President Donald Trump has said US cities should be \u201csanctuaries\u201d for Americans not for criminal \u201caliens\u201d, a week after a US court acquitted a Mexican immigrant accused of fatally shooting an American woman.<\/p>\n
On July 1, 2015, 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle, while walking with her father and a friend was shot by Mexican national Jose Inez Garcia Zarate in the Embarcadero district of San Francisco.<\/p>\n
The shot ricocheted off the concrete deck of a pier striking the victim in the back. Steinle died two hours later in the hospital as a result of her injuries.<\/p>\n
The shooting elicited controversy and political debate over San Francisco\u2019s status as a sanctuary city, as Zarate was a Mexican national who was unlawfully residing in the US.<\/p>\n
Trump has highlighted the case as an example of the failure of \u201csanctuary cities\u201d, where local officials did not work with authorities to enforce immigration laws.<\/p>\n
Asserting that no American should be separated from their loved ones because of preventable crime committed by those illegally in the country, Trump said that cities should be sanctuaries for Americans \u2013 not for criminal aliens.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo American should be separated from their loved ones because of preventable crime committed by those illegally in our country. Our cities should be Sanctuaries for Americans \u2013 not for criminal aliens,\u201d Trump said in his weekly address to the nation.<\/p>\n
Last week, in a \u201cfinal injustice\u201d, Kate\u2019s killer was acquitted on all of the most serious charges, he said.<\/p>\n
This he said is one more reason Americans are so upset by sanctuary cities and politicians who shield \u201ccriminal aliens\u201d from federal law enforcement and all of the problems involved with the whole concept of a sanctuary city.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are no good. We mourn for all of the American families, of all backgrounds, who will have any empty seat at Christmas this year because our immigration laws were not enforced,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, Democrats in Congress not only oppose our efforts to stop illegal immigration and crack down on sanctuary cities \u2013 now they are demanding amnesty as a condition for funding the government, holding troop funding hostage and putting our national security at risk. We cannot allow it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Trump said every Senator and Congressman will have to make a choice: do they want to protect American citizens or do they want to protect \u201ccriminal aliens\u201d.<\/p>\n
In his address, Trump said Steinle\u2019s death is a tragedy that was entirely preventable.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was shot by an illegal alien and a 7-time convicted felon who had been deported five times \u2013 but he was free to harm an innocent American because our leaders refused to protect our border, and because San Francisco is a sanctuary city,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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