# Sanctuary city mayors to appear before House Committee. Here are 4 big questions | Fox News

## Opinion

### Four tough questions for four 'sanctuary city' mayors

If I were on the House Oversight Committee, I’d have specific questions for each of the 4 sanctuary city mayors

On Wednesday, four of America’s "sanctuary" city mayors will appear before the . Committee members will have a lot of questions.

They could start with this: Is there anything American citizens deserve that illegal aliens don’t?

For years, these mayors have raided city budgets to give free housing, medical care, schooling, legal assistance, and other benefits to brand-new arrivals. Can they distinguish between the taxpaying citizens who voted them into office and uninvited, inadmissible migrants?



Boston Mayor Michelle Wu offers condolences to the family of a knife-wielding suspect that was shot and killed by an off-duty officer after he allegedly tried to stab people in a Chick-fil-A. (Credit: WFXT Boston)

Boston’s "Trust Act" is her excuse for Boston refusing to honor 15 detainer requests from Immigration and Customs Enforcement last year. I’d ask Wu if she’s willing to change that law.

### Chicago’s Mayor Brandon Johnson

Boston’s "sanctuary" policy made it harder for ICE to find and arrest dangerous aliens like MS-13 member , alleged child rapist , and alleged drug dealer .

It's a tough question, but after  of Boston taxpayer money in legal fees to prepare for the hearing, Wu should be ready. I think her answer would be "no" – her attitude to crime was summed up last weekend when a crazed attacker tried to stab people with a knife and was shot by a quick-thinking cop. Wu’s reaction? To apologize to the family of the perpetrator.

### Denver Mayor Mike Johnston

I’d ask whether it was right for Denver to spend $95 million that Congress authorized for Covid costs to pay for shelters housing illegal immigrants. And I’d ask him why Denver  $14.7 million in "resiliency" checks for $500 to tens of thousands of workers, noting that immigration status was not an issue.

### New York City Mayor Eric Adams

New York City policies don’t let cops ask or track the immigration status of crime suspects. But at the same time, the City Council just passed a law  23 forms of identification that illegal aliens can use to get a city ID card to access housing, healthcare, and schools -- before they’ve put anything into the fiscal kitty. Incredibly, this list of allowable IDs includes papers showing that an illegal migrant was arrested at the border by ICE and federal prison records.



I’d ask Adams to square that circle: Why give aliens IDs and benefits, but not track their status? Taxpayers deserve to know who’s biting the hand that feeds them.

Wednesday’s hearing will be one to watch. These four mayors will be out of their friendly neighborhoods and testifying before a Congress that won’t give sanctuary. Buckle up.



_Simon Hankinson is a senior research fellow in the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation._

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