Obama administration said it will not go after so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with the federal government on immigration enforcement, on the grounds that they are not as bad as a state that “actively interferes.”
Mr. Obama took an active role in targeting Arizona, including ordering theJustice Department to get involved.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and other critics said that sanctuary cities — localities that refuse to check on someone’s legal status or won’t alert immigration authorities when they encounter illegal immigrants — are just as guilty of creating a patchwork of laws, and violate the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
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