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Eric Schmitt: “Sanctuary cities are a declaration that illegal aliens lives…”

Featuring: Eric Schmitt, Republican | U.S. Senate, Missouri

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Senator Schmitt Blasts Sanctuary City Policies: "They Value Illegal Immigrants More Than Americans."

Published | Video Starts at 00:34

Sanctuary cities are not a polite exercise of state sovereignty or some virtue of federalism. Sanctuary cities are a declaration that illegal aliens lives matter, but American citizens lives do not. Sheridan Gorman was an 18 year old college student at Loyola University Chicago. Her family described her as as a daughter, a sister and the heart of their family. (00:34–00:44)

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Asserts that sanctuary cities prioritize illegal aliens over American citizens.

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