybe his threat to unleash asylum-seeking immigrants to sanctuary cities is another example. We hope so because while such a policy may taunt Democratic mayors, it contradicts two important legal and political interests.
And it would increase the likelihood that these migrants will remain in the U.S. for years under city and state protection. This is all too typical of the Trump White House’s self-defeating immigration policy record—like refusing to compromise on Dreamers, making immigration the main 2018 election issue, and shutting down the government over the wall.
Most sanctuary cities are in Democratic strongholds, so by sending thousands of immigrants there Mr. Trump would also be adding to their strength in reapportionment for Congress after the 2020 Census. Tens or hundreds of thousands of new non-citizens in California or New York would be counted toward the number of seats in Congress and Electoral College votes those states will have. Relatively fewer migrants settle in the rural heartland.
The Supreme Court will soon hear a case about whether the Commerce Department can include a citizenship question in the Census, but Commerce may lose. Why would Mr. Trump want to give California more Congressional clout than, say, Missouri?
We doubt the President has thought about any of this. His sanctuary city taunt is designed to get media attention and make Democrats fulminate. They are doing so right on cue, though note some mayors are saying they’ll welcome the migrants. Maybe they’ve figured out what Mr. Trump apparently hasn’t.
