Donald Trump plans to send illegal immigrants to "sanctuary cities"

The government of US President Donald Trump has raised the possibility of sending illegal immigrants to "sanctuary cities", those who refuse the expulsion of undocumented, in retaliation for their refusal to implement the measures of immigration of the executive, confirmed Friday on his Twitter account the US president.

"As the Democrats are not willing to change our very dangerous immigration laws, we are, as has been reported, seriously pondering the location of illegal immigrants in sanctuary towns only.", President Trump tweeted.

"The radical left still seems to have a policy of open borders, open arms – so it should make them very happy!"he added.

The White House plan was to send some of these "small and medium towns" to most of the immigration detainees at the border, with the intention of plunging local authorities into chaos once released from prison. agreement with the newspaper The Washington Post.

The capital publication, which quotes anonymous sources and claims to have had access to some of the official emails in which the plan was presented, states that The government's main intention was to retaliate against municipalities controlled by Democrats who refuse to enforce the executive's immigration policies..

According to the newspaper, the White House told the Immigration and Customs Service (ICE) that its intention was both to address the problem of lack of space in detention centers and to send a message to Democrats.

This option, however, caused unrest within the immigration agency, which suggested that this could lead to serious legal and image problems.

The Government had proposed this option at the end of last year, coinciding with the arrival of two caravans of migrants from Central America to the southern border of the country and brought it back in February.

Among the municipalities concerned by this measure was the 12th district of California, whose representative in the House of Representatives is Democrat Nancy Pelosi. The MP's office reacted by stressing that "the cynicism and cruelty of this administration can not be underestimated".

For its part, the White House sent the paper a statement in which it justified: "This is simply a suggestion that has been made and rejected."

New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Chicago and Philadelphia are part of "sanctuary cities" considered because their governments have pledged to step up their fight against Donald Trump 's immigration laws.

With information from EFE and AFP