WEBVTT - Warning Sanctuary Cities

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<v Speaker 1>Boston's bulldozer operates seven days a week. The Kuhner Report

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<v Speaker 1>Weekend Edition. WRKO, the voice of Boston. The Trump administration

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<v Speaker 1>and Republicans now issue a warning to sanctuary cities and states.

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<v Speaker 1>We're coming. Good morning, Kuhner country. Okay, my friends, just

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<v Speaker 1>to give everybody a heads up, Coonerman, I definitely watched

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<v Speaker 1>last night's second and final debate between Republican gubernatorial candidate

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<v Speaker 1>Mike Minogue and Governor Maura Healey. We will have Mike

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<v Speaker 1>Minogue on the show for an exclusive Newsmaker interview. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to miss it later in the show. But

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<v Speaker 1>to put it, you know, concisely and bluntly, he destroyed her.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, he debated circles around her, and one of

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<v Speaker 1>the issues that he hammered her on again and again,

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<v Speaker 1>and was very weak, was of course the issue of

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<v Speaker 1>Massachusetts being a sanctuary state, Boston being a sanctuary city,

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<v Speaker 1>and of course so many other sanctuary cities all across,

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<v Speaker 1>not just the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, but in blue states

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<v Speaker 1>all over the country. and this determination by sanctuary politicians

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<v Speaker 1>to not cooperate with ICE and to deliberately shield and

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<v Speaker 1>coddle not just illegal aliens, but violent criminal illegal aliens. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>listen now to this. House Republicans, under massive pressure from

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<v Speaker 1>President Trump, Trump behind the scenes, obviously not happy with

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<v Speaker 1>what the Republicans have accomplished in the last two years.

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<v Speaker 1>He wanted them to do a hell of a lot more,

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<v Speaker 1>including obviously pass the Save America Act. Well, he's now

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<v Speaker 1>thrown down the gauntlet, saying no matter what happens in

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<v Speaker 1>the November 3rd election, in that lame duck period from

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<v Speaker 1>November to January, He is now pushing Republicans, listen now

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<v Speaker 1>to this, to go forth with comprehensive legislation that would

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<v Speaker 1>effectively obliterate sanctuary cities. And in particular, the Shutdown Sanctuary

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<v Speaker 1>Policies Act. Let me repeat it because you're going to

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<v Speaker 1>start hearing it a lot, I believe, in the next

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<v Speaker 1>couple of weeks. certainly over the next couple of months.

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<v Speaker 1>The Shutdown Sanctuary Policies Act. It passed through the House

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<v Speaker 1>Judiciary Committee recently, and frankly, the media didn't want to

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<v Speaker 1>cover it. And when you see the guts of the bill,

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<v Speaker 1>you realize why. Now, the key is this. Now that

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<v Speaker 1>it passed the committee... the House now is going to

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<v Speaker 1>vote on this after the elections. They should have done

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<v Speaker 1>it before, way before, but as they say, better late

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<v Speaker 1>than never. And here is exactly what it would do.

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<v Speaker 1>It would finally empower the victims of the crimes of

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<v Speaker 1>illegal aliens to sue local and state officials who released

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<v Speaker 1>these criminal illegal aliens from custody. In other words, what

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<v Speaker 1>the bill aims to do, its heart and soul, is

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<v Speaker 1>to impose the toughest crackdown so far, ever, on states, cities,

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<v Speaker 1>and localities. that refuse, and this is part of the problem,

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<v Speaker 1>they refuse to turn over illegal aliens who are under

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<v Speaker 1>federal detainers. ICE says, look, this person is here illegally.

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<v Speaker 1>They have been either charged or convicted of a crime.

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<v Speaker 1>Here is a detainer. Hand him over to us or

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<v Speaker 1>hand her to us. And instead, like, for example, in Massachusetts,

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<v Speaker 1>or in California, or in New York, or in Illinois,

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<v Speaker 1>or in Oregon, or in Washington, I could give you

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<v Speaker 1>state after state, they just release them back onto the streets.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, many of them are gangbangers. Or sometimes,

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<v Speaker 1>instead of, they're not even ignoring a detainer, they just

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<v Speaker 1>outright just release them. These illegal aliens, they have them

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<v Speaker 1>in their custody, they know they're illegal, they've been convicted

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<v Speaker 1>of a very serious crime, or they've been charged with

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<v Speaker 1>a very serious crime, and they just release them. So

