CT Senate GOP Statement on Feds Listing CT As A “Sanctuary Jurisdiction”

For Immediate Release 

Sen. Rob Sampson and Sen. Stephen Harding today issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Justice Department listing Connecticut as a “Sanctuary Jurisdiction” for having policies that impede enforcement of federal immigration laws. (https://www.justice.gov/ag/us-sanctuary-jurisdiction-list-following-executive-order-14287-protecting-american-communities)

“The U.S. Justice Department would be more accurate if it called Connecticut a ‘super sanctuary’ state, because that’s what Connecticut most assuredly is.

That’s because Connecticut Democrats prohibit local and state law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration authorities – including for those who have been convicted for violent felonies.  Some examples:

• Contamination of water supply or food supply for terrorist purposes

• Damage to public transportation property for terrorist purposes

• Strangulation

• Assault of an elderly/blind or disabled person in the second degree with a firearm

Gov. Lamont recently said he doesn’t want anyone referring to Connecticut as a ‘sanctuary’ state.  The U.S. Justice Department answered him quite clearly today.

Republicans will continue to stand for law and order, and we will continue to stand with victims of violent crime.”