L.A. Councilmember: Illegal Immigrants Are So Crucial We Should Accept Budget Cuts over Sanctuary Status

During an interview with KQED on Friday, Los Angeles City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez responded to a question on how much pain the city should be willing to take if the Trump administration cuts federal funding to the city over its sanctuary status by stating that “considering how much” illegal immigrants “are of the fabric of the city of Los Angeles,” “we have to do whatever we can to keep our families whole.” And “we can be innovative with our budget and we can find different ways to reassess where we’re spending our dollars to put them into more effective places. Because we cannot afford not to protect these people, not to keep families together, whole economies would break down in the city of Los Angeles

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