UNTIL the first days after his inauguration, Donald Trump's adversaries and even some of his supporters thought that, once in power, he would back away from many of his most contentious policy proposals. Rahm Emanuel, the Democratic mayor of Chicago, recently said that he thought building a wall on America’s southern border would not be a priority for the new president. This has turned out to be wishful thinking. On January 25th Mr Trump signed a pair of executive orders that mandate the building of the wall as well as increasing the number of border-police officers by 5,000 and immigration-enforcement officers, who deport illegal immigrants, by a whopping 10,000. The orders also called for cutting federal funding of sanctuary cities, like Chicago, which protect illegal immigrants from deportation.
Mr Emanuel reacted almost immediately. “I want to be clear: We’re gonna stay a sanctuary city. There is no stranger among us. We welcome people—whether you’re from Poland or Pakistan, whether you’re from Ireland or India or Israel and whether you’re from Mexico or Moldova where my grandfather came from. You are welcome in Chicago as you pursue the American dream,” he...Continue reading
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