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<v Speaker 1>what this bill would do is it would create what's

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<v Speaker 1>called a right of private action for victims of illegal

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<v Speaker 1>alien crime or their families of victims of illegal alien crime,

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<v Speaker 1>to finally, here it is, hallelujah, thank you, Jesus, to

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<v Speaker 1>sue the municipalities, cities, state officials, local officials, who released

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<v Speaker 1>violent offenders. It's about time. It's about time. Now, many

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<v Speaker 1>are going to say, well, why aren't people suing local

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<v Speaker 1>or state officials who have been releasing you? Take Maura Healey,

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<v Speaker 1>take Michelle Wu, take Mamdani, take Kathy Hochul, take Gavin

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<v Speaker 1>Newsom out in California, because they have a certain amount

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<v Speaker 1>of what's called civil immunity that state and local officials have.

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<v Speaker 1>this bill would strip them of that civil immunity, completely, utterly.

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<v Speaker 1>And so this would allow anyone who has been harmed

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<v Speaker 1>or their family members, where if some political leader, some mayor,

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<v Speaker 1>some governor, it really doesn't matter, if they have told

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<v Speaker 1>local law enforcement, that they must not and cannot work

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<v Speaker 1>with ICE, with the Department of Homeland Security, with federal

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<v Speaker 1>law enforcement, or if detainers have not been honored, then

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<v Speaker 1>they can take that entire city, the state, or that official, say,

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<v Speaker 1>Healy could be taken to court. Michelle Wu could be

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<v Speaker 1>taken to court. The mayor of Lawrence, one of the

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<v Speaker 1>most notorious sanctuary cities, could be taken to court. Mamdani

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<v Speaker 1>could be taken to court. Mayor Bass in LA, another one.

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<v Speaker 1>Huge sanctuary city in Los Angeles. She could be taken

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<v Speaker 1>to court. And they would be sued. And they would

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<v Speaker 1>lose their shirts. I mean, they would have to pay

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<v Speaker 1>through the freaking nose. Now, on top of all of this,

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<v Speaker 1>so this is the key provision, the heart and soul

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<v Speaker 1>of it. However, this bill would also do several other things.

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<v Speaker 1>And again, every single one of them, desperately needed. Here

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<v Speaker 1>it is. It would also reassert federal supremacy on, over

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<v Speaker 1>state and local laws that restrict cooperation with immigration enforcement

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<v Speaker 1>with the Department of Homeland Security. So for example, Michelle

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<v Speaker 1>Wu has ordered local Boston police do not cooperate with

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<v Speaker 1>ICE or with DHS. We don't cooperate when it comes

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<v Speaker 1>to enforcing immigration law. Maura Healey, again, she bragged about

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<v Speaker 1>it last night in the debate with Minogue. No, no, no, no.

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<v Speaker 1>State police, state law enforcement, no, we don't cooperate with ICE.

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<v Speaker 1>This would be made completely and utterly illegal, and these

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<v Speaker 1>officials could now be fined or face jail time. Furthermore,

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<v Speaker 1>it requires, requires, state and local authorities to honor these

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<v Speaker 1>ICE or DHS detainers for illegal aliens who have been

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<v Speaker 1>arrested for criminal or motor vehicle offenses, and these are

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<v Speaker 1>people who are subject to deportation. So finally, when they

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<v Speaker 1>issue a detainer for someone who's here illegally, and they

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<v Speaker 1>say we want to deport them, and they've been arrested

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<v Speaker 1>for some, you know, whatever, drunk driving or, you know, whatever,

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<v Speaker 1>rape or murder or burglary or robbery or sex crimes, bang,

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<v Speaker 1>they have to be honored and or else massive fine

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<v Speaker 1>possibility of going to jail. And the one I've been

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<v Speaker 1>calling for for a long time. It will also withhold

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<v Speaker 1>federal funding from sanctuary states, sanctuary cities who do not

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<v Speaker 1>comply with federal immigration law or with federal ICE detainers.

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<v Speaker 1>They lose that money And the money then will be,

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<v Speaker 1>according to the bill, reallocated to the jurisdictions that comply

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<v Speaker 1>with federal immigration law and with ICE detainers. In other words,

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<v Speaker 1>this would utterly obliterate sanctuary cities. It will allow the

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<v Speaker 1>victims of illegal alien crime and their families to sue

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<v Speaker 1>sanctuary politicians. Amen. You're locked into Boston's Bulldozer. The Kuhner

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