The debate over sanctuary cities is no doubt soon to escalate - but just a word - sanctuary cities are good for conservatives, no? Yes, withdraw federal funding where and how you can from cities turning themselves into ‘sanctuaries’ for illegals - the coming soon ‘infrastructure build’ will certainly offer a lot of leverage in that regard - but aside from that, as a conservative don’t you sort of want to encourage liberal cities to become sanctuaries? If California is any indication, what comes along with illegals is higher social services costs, higher debt, higher taxes, more crime, more unemployment, more depression on wages, more cultural alienation of the middle class - in short, a lot of bad stuff - the liberal elite in their walled off communities may love the lofty ‘idea’ of sanctuary cities, but the reality on the ground is very different - in other words, sanctuary cities turn into a rather robust indictment of liberal thinking, liberal policy and the shallow, self serving virtue signalling of the liberal elite. If you’re a conservative, that’s a win, no?
