sanctuary cities
Immigration-protective urban zones
Sanctuary cities are municipalities that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, typically by refusing to detain undocumented immigrants solely for deportation or by not honoring requests from immigration authorities to hold people beyond their release dates.
The term is politically charged—supporters view these policies as protecting immigrant communities and local trust in police, while critics see them as obstructing law enforcement.
San Francisco has been a sanctuary city since 1989.
- immigrant rightsLegal protections for newcomers
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
- safe havenProtected place of shelter
- asylumShelter from persecution
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Segregated communities expelling minorities nightly
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