Denver Post Editorial: Denver is No Sanctuary City

The Denver Post released an editorial on September 13, 2010 refuting the assertion that Denver is a sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants. As pointed out in the Post's editorial, the notion that the undocumented are safe from deportation simply because they are with the Denver city limits is demonstrably false.

The Post cites Denver's efforts to join the Secure Communities program and a city ordinance requiring contstruction contrators to verify the immigration status of empoyees in order to gain city contracts as evidence that Denver is not turning a blind eye to illegal immigration.

Read the full Denver Post editorial here.

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Critics Question Lack of Crackdown on Sanctuary Cities

More than fifty cities in the United States, believing that enforcement of immigration laws is the responsibily of the federal government, are offering sanctuary to illegal immigrants. Given the administration's lawsuit against Arizona, critics are asking why these cities are "getting a pass" for ignoring the law. According to Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-IL, the statement they are making is that it is not up to them "to preemt the federal government." Others, like Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Liberty Commission and a supporter of comprehensive immigration reform, oppose sanctuary cities. "We can't have government officials deciding which laws they are going to enforce or not enforce. That undermines the rule of law." To read more on this issue, click here.

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