H.R. 32, the "No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act," would grant sweeping power to the president to strip states and cities of critical federal funding for essential programs like school lunches, Meals on Wheels, Head Start, public transit, and disaster response services. This targets funding that benefits all residents, including U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents, by broadly defining "sanctuary jurisdictions" to include any locality that limits communication with immigration authorities or restricts compliance with voluntary ICE detainer requests. This bill disregards the complexities of local policies, many of which are shaped by court rulings prohibiting holding individuals solely for federal immigration purposes to avoid liability. It pressures diversion of resources from community needs to federal immigration enforcement, potentially violating the Tenth Amendment by commandeering states and localities. The current administration's zeal for escalating detentions and deportations makes this authority ripe for abuse. Urge opposition to H.R. 32, which enables any president to arbitrarily withhold vital resources from states and cities, undermining programs that serve all residents. This overreach subverts local control, threatens due process, and harms entire communities – a drastic overreaction that constitutes financial coercion of localities.
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