Speaker Johnson tells NYC to axe sanctuary city status in return for migrant funding: ‘Unconscionable’

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Speaker Johnson tells NYC to axe sanctuary city status in return for migrant funding: ‘Unconscionable’
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House Speaker Mike Johnson told The New York Post that New York City needed to do away with its sanctuary city status if it wanted federal funding for the migrant crisis.

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday told New York City that if it wanted federal money to help house migrants amid the ongoing crisis there, it would have to axe its sanctuary city status. In an interview with The New York Post, Johnson expressed confidence that House Republicans would require the heavily Democrat city to get rid of its policies that restrict police from cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to deport migrants accused of committing crimes.

And it is terribly destructive to our country in so many ways — six million people-plus have been apprehended at the border, 1.7 million getaways. Fentanyl has just led to an absolute catastrophe; the leading cause of death is overdoses for Americans aged 18-49, human trafficking, enriching the cartels, it goes on and on and on. And all of that traces back to their policy decisions,' he added.

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