President Donald Trump is finally planning to turn off the taxpayer money spigot for cities and states that refuse to comply with federal immigration law.
He added, “And it breeds fraud and crime and all the other problems that come. So we’re not making any payment to anybody that supports sanctuary.”
This announcement appears to be partly another reaction to the unfolding Somali fraud scandal in Minnesota and other states, exposing a vast and lucrative network of fake daycares and other ploys to obtain billions of dollars in taxpayer money dishonestly.
The scandal grew so huge after witnesses testified that Minnesota Democrats deliberately ignored the fraud that Gov. Tim Walz decided he was not going to seek reelection. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) referred Walz and his Attorney General, Keith Ellison, to the Department of Justice for criminal charges.
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The Department of Health and Human Services has already announced it will withhold childcare payments from five Democrat states over fraud allegations, according to Fox News. HHS also reformed its guidelines. Under the Biden administration, daycares could demand a certain amount of money based on alleged enrollment, without having to provide any proof of attendance or services actually rendered to families.
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Sanctuary policies do, in fact, break federal laws.18 U.S. Code § 111 makes it illegal to interfere with federal immigration officers in the execution of their duties, and 8 U.S. Code § 1324 forbids concealing or harboring illegal aliens. To use Minnesota again as an example, Walz refused to honor 1,360 ICE detainers for illegal aliens, including violent criminals. Democrats really do love crime.
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