It's not really about local control, and it certainly isn't about compassion. It's about who comes first, the American citizen or the illegal alien. And Sanctuary jurisdictions have answered [the question of who comes first] with their laws, they've answered it with their policies. They've answered it with their conduct. They put the illegal alien first. That is what a sanctuary policy means in the real world. An illegal alien commits a crime and gets arrested by local law enforcement. That arrest tells government exactly where the person is. (01:11–01:22)
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Asserts that sanctuary jurisdictions prioritize illegal aliens over American citizens.
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