Trump tightened refuge cities

Trump has signed a decree tightening policies on the so-called cities of refuge, in which illegal migrants are not prosecuted for violating immigration laws, reports BBC.

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Earlier, his press secretary Sean Spicer explained that cities like San Francisco refuse to cooperate with federal authorities in the fight against illegal immigration.

Trump in the event of such a failure will cut them funding.

"The American people will no longer have to subsidize this disregard for our laws," he said. Reuters White House spokesman Shaun Spicer.

In the US, there is no official term for a city of refuge, but it is understood that these are the settlements that do not allow their police departments to carry out immigration and customs control, as well as to detain and deport immigrants, writes Boston Globe.

Federal immigration officials had previously urged cities and towns to work with them to detain illegal immigrants, especially criminals.

Here's how it worked: the police arrest someone for a crime, take fingerprints and send them to the FBI and ICE. If the immigration officers decide to deport this person, the police will have to keep him in the cell even after the judge has released him on bail. Immigration officials say they do not have enough employees to immediately take immigrants.

Meanwhile, cities of refuge refuse to keep immigrants after the judge issued a decree to release them on bail.

They argue that arresting someone for violating immigration rules is unconstitutional after the judge ordered their release from custody.

In general, officials in cities and towns say they fear the changes will make immigrants afraid to report crimes such as domestic violence or cooperate in murder and other cases.

The history of refuge cities can be traced back to the 1980s, when Cambridge and other localities headed by churches defended immigrants from Haiti and war-ravaged countries in Central America from deportation.

Modern cities of refuge seek to protect illegal immigrants who fled violence and poverty in Mexico, Central America and other countries after the war.

Most cities received this name because of the local law on trusting immigrants and restricting cooperation with the police regarding the issue of deportation.

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