 politicians there have been grandstanding about New York being a 'sanctuary city' for immigrants. After all, it is a city built on the endeavour of immigrants. Between 1892 to 1954 nearly 12million arrived on Ellis Island, just across from the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour. Like left-wing politicians across the US, the New York lot have said they are not like the 'racist' states which are trying to enforce the law. They're not like those terrible hicks down in Arizona and Texas who have illegal migrants flooding in by the thousands every day and don't like it. No, these left-wing politicians up north like to show that they are better than that. All the while hoping that they never have to suffer with the consequences of illegal immigration. They are like the politicians in London's Islington who have no sympathy for the people of Dover and other communities where illegal migrants pour into this country. And so the Left set up 'sanctuary cities' like New York, in which they said they would welcome and house any and all immigrants. That includes ones who go through the grinding official process, obviously. B){kind=link}
LIFE can sometimes come at you awfully fast.
In America this week, people learned of a far-left politician who had until recently been committed to “dismantling” police departments across America.
This week, sadly, Shivanthi Sathanandan was the victim of a violent carjacking which left her beaten and bloodied in front of her two young children.
So she has been calling on police to stop these violent criminals and thanking her local force for their help.
But if that seems a change of tune, it is nowhere near as important as the change in New York City.