New Hampshire Legislature Should Follow Other State's Lead on Illegal Sanctuary - Granite Grok

New Hampshire Legislature Should Follow Other State’s Lead on Illegal Sanctuary

Legal Immigration
Image #: 30916000 The Post-Standard /Landov

Texas is on its way to banning sanctuary cities within its borders. The carrot is money; the stick is money. Break the law, and you forfeit what could amount to millions your (likely) liberal enclave would rather keep. And Texas is not alone.

At least a dozen states now considering similar legislation include Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin, said Ann Morse of the National Conference of State Legislatures. North Carolina was one of the first states to sign prohibitions on sanctuary policies into law last year after Steinle’s death, though Missouri had passed a law discouraging them in 2008 by threatening to block state funding from cities that refused to cooperate with federal immigration officials.

The Pennsylvania Senate also passed a measure that would defund sanctuary cities.

What about the Granite State?

New Hampshire has its share of liberals in love with the idea of sanctuary. College critters have been squeaking about it proudly for weeks. We’ll protect you on our gun free campus regardless of the risk.

Maybe they’ve not been introduced to the right sort of risk?

What if that taxpayer money they insist they need more of stopped? What if the federal grants, loans, and federally backed college loans, were no longer accessible?

Sadly, there are no such bits of legislation on this year’s docket to address withholding state dollars. The only reference to immigration at all comes courtesy of Timothy Horrigan. He is the primary sponsor of HB 558, which prohibits private prisons and would regulate the contracting and operation of an immigration detention facility in this state.

But New Hampshire should consider taking a look at what these other States have done.

They ignore the law, shut off the free money.

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