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Kenney and Activists Slam 'Donald Trump' Immigration Bill

MARIA CASTANEDA, 19, who was brought to the United States illegally from Mexico by her mother at age 3, yesterday stood with Philadelphia Democratic mayoral nominee Jim Kenney and a host of immigration activists to denounce a federal bill that they say would lead to the criminalization of undocumented people living in the United States. Passed last week by the U.S. House of Representatives on a vote of 241 to 179, the "Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act," would bar so-called sanctuary cities and states from receiving millions of dollars in federal law-enforcement funding for refusing to cooperate fully with federal immigration agents. Though the Senate has not yet voted on the legislation, which critics have dubbed "The Donald Trump Act," President Obama has promised a veto if it reaches his desk. Trump, seeking the Republican nomination for president, has used the San Francisco case to highlight his opposition to illegal immigrants and sanctuary cities, which refuse to turn over illegal immigrants to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials unless warrants are presented.