Good item from Michelle Malkin's blog, check out the reality checks. More of this "sanctuary" garbage. Number one million is great, major cities don't follow the immigration policies we
We heard a lot of whingeing on the Senate floor--and across the cable airwaves (see Geraldo)--about how illegal aliens will now be forced back "into the shadows" because the shamnesty bill failed.
Reality check number 999,998: Cook County, Ill., declares sanctuary
A month after rejecting an identical proposal, the Cook County Board today voted to forbid county police or health workers from asking about a person’s immigration status.
“This resolution simply calls for employees not to discriminate,” said Commissioner Roberto Maldonado (D-Chicago), who has pushed the bill for years. “We can legislate behavior.”
The bill — similar to one that passed the Chicago City Council last year — prohibits county sheriff’s police and other officials from investigating anyone’s immigration status unless it is connected to other criminal wrongdoing. County services cannot be withheld based on immigration status...Commissioner Gregg Goslin (R-Glenview) switched his vote to “yes” after the measure passed. The move gives Goslin the right to bring up the issue for reconsideration at the next meeting, when Gorman is present.
Goslin thinks the measure will encourage illegal immigrants to flood county health facilities.
“I don’t know what I’m going to do, I wanted to keep the options open,” Goslin said. “The county health bureau is on its last gasp. This will put it out of business.”
Reality check 999,999: No need to wait for the Hatch-Kennedy DREAM Act. More states continue to pass in-state tuition discounts for illegal aliens. Connecticut's the latest (hat tip - Noam).
Reality check 1,000,000: Will Major Cities Simply Ignore Any New Immigration Rulings? The answer is yes. They're alrady ignoring all the old ones with impunity.
In a sane world, the lawmakers in Washington sworn to uphold the law would do something about this. Instead, we've got everyone from the president on down abandoning their duties.