-By Gary Krasner
On CNN’s State of the Union, with Dana Bash, on May 28, 2017, the topic of Sanctuary Cities was discussed with Sanctuary City Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago.
The definition of a “sanctuary city” is one which allows illegal aliens to reside within its jurisdiction, flouting state and federal immigration laws. And the operative word is “illegal.”
But, the word “immigration” was spoken 8 times, without the prefix “illegal”. “Immigrant” was used spoken 4 times, with the prefix “illegal” zero times, but “undocumented” used only once.
For example, Dana introduced the mayor this way:
“Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is bucking the president’s new orders and he has launched a new ad campaign promising the Windy City will continue to welcome immigrants.”
See? Sanctuary cities are defined as welcoming ILLEGAL immigrants. Welcoming immigrants is what every city does!
Later, Mayor Emanuel said:
“Sure, there are people that will try to play divisive politics. My job as mayor is to find that common ground and inspire to our better angels, rather than try to use politics to divide people and assume that helping one group means that you lose. It’s not true.”
So he says that helping one group doesn’t disadvantage other groups.
But Rahm and the Democrat Party are saying that tax cuts for the rich are hurting the poor!
And of course they don’t explain how that happens. Because when wealthy people pay less taxes, they have more money to invest. More investment means profits, and profits means more jobs.
In other words, more wealth is created for everyone, and the investment class will invest more if they can keep more of the profits, than lose it to taxes.
There’s bias on all the Sunday news shows. The above examples show that sometimes it’s so subtle that you won’t see it noted anywhere.
Full Remarks from the above example:
BASH: Mr. Mayor, I want to show our viewers a flyer, which according to local Chicago reports are cropping up in Chicago neighborhoods with large numbers of African-American residents. It says, “Ice Em.”
The flyers basically say that sanctuary cities endanger the livelihood of every American while violating federal law and destroying the black community. It’s no secret that you’ve had some problems with the black community in your city, what do you say to that sentiment that this flyer is trying to put forward that it seems as though they’re worried that you’re trying to help one group at the expense of another?
EMANUEL: Well, first of all it’s — I disagree with your characterization and your question fully, but that said, bringing people together is exactly what the company One Chicago is about. And the first ad if you would look at is immigrant — a refugee, actually, was from Somalia and about how Chicago welcomed him and then his family joined him. And in fact, we launched this campaign at DuSable Museum on the south side of the City of Chicago.
Sure, there are people that will try to play divisive politics. My job as mayor is to find that common grown and inspire to our better angels, rather than try to use politics to divide people and assume that one group means that you lose. It’s not true.