Sanctuary: a place of refuge.
When the Seattle City Council unanimously voted in 2003 to declare Seattle a Sanctuary City, I applauded the noble, benevolent and protective decision. The city government’s commitment not to use municipal resources to enforce federal law pertaining to immigration enforcement was the right thing to do. In November of 2016, when then President-elect Trump threatened to withhold federal tax dollars from sanctuary cities, Mayor Murray stood up to him, reiterating the city’s earlier commitment. ...