Senator Mike Kowall has set up an on line petition calling for the prohibition of sanctuary cities in Michigan. A sanctuary city is one that adopts policies that prohibit employees from notifying federal authorities of illegal aliens living in their communities. Sanctuary cities recently came to national attention after a San Francisco woman was killed on July 1, allegedly by an undocumented immigrant who later confessed to the crime. “I am strongly opposed to any Michigan cities violating the laws of America, leading to safe havens for murderers, drug dealers and other criminals,” said Kowall, R-White Lake. “The city of San Francisco ignored a request by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to let them know if they were going to release the suspect in this case, who was an illegal alien and a repeat felon who had been deported five times to Mexico.”
For more details check out Paul W. Smith’s interview with Senator Kowall.