Lamar Smith: “The Obama administration is suing Arizona for wanting to enforce our Nation's immigration laws, but they won't sue…”

“The Obama administration is suing Arizona for wanting to enforce our Nation's immigration laws, but they won't sue cities that violate our immigration laws by enacting sanctuary policies. So-called ``sanctuary cities'' prohibit their law enforcement officers from cooperating with the Department of Homeland Security to support illegal immigration. Will the administration also ignore individuals who fail to pay their income taxes, for example? Of course not. The administration's policies endanger American lives. In San Francisco, an illegal immigrant with past violent crime convictions savagely murdered the Bologna family--a father and two sons. In Los Angeles, an illegal immigrant murdered 17-year-old Jamiel Shaw, Jr., and an illegal immigrant gang member shot three students in Newark, New Jersey, execution style. All of these murders took place in sanctuary cities where they might have been prevented. The Obama administration needs to enforce immigration laws, not ignore them.”