Mayor Setti Warren’s Statement in Response to AG Jeff
Session’s “Sanctuary Cities” Press Conference
Newton, MA – Newton Mayor
Setti Warren released the following statement following the Attorney General’s
press conference on “sanctuary cities.”
“With all due respect to the
Attorney General, Jeff Sessions doesn't decide what happens in Newton. Instead
of issuing threats from Washington, DC, the Trump Administration might want to
take a look at our community-based process that brought proponents of sanctuary
cities and supporters of Donald Trump together. The Welcoming City ordinance we
passed in Newton brought together people of many perspectives with the ultimate
goal of keeping our community safe.
We will not be a community
where police are part of any "deportation force" or where immigrants
are fearful of being torn from their families for minor offenses. We will be a
community where all feel welcome and safe, no matter their immigration status.
There was overwhelming support from the Newton community to affirm these values
through an ordinance and the Welcoming City ordinance will remain the law of
the land here.”
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