You’ve probably heard that sanctuary city policies foster trust between police and immigrants. Sanctuary cities are therefore safe cities.

This is the official sanctuary city lie. It stems from another falsehood, an urban myth fueled by activists, that Immigration & Customs Enforcement routinely targets otherwise law-abiding illegal immigrants in massive sweeps. Although the Trump administration has announced that anyone illegally present is subject to deportation, a legal truism, the announcement directs that agents focus on criminal illegal immigrants.